The Shinkolobwe mine, nestled within the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), occupies a unique but largely obscure place in world history, this unassuming site of uranium ore was an unsuspecting catalyst in shaping world politics, whose echoes still reverberate in the contemporary world.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkolobwe
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200803-the-forgotten-mine-that-built-the-atomic-bomb
https://www.mindat.org/loc-4328.html
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/23/in-congo-silence-surrounds-forgotten-mine-that-fueled-first-atomic-bombs.html