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This paper provides an overview of mining in Kalima, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The author outlines the complex relationship of mining with the town itself, but also with the central government and neighboring countries. He finds that in the case of Kalima, artisanal mining benefits more local people in terms of employment, income, working conditions and gender equity than industrial mining ever did. He further suggests that its environmental impacts are gentler than those of the industrial mining it replaced.