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The new staff of COMINIERE promises to make lithium the workhorse for the revival of the company
August 23, 2023
Kiki Kienge
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Kiki Kienge
It was during the handover and takeover ceremony with the former administration of COMINIERE (Congolese mining company) which took place this Monday, August 21, 2023 in Kinshasa, that the new staff now at the head of the company, unveiled its ambitions for the revival of the Congolese state company which since the end of the exploitation of tin under Mobutu's Zaire, has remained only the shadow of itself.
With the discovery of the richest hard rock lithium deposit in the world, an ore already certified through the joint venture, DATHCOM, including the group's Australian partners, AVZ MINERALS, which provided their financial and material resources for the international certification of lithium. of Manono through its feasibility study. La COMINIERE has seen its dreams of ambitions of international grandeur come true, and why not compete with the Congolese cobalt and copper mining giant like Gécamines!
After at least four years of indecision on the establishment of a management team for COMINIERE, the Head of State
Félix Tshisekedi has decided to appoint the new staff of the company with Mrs.
Lisette Tshibwabwa one of his relatives as President of the Administration Committee and
Céléstin Kibeya as Managing Director.
At the handover ceremony after reading the ordinance appointing members of the Board of Directors and the management committee, as well as the minutes, to participate in particular the representative of the Minister of Portfolio, Mrs Adèle Kayinda
, Ministry in charge of Congolese state companies, the Management Committee and COMINIERE staff.
After reading the order appointing members of the Board of Directors and the Management Committee, the outgoing Chairman AI of the Board of Directors wished the new management team every success:
“What I can say and I urge Madam President, to continue the revival and above all to make it operational, so that COMINIERE actually becomes a mining producing company. That way we could not completely do without partnerships, at least we have our own business that works and that talks to each other in parallel with its partners. »
The new PCA,
Lisette Tshibwabwa Kabanga praised the work of the outgoing team and promised to spare no effort so that COMINIERE becomes again with its lithium, one of the major companies in the country which contribute to the development of the country:
“In my capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors, we will humbly ensure that COMINIERE takes up the challenges and difficulties related to its future by allowing it to benefit; Firstly, what is due to it in terms of rights, property, communication, image and to rise in the category of large-scale companies. The Board of Directors will not fail to do its utmost to ensure that COMINIERE is a model management company. »
COMINIERE hopes that under the direction of engineer
Célestin Kabeya Kabemba , to accomplish its sovereign missions and carry out its Manono lithium project in the province of Tanganyika, in particular to make DR Congo the world center for energy transition through this mineral strategic.
Par Kiki Kienge C’est au cours de la cérémonie de remise et reprise avec l’ancienne administration de la COMINIERE (La congolaise d’exploitation minière) qui s’est déroulée ce lundi 21 août…
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