Sorry here is the full post
Guys,
There is nothing in the announcement which suggests AVZ has dropped the litigation because of negotiations with the DRC. What was stated is that AVZ has a revised JV and new funding arrangement with CATH and no longer needs to draw upon the Locke Litigation funding facility.
Lets not forget who is funding and running the DRC's legal process. The corrupt Zijin Mining Group and its lawyers who have been collaboratively working with Cominiere. This bunch of criminals don't get a seat at the negotiation table with CATH, AVZ and the DRC Govt.
The restructured partnership with CATH is the window for the DRC to accelerate the development of the Manono project as well as validate AVZ's legal claims and strategy. The DRC wants to build the Mine and get this into production in 2026. This new arrangement is the only way of achieving this. The Litigation process will delay this indefinitely and be enormously costly to the DRC along with the ongoing demise in their reputation.
Also, to cancel the Arbitration process would be to allow Cominiere and the DRC to walk away without any penalties being imposed. At the very least the $Millions they owe us should be an integral part of any negotiation up and until the final date (target date Feb 7) by which the fees are required to be paid for the ICSID Tribunal hearing, scheduled for June.
The Pre completion funding agreement stipulates the Drawdowns are scheduled by end of January. This is for the Litigation process. AVZ and CATH are committed to moving forward with this process if this is needed to get action to take place. The completion of the drawdowns is scheduled in December 2026 as part of the funding agreement. This is firmly stated. There is no compromise on this strategy.
So the fines which have been increasing each day on the DRC, and now amount to in excess of $70M are not going to be waived.
The DRC needs to get its act together swiftly before the end of January and advance the negotiations to grant the Mining Licence to Dathcom (AVZi) now or risk it all at the ICSID Arbitration hearing. It is the only way the Manono Project (area covered by PR 13359) is going to get off the ground and be operational before 2027. Zijin will definitely not be part of this outcome.
I believe
Interesting post on hotcrapper, surprised no one picked it up.
ZIJIN OUT ?
I tend to agree with Carlos that 13359 will be split so that Zijin can mine the northern portion but you never know the DRC may cancel the illegal mining licence given to Manono Lithium in favor of a battery hub.
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No disrespect Whales, but most of the posters who came to TSE either wanted to get away from that shit hole HC for their mental sanity and / or were permanently banned........so not many are really going to re vist the place, hence why nobody has picked up what Amovatio had posted.
That being said ,i am glad you shared the post here cause in my opinion, he / she is spot on the money.
I believe this restructured agreement with Cath / AVZ will be the only ticket in town regards to developing Manono, I really dont believe Zijin will be part of the equation..........period.
Very powerful statement above !
The key take aways within this second statement for me.......
Enticing !
of course !
Read that statement over and over again.........third party consents including PROC , fascinating, what could that mean i wonder ?...
Chinese Govt approval ?........nudge nudge wink wink, pull your head in Zijin and tow the party line maybe ? Cong fuck off
Prohibited parties...........you mean Zijin / dathomir / Cominiere ?
Yeah, i think this restructure proposal is genius , it benefits the DRC in so many ways if they had a brain, a way forward to fulfill the battery hub dream just in time for the next lithium boom, a chance to avoid embarrassing arbitration decision that will only go one way , be extremely costly and damaging geo politically plus finally it would provide jobs for the locals and boost the coffers exponentially.......all in one nice restructured package CATH / AVZ
Yes, as i mentioned before AVZ hold all the cards and are in control ( as it should be )
Finally, i mentioned this before and wont mention it again........arbitration fees have been paid, there is no foot off the throttle!
How do i know ?
You know the drill.