Djedkare probably also exploited gold mines in the Eastern Desert and in Nubia: indeed, the earliest mention of the "land of gold" - an Ancient Egyptian term for Nubia - is found in an inscription from the mortuary temple of Djedkare Isesi.
To the south of Egypt, Djedkare also sent an expedition to the fabled Land of Punt to procure the myrrh used as incense in the Egyptian temples.