Fluid Evolution and Cu-Co Ore-Forming Processes in the Katanga Copperbelt (DR Congo)-Insights from Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analyses of Fluid Inclusions

sponsorship: We thank Herman Nijs for the preparation of the thick sections and wafers and Wouter Heijlen for the constructive discussion of geochemical data. Both authors are members of the SIM2-KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Materials. Financial support from the research grant C14/21/056 of the KU Leuven Special Research Fund is acknowledged. Our gratitude also goes to Marie-Christine Boiron and Chantal Peiffert for their help during the LA-ICP-MS analyses and data processing. This work was partly done at the LA-ICP-MS laboratory of GeoRessources in Nancy, which is funded by the Labex Ressources 21 (ANR-10-LABX-21-RESSOURCES21) , the Region Lorraine, and the European Community through the FEDER program. (KU Leuven Special Research Fund|C14/21/056, Labex Ressources 21|ANR-10-LABX-21-RESSOURCES21, Region Lorraine, European Community through the FEDER program) ; status: Published