India has launched its exploration operations for important minerals, including cobalt and lithium, in Africa, according to V L Kantha Rao, the country's secretary of mines. Zambia, Namibia, the Congo, Ghana, and Mozambique are among the countries with whom India is interacting because to the growing need for these minerals in the manufacturing and technological sectors. In order to raise money for ten offshore mineral areas, the government has started holding auctions.