The ore is exported through the Musosa, Moba Territory border crossing into Zambia, bypassing customs posts.

The ore deposit is on the eastern edge the Katanga sedimentary basin, and is north of the main copper belt in the Kundelungu Plateau zone.

[2] In July 2011, Mawson West announced that a feasibility study for an open cut copper mine at Kapulo had given positive results.

Infrastructure would include plant and buildings at the mine, a water dam and tailings storage facility.

[5] Facing financial difficulties, Mawson West, along with the Kapulo mine, was acquired by a subsidiary of Trafigura in 2016.