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This paper explores the approach that China has used as a tool of positive economic statecraft to pursue mineral resources security goals in Africa. It further addresses how the need to adjust its approach to challenges and new opportunities on the ground has led to noticeable shifts in recent years. The author argues that, although infrastructure for resources remains an important tool to meet Beijing's supply concerns, China's strategies to access resource assets have become more diversified and market oriented, with its stateowned enterprises taking the lead and engaging increasingly in mergers and acquisitions.