据石油新闻伦敦报道，全球领先的数据、研究和分析运营商标准普尔全球市场情报公司(S&P global Market Intelligence)金属和矿业研究团队预计，今年非洲矿产勘探的总体支出将下降10%或1.112亿美元，这将使非洲地区在全球勘探支出预算中所占比例连续第二年保持在12%的历史最低水平。

今年刚果民主共和国、布基纳法索、加纳和南非等非洲大陆最大勘探目的地的投资减少，拖累了整个非洲地区的勘探支出。这些国家总计贡献了9500万美元的降幅，或占非洲地区总降幅的85%。

刚果民主共和国未能从2019年的勘探支出预算削减中恢复过来，以美元计算，刚果民主共和国是非洲地区今年勘探支出预算降幅最大的国家，从1.742亿美元降至1.405亿美元，降幅为19%。紧随其后的是布基纳法索，今年的勘探支出将下降2970万美元，降幅为22%。

李峻 编译自 石油新闻

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Exploration spending in Africa down by 10% in 2020: Market Intelligence

Collective spending on exploration for minerals in Africa is projected to fall by 10% or $111.2 million this year, maintaining the region's record-low 12% share of the global budget for a second consecutive year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence's Metals and Mining Research team.

Spending has been dragged down by lower allocations to the continent's top exploration destinations -- Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Ghana and South Africa, which contributed a collective $95 million cut, or 85% of the total decrease.

DRC failed to recover from 2019 cutbacks, recording the region's largest budget decline in dollar terms with a 19% drop to $140.5 million from $174.2 million, closely followed by Burkina Faso, which was down by $29.7 million, or 22%.