KoBold's new permits add complexity to an already tangled ownership saga. The lack of official confirmation from Kinshasa, KoBold or AVZ about the exact boundaries of the new permits — and whether they intersect with PR13359 — leaves room for dispute.No maybe sick of all this SEPCULATION that is spread that has NO SUBSTANCE...imo
Congo and a coalition of rebel groups, including the M23, signed a ceasefire deal in July in Doha, Qatar, known as the Declaration of Principles. But fighting has escalated despite the ongoing political negotiations.
Kinshasa, the UN, and Western governments accuse neighboring Rwanda of backing M23, an allegation Kigali denies.
Last week, M23-allied Twigwaneho rebels fought Wazalendo militia supported by the army in the villages of Mi’enge, Rukezi, and Minembwe.
Congolese army spokesperson Gen. Sylvain Ekenge on Saturday condemned a wave of attacks by M23/AFC fighters on army positions in North and South Kivu, calling them a “blatant violation of the Washington peace agreements and the Doha Declaration of Principles,” which were meant to bring stability to eastern Congo
The situation underscores broader concerns about transparency and governance in the DRC's mining sector, where overlapping claims and opaque negotiations have become common, as well as growing geopolitical stakes as western supply chains scramble to diversify away from Chinese-owned production.