Sammy_da_Smile
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Yeh I was thinking of being a snake in the grass with that name, see if anyone suss would start a private convo
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Sammy_da_Smile
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Damn, I should have made that my middle name 
Thanks Beisha
I've never had it till now either!
I think it's different for everyone who gets it
Our good friend @Dazmac66 is a case in point (hope you're on the comback trail there buddy
)My symptoms were like the flu but different
Headaches, joint pain, huge fogginess in the head, confusion, massive fatigue (wanted to sleep but couldn't which was weird) sore throat (not massive) coughing (dry), runny nose (not so much blocked), chills for me (not so much fever)
On top of that my wife and kids had been crook for a number of weeks
I was last man standing but they had all tested negative to that point
To be honest I really didn't think I had Covid
Currently I care for my mum who has dementia and my mentally ill sister who still reside in the family home from my childhood in the 60's
I quit work after dad passed away early 2021 as mum and my sister at that point needed help and fortunately I was in a position to provide it
I only got the PCR test because I wanted to make sure I didn't go to the family home with covid.....there is a very strong chance (given her age and health) that if mum gets the flu let alone Covid it would be terrible
Worth checking out the symptoms and being aware
Don't hesitate to get a PCR or a RAT to confirm or eliminate your Covid status
Most of all make sure you're okay and all your loved ones
CashKing
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Keep The fluids up mate hope all goes wellThanks Beisha
I've never had it till now either!
I think it's different for everyone who gets it
Our good friend @Dazmac66 is a case in point (hope you're on the comback trail there buddy
My symptoms were like the flu but different
Headaches, joint pain, huge fogginess in the head, confusion, massive fatigue (wanted to sleep but couldn't which was weird) sore throat (not massive) coughing (dry), runny nose (not so much blocked), chills for me (not so much fever)
On top of that my wife and kids had been crook for a number of weeks
I was last man standing but they had all tested negative to that point
To be honest I really didn't think I had Covid
Currently I care for my mum who has dementia and my mentally ill sister who still reside in the family home from my childhood in the 60's
I quit work after dad passed away early 2021 as mum and my sister at that point needed help and fortunately I was in a position to provide it
I only got the PCR test because I wanted to make sure I didn't go to the family home with covid.....there is a very strong chance (given her age and health) that if mum gets the flu let alone Covid it would be terrible
Worth checking out the symptoms and being aware
Don't hesitate to get a PCR or a RAT to confirm or eliminate your Covid status
Most of all make sure you're okay and all your loved ones
OMG dude, your description of your symptoms sounds bad enuff, cant imagine what @Dazmac66 went thru having to be hospitalised, i realise that symptoms vary from person to person, some say its just like a flu and done and dusted in 3 days, others say the contrary, so thats the reason why i asked.Thanks Beisha
I've never had it till now either!
I think it's different for everyone who gets it
Our good friend @Dazmac66 is a case in point (hope you're on the comback trail there buddy
My symptoms were like the flu but different
Headaches, joint pain, huge fogginess in the head, confusion, massive fatigue (wanted to sleep but couldn't which was weird) sore throat (not massive) coughing (dry), runny nose (not so much blocked), chills for me (not so much fever)
On top of that my wife and kids had been crook for a number of weeks
I was last man standing but they had all tested negative to that point
To be honest I really didn't think I had Covid
Currently I care for my mum who has dementia and my mentally ill sister who still reside in the family home from my childhood in the 60's
I quit work after dad passed away early 2021 as mum and my sister at that point needed help and fortunately I was in a position to provide it
I only got the PCR test because I wanted to make sure I didn't go to the family home with covid.....there is a very strong chance (given her age and health) that if mum gets the flu let alone Covid it would be terrible
Worth checking out the symptoms and being aware
Don't hesitate to get a PCR or a RAT to confirm or eliminate your Covid status
Most of all make sure you're okay and all your loved ones
Really sad to hear about your dad passing , your Mum with dementia and your sister with mental health, faaaaark, thats FULL ON!!
Your not alone dude, my father in law has dementia and my mother in law at age 85 is still cleaning his excrement, cooking , cleaning a full house , dreadful disease, i gotta whole heap of other family drama as well, but i wont elaborate, could write a MILLS & BOON book series about my families past and present !!
RAT tests are pretty useless if i understand properly, PCR is the way to go from the getko to get a accurate appraisal IMO.
We have alot in common , adversity is my middle name, hang in there and if you need to blow off some steam and have a vent, just PM me, happy to chat.
Take care.
Frank
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*Speaking of DRC Mining Projects and AJN, did you see where,
Creation of "Congo Resources": the DRC values its mining assets
A step is taken in the DRC.
Through the Ministry of Portfolio led by the Minister of State, Princess Adèle Kayinda Mahina, the batteries are started to end the paradox of a country with a huge potential for mining resources, but with sites bearers of this potential remaining at the rudimentary stage of the recovery of the research permit.
In a complex decor of existing companies having accumulated a liability making their use difficult as a real financial vehicle for the enhancement of the mining heritage of the State through the financial markets, the Government of the Republic has decided to create another structure state capable of accomplishing this task.
This is "Congo Resources".
This entity whose creation was announced to the media on Thursday, May 19 by the Minister of State in charge of the portfolio, will work in partnership with the Canadian Law Company "AJN Resources Inc", listed on the Canadian stock market.
According to the Minister of State in charge of the portfolio, the valuation of mining assets will be done through the stock markets of the world, and it will make it possible to lift the funds which will be assigned to the certification of our reserves and will serve as collateral guarantees for Big investments.
Congo Resources will therefore be a national exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, development and constitution of convertible mining assets.
For over 75 years, a large number of mining assets (Green Fields type) of which those of Sokimo have still not been valued by the State.
They remained unexploited by state companies and are now in the public domain of the State without having been valued.
A situation that remains non -beneficial to the Congolese state, because these assets have brought nothing to the public treasury for decades.
Building on this alarming observation, the need to enhance these assets and the requirement for important capital.
This implies real investment in the research permits that have been established and identified for these dormant assets which are now in the public domain.
This is why, the State, via the Ministry of the Portfolio, proposed and obtained the creation of a portfolio company, "Congo Resources" 100% controlled by the State, to whom the various mining assets concerned will be transferred by the operation.
Congo Resources will make available to a partner operating on the financial market, said active, with a view to raising funds that will enable them to be valued and the partner chosen after a meticulous study is AJN Resources.
The partnership contract signed on May 5, 2022 in Kinshasa between the Congolese party, represented by Princess Adèle Kayinda Mahina and Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi, respectively Minister of State, Minister of Portfolio and Minister of Mines, and the AJN Resources party, represented by Mr. Klauss Eckhof, lighting up on the various commitments relating to the scope of research mining activities covering the mining areas of Gada-Manga-Rambi, Zani, Moku and Manono.
Diversification of partnership with research permits on lithium and cobalt
AJN, it is noted, undertakes to issue in favor of the Congolese State a number of ordinary shares representative of its capital up to 60% of all the actions put in circulation in AJN.
And it also undertakes to mobilize the substantial funding which makes it possible to cover all the costs linked to the carrying out of geological studies, in accordance with the program to be developed and to be determined by the two parties by mutual agreement and within the best period.
The Congolese state, for its part, undertakes to make available to AJN all the documentation relating to the prospects and mining assets targeted.
And in the event that AJN succeeds in raising the funds to enhance mining assets, the Congolese state undertakes to have the capital of the company vehicle operated for the benefit of AJN to 40% maximum.
And according to the partnership roadmap, it is planned in the medium and long term, the diversification of the partnership by integrating other permits to search for lithium, cobalt and chrome to allow Congo Resources and AJN to secure the supply of minerals for the initiative to create a chain of battery values in the DRC.
Basically, there is nothing of a sell-off contract as some fishermen in troubled waters want to present it.
This is indeed the materialization of the decisions taken at the 45th and 49th meetings of the Council of Ministers of the Government, held respectively on March 18 and April 15, 2022, and in which questions on the development, enhancement and the promotion of the mining assets of the DRC were presented and defended by the Minister of State in charge of the Portfolio.
www.mediacongo.net/home.html
IIF interviews Eric Allard, CEO, Tantalex Lithium Resources at the Mining Indaba 2022 in Cape Town
Like Lithium through the
So are the DRC Days of our Lives
Food for thought
Frank
Frank
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2023: the weight of the opposition against Tshisekedi?
The next presidential election in the DRC will take place in 2023.
One year before the election, the positioning games have begun within the Congolese opposition.
On May 11, Martin Fayulu and Augustin Matata Ponyo, both candidates for the 2023 presidential election, met to discuss issues important to the DRC in their eyes.
According to several media on site in Kinshasa, the meeting between the two men lasted two hours with a focus on the patriotic bloc, which brings together Catholic and Protestant organizations, citizen movements as well as opposition parties.
An organization set up to obtain consensual reforms before the 2023 election.
However, as Dany Ayida, resident director in the DRC of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) recalls, last year Martin Fayulu also met the former president Joseph Kabila.
This gave rise to a number of speculations but there was no structured or formalized meeting of the opposition facing President Felix Tshisekedi.
Dany Ayida specifies that at present, the Congolese president has a fairly strong majority in Parliament and controls the government and the various provinces of the country quite well.
The opposition will therefore have to demonstrate its capacity for cohesion and proposal, insists Dany Ayida.
"There are quite a few key players that we know in the DRC through their political party and who have obvious capacities for action, but the upheavals within the political class have led a certain number of them to keep the silence.
So, we no longer really know at what level they are.
The majority of those we know who lead the political formations and the most representative groups are associated with the current government.
Over the coming months, we will see if there will be a real alliance that takes shape in favor of an opposition with a platform of proposals and we will see if the population adheres or not,” concludes the NDI expert.
Advance in scattered rank?
For Augustin Muhesi, professor of political science at the Catholic University of Graben, in Butembo, a united opposition could represent a counterweight to the current president.
However, the question is whether the Congolese political class is able to unite around an opposition.
“The Congolese political class is characterized by strong divisions linked in particular to the ideological deficit, to the deficit of a common project, explains Augustin Muhesi.
There is a movement of political vagrancy where political actors leave one camp for another, often they are ready to support the candidacy of the one who is in power because he is considered to have the political means, the financial means.
Unless, as the political universe is uncertain, we are witnessing a paradigm shift", emphasizes the teacher.
Kabila, the comeback?
So what about a possible return of Joseph Kabila on the political scene?
For Professor Muhesi, this is of course the wish of those nostalgic for the Kabila era.
But he also insists on the fact that even if he does not appear, Joseph Kabila could continue to play in the shadows or finance the candidacy of a political actor who would be able to protect them... and its important economic interests.
www.mediacongo.net
Food for thought on the Road to Manono
Cheers
Frank
Scoota30
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Seems like the public awareness around all of the illegal transactions is gaining traction and certain people are asking the right questions and having the luxury of AVZ's side of the story to be spoken about aswell, one would think that there would be similar heat brewing in the government departments.
Also, not sure if it has also been posted but the DRC mining week held in Lubumbashi is June 1st - 3rd, aligning nicely with the extension to voluntary suspension? What's another week or 6 of waiting
Also, not sure if it has also been posted but the DRC mining week held in Lubumbashi is June 1st - 3rd, aligning nicely with the extension to voluntary suspension? What's another week or 6 of waiting
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CashKing
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A hot lap in the Hyundai once he’s better after 3 bottles of wine Is the go I reckon mateThanks Beisha
I've never had it till now either!
I think it's different for everyone who gets it
Our good friend @Dazmac66 is a case in point (hope you're on the comback trail there buddy
My symptoms were like the flu but different
Headaches, joint pain, huge fogginess in the head, confusion, massive fatigue (wanted to sleep but couldn't which was weird) sore throat (not massive) coughing (dry), runny nose (not so much blocked), chills for me (not so much fever)
On top of that my wife and kids had been crook for a number of weeks
I was last man standing but they had all tested negative to that point
To be honest I really didn't think I had Covid
Currently I care for my mum who has dementia and my mentally ill sister who still reside in the family home from my childhood in the 60's
I quit work after dad passed away early 2021 as mum and my sister at that point needed help and fortunately I was in a position to provide it
I only got the PCR test because I wanted to make sure I didn't go to the family home with covid.....there is a very strong chance (given her age and health) that if mum gets the flu let alone Covid it would be terrible
Worth checking out the symptoms and being aware
Don't hesitate to get a PCR or a RAT to confirm or eliminate your Covid status
Most of all make sure you're okay and all your loved ones
Stay safe boys & gals..
Gotta go prep the boat ffs it’s late already dammm the time flys….
See you at dawn…
GLTAH
Mr Inappropriate
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Respect for the shit-stirring. I hope you never intend to visit China - in all seriousness, there will be eyes on you. If you do go, leave ALL of your tech at home.
JAG
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After half a bottle of bourbon my daughters got me set up on twatter....been having some alcohol driven funThought you were on "holidays"
Sammy_da_Smile
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Bloomberg here exposes the level of corruption in DRC from their own past leader surrounding one of their main banks, and also Chinese mining companies funnelling money out of the DRC without abiding by their give back agreements.
I think it is time they give us a go, don't they already have enough Chinese companies in the country that have wronged them so many times?
Sammy_da_Smile
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Frank
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Fyi,
Gécamines: Cogep denounces the irregularities in the sale of mining titles
Publication this Thursday, May 19 in Lubumbashi, of the report entitled "Gécamines, What hides the mutual agreement".
This report by the Coalition for Public Enterprise Governance (COGEP) analyzed two mining partnership contracts.
This is the contract signed between Gécamines, Metalkol and Evelyne.
In this report, the results of the investigations show irregularities on the issue of disposal of certain mining assets.
This is the case of the signing of the contract between Gécamines and the company Metalkol.
According to this report, the contract was signed while the case was still pending in court.
The case pitted First Quantum Minerals against Gécamines.
Investigators are also finding signs of financial malfeasance.
There are also corrupt practices and mismanagement in the negotiation of two contracts.
For example, Gécamines ceded the mining title to Metalkol at 60,000,000 US dollars.
It is an undervaluation, say the investigators because its real market value is estimated at 2,690,000,000 US dollars.
The report reveals the responsibility of the agents of Gécamines and that of the political leaders.
By way of illustration, Cogep raises the case of Dan Gertler. Indeed, Gécamines also ceded the royalties in Metalkol to the Multree company belonging to this Israeli businessman.
Gécamines officials prioritize their interests to the detriment of the population
The NGO members of Cogep point out that none of the disposals analyzed in the context of the study were carried out in compliance with the laws of the DRC.
According to them, everything happened in the total indifference of the Congolese government and Parliament.
The report then depicts a connivance of interest and an obsession of the agents of Gécamines and certain political leaders.
All want to manage mining assets in violation of the established legal and institutional framework.
This, for the sole purpose of guaranteeing their personal interests, we read in this document.
To do this, Cogep recommends that the President of the Republic order the review of all mining contracts concluded from 2009 to date.
Also, it asks the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) to audit the management of Gécamines agents.
It must be said that this study, supported by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), was carried out for a period of one year, from February 2021 to February 2022.
www.mediacongo.net/home.html
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