The important minerals are gold, platinum, copper, manganese, Nickel Coltan (Cloumbite and Tantalite), Critical minerals, PGE Minerals.
Gold deposits and producing mines are located in Canada, USA, Australia,Russia, African countries South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana, Sudan, and some other minor producing countries.
Copper deposits mostly in Zambia, Arizona(USA), South America (Chile), Platinum (South Africa), Manganese deposits mostly from Brazil, Ghana, Gabon, India, Indonesia Russia, South Africa
Nickel deposits of New Calodina, Indonesia, Canada.
Coltan deposits mostly from DRC (Congo), PGE minerlas from South Africa.