5 African countries with large natural resource deposits
1. **Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)** \- The DRC is rich in copper, cobalt, diamonds, gold, and other minerals.
2. **South Africa** \- South Africa has the world's largest platinum, manganese, and chromium reserves. It also has significant gold, diamond, and other mineral deposits.
3. **Nigeria** \- Nigeria is Africa's largest crude oil producer, with significant reserves of natural gas, tin, iron ore, coal, and other minerals.
4. **Angola** \- With significant deposits of diamonds, oil, and other minerals, Angola is one of Africa's wealthiest countries.
5. **Ghana** \- Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, with significant deposits of diamonds, bauxite, and manganese.