Zijin were exposed fraudulently conspiring with Cominiere to extort ownership away from AVZ in the Dathcom Manono project by the IGF
A few months later Zijin tries to blackmail Cominiere into giving them the northern part of the project tenement
Cominiere and Zijin have another joint venture called Katamba Mining on the periphery of Manono but they don’t seem to know whether it’s a gold or lithium tenement
The Chinese miner has launched its first lithium exploration project in a joint venture with DRC-owned firm Cominiere.
www.mining.com
Everywhere you look Zijin and Cominiere are operating using bribery, chaos, confusion and business and environmental vandalism
In the face of growing scrutiny and protests over its poor environmental record, China's Zijin Mining Group is making donations to local sports teams in Serbia in what activists and watchdogs allege is an attempt to rehabilitate its reputation.
www.rferl.org
Tshisekedi and Lukonde have been watching it all unfold over the last twelve months
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