In the Congo, DTP teams are operating one of the largest gold mines in Africa for a period of ten years. In all, 200 million tonnes of rock and earth will be excavated from four pits of more than 700 hectares, for total production of 300 tonnes of gold. To meet this extraordinary challenge, DTP has included as many African-born people as possible in the management team and has set up a specific training programme to train local mechanics in carrying out maintenance operations on earth-moving and mining plant.