Dont go blaming others, ONE would ASSUME your implying like, DICKIE KNEE and MR X sometimes they stick to the AVZ SCRIPT...imo
Stick to the AVZ DEAL and hope that happens..??????????????
AVZ Discussion 2022
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Stick to the AVZ DEAL and hope that happens..??????????????
Slipperysucker
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Sorry, no offence, but you're a fucking idiot IMO
Xerof
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Until @zeeb0t resurfaces, to deal to the remaining idiot on this particular thread, you are more than welcome to ask @Winenut to arrange for your entry into the replacement INVITEE only ZERO TROLLS conversation, which is simply a continuance of discussions on this thread before it got hi-jacked
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Dave Evans
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An exclusive club Funny how people who haven’t contributed a single thing on this forum over the last three years talk about an exclusive club
It’s as though shareholders who have shared information and banded together to support our company over the last three years can’t even share information between themselves
Nice try pretending you didn’t know it’s because one particular troll decided to take over the forum and deleted over twenty threads and thousands of posts of relevant and important information
And you joined in the last few weeks and here you are with your bullshit comment
You who claim to have your chakras open yet you blocked everyone from looking at your profile
making some comment about nothing, and without actually contributing anythingYeah wanker, some of us have a good reason for blocking the trolls and sharing information privately. Your only reason for being here, is your another troll. Fuck off dick head
yaseenmeoncebefore
Emerged
Funny how people who haven’t contributed a single thing on this forum over the last three years talk about an exclusive club
It’s as though shareholders who have shared information and banded together to support our company over the last three years can’t even share information between themselves
Nice try pretending you didn’t know it’s because one particular troll decided to take over the forum and deleted over twenty threads and thousands of posts of relevant and important information
And you joined in the last few weeks and here you are with your bullshit comment
You who claim to have your chakras open yet you blocked everyone from looking at your profile
Yeah wanker, some of us have a good reason for blocking the trolls and sharing information privately. Your only reason for being here, is your another troll. Fuck off dick head
Hey Brian Cottingham you dopey old cunt, this person actually joined in 2023. June 2023 is actually much longer than a few weeks ago. Are you completely senile yet? Back you go to your private ONLY TROLLS thread because you have nothing of value to add.
https://miningandbusiness.com/2025/...avec-kobold-metals-sur-le-gisement-de-manono/
The Australian company AVZ Minerals has indicated that it is ready to conclude an agreement with the American KoBold Metals, supported by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, for the development of Manono's vast lithium deposit, provided that it receives a "commercially acceptable" offer.
KoBold announced in July an exploration partnership with the DRC, confirming its interest in the southern part of the site.
This perimeter is the subject of arbitration proceedings initiated by AVZ, which states that Kinshasa illegally canceled its license in 2023. The Congolese government had then split the permit, assigning the northern part to the Chinese Zijin Mining, already building its own mine.
"AVZ remains determined to reach an agreement to sell the assets to an American company, but only on commercially acceptable terms.
Such an offer has not yet been presented to us, "said CEO Nigel Ferguson.
The file is part of the strategic rapprochement between Washington and Kinshasa, while the United States seeks to reduce global dependence on China for the supply of critical minerals, including lithium, essential for electric vehicle batteries, says the specialized media Bloomberg.
KoBold's conditions indicated to the Congolese authorities that legal disputes must be settled and that AVZ must receive "appropriate" compensation before any progress on the project. In the background, a separate agreement links AVZ to China's Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies, which has promised to invest $259 million if the company obtains a full operating license, in exchange for access to lithium.
"The Manono project is clearly at the heart of a geopolitical competition between major powers," says Mr. Ferguson, who believes that the rapprochement between Washington and Kinshasa "opens a window of opportunity for a positive outcome".
M&B with Bloomberg
The Australian company AVZ Minerals has indicated that it is ready to conclude an agreement with the American KoBold Metals, supported by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, for the development of Manono's vast lithium deposit, provided that it receives a "commercially acceptable" offer.
KoBold announced in July an exploration partnership with the DRC, confirming its interest in the southern part of the site.
This perimeter is the subject of arbitration proceedings initiated by AVZ, which states that Kinshasa illegally canceled its license in 2023. The Congolese government had then split the permit, assigning the northern part to the Chinese Zijin Mining, already building its own mine.
"AVZ remains determined to reach an agreement to sell the assets to an American company, but only on commercially acceptable terms.
Such an offer has not yet been presented to us, "said CEO Nigel Ferguson.
The file is part of the strategic rapprochement between Washington and Kinshasa, while the United States seeks to reduce global dependence on China for the supply of critical minerals, including lithium, essential for electric vehicle batteries, says the specialized media Bloomberg.
KoBold's conditions indicated to the Congolese authorities that legal disputes must be settled and that AVZ must receive "appropriate" compensation before any progress on the project. In the background, a separate agreement links AVZ to China's Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies, which has promised to invest $259 million if the company obtains a full operating license, in exchange for access to lithium.
"The Manono project is clearly at the heart of a geopolitical competition between major powers," says Mr. Ferguson, who believes that the rapprochement between Washington and Kinshasa "opens a window of opportunity for a positive outcome".
M&B with Bloomberg
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025...ed-group-over-illicit-mining-ceasefire-tested
The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as both the army and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group traded accusations of violating a recently reached US-mediated ceasefire deal by attacking each other’s positions.
The US Department of the Treasury said on Tuesday that it was blocking all interests and restricting transactions with Pareco-FF, an armed group that it said controlled the key coltan mining site of Rubaya from 2022 to 2024, and which has opposed the M23 group.
The administration of President Donald Trump has been pushing for US access to the region’s minerals, as it has done in other parts of the world, including Ukraine.
It also slapped sanctions on the Congolese mining company CDMC, saying it sold minerals that were sourced and smuggled from mines near Rubaya and two Hong Kong-based export companies, East Rise and Star Dragon, which have been accused of buying minerals from the armed group.
“The United States is sending a clear message that no armed group or commercial entity is immune from sanctions if they undermine peace, stability or security in the DRC,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
Rubaya is currently under the control of the M23 group, which is already targeted by US sanctions. The mine there produces 15 to 30 percent of the world’s supply of coltan, a mineral used in electronics such as laptops and mobile telephones.
Many Pareco rebels integrated into the DRC military in 2009, but Pareco-FF emerged in 2022 in response to the M23 gains.
The sanctions come as Congolese army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge said in a statement that the M23 group’s “almost daily” attacks constitute an “intentional and manifest violation” of the declaration of principles, which the two parties signed in mid-July in Doha, whose terms include a “permanent ceasefire”.
It followed a separate peace deal between the Congolese and Rwandan governments, signed in Washington, DC, the previous month, which also helped the US government and US companies gain control of critical minerals in the region.
The Congolese army said it was ready to respond “to all provocations from this [M23 group] coalition, accustomed to violating agreements”, the statement said.
M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka said in a post on X on Monday that DRC’s government was continuing “its offensive military manoeuvres aimed at full-scale war”.
The eastern DRC, a region bordering Rwanda with abundant natural resources but plagued by non-state armed groups, has suffered extreme violence for more than three decades.
A new surge of unrest broke out early this year when the M23 group captured the key cities of Goma and Bukavu, setting up their own administrations, with thousands killed in the conflict.
Violence has continued on the ground despite the US and Qatar-brokered peace deal, with fighting becoming more intense since Friday around the town of Mulamba in South Kivu province, where the front line had been relatively stable since March.
The M23 attacked positions between Friday and Monday held by pro-Kinshasa militia and army forces, and pushed them back several kilometres, after clashes using light and heavy weapons, local and security sources said.
The DRC government and the M23 rebels have agreed to sign a permanent peace deal by August 18, but the renewed fighting has threatened this effort.
The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as both the army and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group traded accusations of violating a recently reached US-mediated ceasefire deal by attacking each other’s positions.
The US Department of the Treasury said on Tuesday that it was blocking all interests and restricting transactions with Pareco-FF, an armed group that it said controlled the key coltan mining site of Rubaya from 2022 to 2024, and which has opposed the M23 group.
The administration of President Donald Trump has been pushing for US access to the region’s minerals, as it has done in other parts of the world, including Ukraine.
It also slapped sanctions on the Congolese mining company CDMC, saying it sold minerals that were sourced and smuggled from mines near Rubaya and two Hong Kong-based export companies, East Rise and Star Dragon, which have been accused of buying minerals from the armed group.
“The United States is sending a clear message that no armed group or commercial entity is immune from sanctions if they undermine peace, stability or security in the DRC,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
Rubaya is currently under the control of the M23 group, which is already targeted by US sanctions. The mine there produces 15 to 30 percent of the world’s supply of coltan, a mineral used in electronics such as laptops and mobile telephones.
Many Pareco rebels integrated into the DRC military in 2009, but Pareco-FF emerged in 2022 in response to the M23 gains.
The sanctions come as Congolese army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge said in a statement that the M23 group’s “almost daily” attacks constitute an “intentional and manifest violation” of the declaration of principles, which the two parties signed in mid-July in Doha, whose terms include a “permanent ceasefire”.
It followed a separate peace deal between the Congolese and Rwandan governments, signed in Washington, DC, the previous month, which also helped the US government and US companies gain control of critical minerals in the region.
The Congolese army said it was ready to respond “to all provocations from this [M23 group] coalition, accustomed to violating agreements”, the statement said.
M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka said in a post on X on Monday that DRC’s government was continuing “its offensive military manoeuvres aimed at full-scale war”.
The eastern DRC, a region bordering Rwanda with abundant natural resources but plagued by non-state armed groups, has suffered extreme violence for more than three decades.
A new surge of unrest broke out early this year when the M23 group captured the key cities of Goma and Bukavu, setting up their own administrations, with thousands killed in the conflict.
Violence has continued on the ground despite the US and Qatar-brokered peace deal, with fighting becoming more intense since Friday around the town of Mulamba in South Kivu province, where the front line had been relatively stable since March.
The M23 attacked positions between Friday and Monday held by pro-Kinshasa militia and army forces, and pushed them back several kilometres, after clashes using light and heavy weapons, local and security sources said.
The DRC government and the M23 rebels have agreed to sign a permanent peace deal by August 18, but the renewed fighting has threatened this effort.
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