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Unless the countdowners have other info I don't, although what we hope might be issued or signed already or today, I am not expecting to hear about it yet. When NF returns to the DRC, that's what he's returning for. And I think it will be after that point that we might hear about it.
And that's not today and unlikely tomorrow (our time) either.
Just my thoughts, no real idea of whats happening.
And that's not today and unlikely tomorrow (our time) either.
Just my thoughts, no real idea of whats happening.
Do we know where Nigel is?
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*Fyi, In other News, I see where the MoM has been busy doing what MoM does best 
Mines: forfeiture of 8 ERG group operating permits
For more than a month, two companies of Eurasian Resources Group-Africa (ERG) based in the DRC have been hit by the forfeiture of mining rights.
These are Boss Mining, based in Kakanda in Haut-Katanga and COMIDE in the province of Lualaba.
The Ministry of Mines criticizes these mining companies for the delay in signing the specifications as required by the Mining Code.
But for the NGO Justicia, the motivations for these measures would be a conflict of interest.
Indeed, the Ministry of Mines has, since July 31, made public 28 orders.
8 of them relate to the forfeiture of the mining rights of two ERG group companies.
First target, Boss Mining.
While this company was already subject to the suspension of production for 3 months, the company has just suffered a new sanction, this time stronger.
The Ministry of Mines deprived him of his rights to four operating permits. These are permits n° 463, 467, 468 and 469.
The second victim company is COMIDE based in Kisankala, near the city of Kolwezi. It too can no longer rely on 4 mining permits.
These are in particular n°2606, 2607, 2608 and 12715.
Thus, these two companies are forced to stop their copper and cobalt mining and production activities.
However, Eurasian Resources Group is one of the important players in the mining sector in the DRC.
From 2019 to 2022, its investment was around US$9 billion.
The group claims to have generated more than US$1.6 billion in taxes, dividends and royalties.
Additionally, it has created around 10,000 jobs in the country.
The group intends to invest an additional USD $2 billion in the country over the next two years.
Justicia Asbl denounces influence peddling
As a result, the decision of the Minister of Mines provoked reactions from both civil society and local communities.
Justicia Asbl, for example, believes that the reasons for this decision would be other than the late signing of the specifications.
For this organization, the taking of these measures for the forfeiture of 8 operating permits of the ERG group would be consecutive to the publication of an article by the newspaper Afrique Intelligence dated July 28, 2023.
This one was titled “The Kazakh ERG miner grapples with the presidential family in the Lualaba”.
Thus, this organization is asking the Minister of Mines to reconsider her decision and to engage in discussions with the companies with a view to finding an acceptable solution.
In the meantime, the ERG group had already reacted to the publication of the Afrique Intelligence newspaper.
In a press release published on its site on August 29, ERG rejects the allegations made by the media.
"The title and images used in this article are highly misleading."
Eurasian Resources Group strongly rejects the idea that the group is at odds with the DRC Presidency, its government, or the extended family of the DRC President.
The article suggests on behalf of ERG that this is the case. What the group disapproves of.
Community concern and worker uncertainty in Kakanda
Meanwhile, at the local level, communities are worried.
For civil society in the city of Kakanda where the Boss Mining company is located, for example, the measures taken at the national level negatively affect local communities.
“This decision blocks the development of our entity,” declares a member of civil society.
And to continue, “Boss Mining is the only operational company in Kakanda.
In addition, we have just signed the specifications with it which provide for the construction of the infrastructure.
These include health centers, schools, etc.
The only infrastructure that exists in Kakanda dates from the colonial era.”
For their part, Boss Mining workers are in limbo.
They fear for their professional future.
“Despite the suspension of production for the last three months, the company still paid our salaries.”
There, we do not know what our fate will be. Will we go on technical leave?
In addition, our colleagues in subcontracting companies are already being sacrificed.
They have not been working since production was suspended.
What will become of them?” asks a young employee, speaking anonymously.
For the moment, the ERG group has not yet communicated on this decision by the Ministry of Mines.
It should be noted that the measure relating to the forfeiture of rights to operating permits also concerns 14 other companies.
Among them are Ruashi Mining with operating permit no. 13083 and Sodimico with permit no. 102.
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Mines: forfeiture of 8 ERG group operating permits
For more than a month, two companies of Eurasian Resources Group-Africa (ERG) based in the DRC have been hit by the forfeiture of mining rights.
These are Boss Mining, based in Kakanda in Haut-Katanga and COMIDE in the province of Lualaba.
The Ministry of Mines criticizes these mining companies for the delay in signing the specifications as required by the Mining Code.
But for the NGO Justicia, the motivations for these measures would be a conflict of interest.
Indeed, the Ministry of Mines has, since July 31, made public 28 orders.
8 of them relate to the forfeiture of the mining rights of two ERG group companies.
First target, Boss Mining.
While this company was already subject to the suspension of production for 3 months, the company has just suffered a new sanction, this time stronger.
The Ministry of Mines deprived him of his rights to four operating permits. These are permits n° 463, 467, 468 and 469.
The second victim company is COMIDE based in Kisankala, near the city of Kolwezi. It too can no longer rely on 4 mining permits.
These are in particular n°2606, 2607, 2608 and 12715.
Thus, these two companies are forced to stop their copper and cobalt mining and production activities.
However, Eurasian Resources Group is one of the important players in the mining sector in the DRC.
From 2019 to 2022, its investment was around US$9 billion.
The group claims to have generated more than US$1.6 billion in taxes, dividends and royalties.
Additionally, it has created around 10,000 jobs in the country.
The group intends to invest an additional USD $2 billion in the country over the next two years.
Justicia Asbl denounces influence peddling
As a result, the decision of the Minister of Mines provoked reactions from both civil society and local communities.
Justicia Asbl, for example, believes that the reasons for this decision would be other than the late signing of the specifications.
For this organization, the taking of these measures for the forfeiture of 8 operating permits of the ERG group would be consecutive to the publication of an article by the newspaper Afrique Intelligence dated July 28, 2023.
This one was titled “The Kazakh ERG miner grapples with the presidential family in the Lualaba”.
Thus, this organization is asking the Minister of Mines to reconsider her decision and to engage in discussions with the companies with a view to finding an acceptable solution.
In the meantime, the ERG group had already reacted to the publication of the Afrique Intelligence newspaper.
In a press release published on its site on August 29, ERG rejects the allegations made by the media.
"The title and images used in this article are highly misleading."
Eurasian Resources Group strongly rejects the idea that the group is at odds with the DRC Presidency, its government, or the extended family of the DRC President.
The article suggests on behalf of ERG that this is the case. What the group disapproves of.
Community concern and worker uncertainty in Kakanda
Meanwhile, at the local level, communities are worried.
For civil society in the city of Kakanda where the Boss Mining company is located, for example, the measures taken at the national level negatively affect local communities.
“This decision blocks the development of our entity,” declares a member of civil society.
And to continue, “Boss Mining is the only operational company in Kakanda.
In addition, we have just signed the specifications with it which provide for the construction of the infrastructure.
These include health centers, schools, etc.
The only infrastructure that exists in Kakanda dates from the colonial era.”
For their part, Boss Mining workers are in limbo.
They fear for their professional future.
“Despite the suspension of production for the last three months, the company still paid our salaries.”
There, we do not know what our fate will be. Will we go on technical leave?
In addition, our colleagues in subcontracting companies are already being sacrificed.
They have not been working since production was suspended.
What will become of them?” asks a young employee, speaking anonymously.
For the moment, the ERG group has not yet communicated on this decision by the Ministry of Mines.
It should be noted that the measure relating to the forfeiture of rights to operating permits also concerns 14 other companies.
Among them are Ruashi Mining with operating permit no. 13083 and Sodimico with permit no. 102.
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MoneyBags1348
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Just thought I’d add a little information here in case one of our quality researchers wanted to follow it up…. Might even be up your or one of associates alley’s @Xerof and @Chilla
One of the wannabe scammers who is trying to get himself on the BOD is Ty Ludbrook.
He was working at Patersons Securities a few years back. Does anyone remember the AVZ capital raise back in 2019 and Patersons was given 15,000,000 million share options for underwriting the CR. They were given the share options at a 20% discount and then sold them off as soon as they could.
At the time they brought on Huayou and Lithium Plus as investors. Perhaps worth a little investigating…. I can’t do it at the moment, I’ve got a few other avenues I’m pursuing
One of the wannabe scammers who is trying to get himself on the BOD is Ty Ludbrook.
He was working at Patersons Securities a few years back. Does anyone remember the AVZ capital raise back in 2019 and Patersons was given 15,000,000 million share options for underwriting the CR. They were given the share options at a 20% discount and then sold them off as soon as they could.
At the time they brought on Huayou and Lithium Plus as investors. Perhaps worth a little investigating…. I can’t do it at the moment, I’ve got a few other avenues I’m pursuing
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Here's Glencore's contribution to those capital requirements .....
If only they had a permit to drill on site, they could get a 180m hit of 1.6% spod while digging a drop toilet
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ERG is a huge company and has made a great contribution to the DRC so what is their rationale for voiding their licences. Makes one think the DRC hasn't changed under Felix and as a conseqence is NOT a place to invest apart from CCP controlled companies who know how to deal with children.
*Fyi, In other News, I see where the MoM has been busy doing what MoM does best
Mines: forfeiture of 8 ERG group operating permits
For more than a month, two companies of Eurasian Resources Group-Africa (ERG) based in the DRC have been hit by the forfeiture of mining rights.
These are Boss Mining, based in Kakanda in Haut-Katanga and COMIDE in the province of Lualaba.
The Ministry of Mines criticizes these mining companies for the delay in signing the specifications as required by the Mining Code.
But for the NGO Justicia, the motivations for these measures would be a conflict of interest.
Indeed, the Ministry of Mines has, since July 31, made public 28 orders.
8 of them relate to the forfeiture of the mining rights of two ERG group companies.
First target, Boss Mining.
While this company was already subject to the suspension of production for 3 months, the company has just suffered a new sanction, this time stronger.
The Ministry of Mines deprived him of his rights to four operating permits. These are permits n° 463, 467, 468 and 469.
The second victim company is COMIDE based in Kisankala, near the city of Kolwezi. It too can no longer rely on 4 mining permits.
These are in particular n°2606, 2607, 2608 and 12715.
Thus, these two companies are forced to stop their copper and cobalt mining and production activities.
However, Eurasian Resources Group is one of the important players in the mining sector in the DRC.
From 2019 to 2022, its investment was around US$9 billion.
The group claims to have generated more than US$1.6 billion in taxes, dividends and royalties.
Additionally, it has created around 10,000 jobs in the country.
The group intends to invest an additional USD $2 billion in the country over the next two years.
Justicia Asbl denounces influence peddling
As a result, the decision of the Minister of Mines provoked reactions from both civil society and local communities.
Justicia Asbl, for example, believes that the reasons for this decision would be other than the late signing of the specifications.
For this organization, the taking of these measures for the forfeiture of 8 operating permits of the ERG group would be consecutive to the publication of an article by the newspaper Afrique Intelligence dated July 28, 2023.
This one was titled “The Kazakh ERG miner grapples with the presidential family in the Lualaba”.
Thus, this organization is asking the Minister of Mines to reconsider her decision and to engage in discussions with the companies with a view to finding an acceptable solution.
In the meantime, the ERG group had already reacted to the publication of the Afrique Intelligence newspaper.
In a press release published on its site on August 29, ERG rejects the allegations made by the media.
"The title and images used in this article are highly misleading."
Eurasian Resources Group strongly rejects the idea that the group is at odds with the DRC Presidency, its government, or the extended family of the DRC President.
The article suggests on behalf of ERG that this is the case. What the group disapproves of.
Community concern and worker uncertainty in Kakanda
Meanwhile, at the local level, communities are worried.
For civil society in the city of Kakanda where the Boss Mining company is located, for example, the measures taken at the national level negatively affect local communities.
“This decision blocks the development of our entity,” declares a member of civil society.
And to continue, “Boss Mining is the only operational company in Kakanda.
In addition, we have just signed the specifications with it which provide for the construction of the infrastructure.
These include health centers, schools, etc.
The only infrastructure that exists in Kakanda dates from the colonial era.”
For their part, Boss Mining workers are in limbo.
They fear for their professional future.
“Despite the suspension of production for the last three months, the company still paid our salaries.”
There, we do not know what our fate will be. Will we go on technical leave?
In addition, our colleagues in subcontracting companies are already being sacrificed.
They have not been working since production was suspended.
What will become of them?” asks a young employee, speaking anonymously.
For the moment, the ERG group has not yet communicated on this decision by the Ministry of Mines.
It should be noted that the measure relating to the forfeiture of rights to operating permits also concerns 14 other companies.
Among them are Ruashi Mining with operating permit no. 13083 and Sodimico with permit no. 102.
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ERG is a huge company and has made a great contribution to the DRC so what is their rationale for voiding their licences. Makes one think the DRC hasn't changed under Felix and as a conseqence is NOT a place to invest apart from CCP controlled companies who know how to deal with children.
And know how to work them.
oxxa23
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It could well be right geo, but, we've learnt not to trust everything we read too...
Bin59
Regular
It’s not the first time there have been issues with irregular “approvals” concerning Tantalex / Eric Allard.
Actualité | Dossier PR12447 et PR12448 de «United Cominière SAS» : la Société civile exige des explications de la ministre des Mines | mediacongo.net
Une transformation d’un Permis de recherche en Permis d’exploitation qui se serait passée loin de la transparence, selon un collectif d’ONG...
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File PR12447 and PR12448 of "United Cominière SAS": Civil Society requires explanations from the Minister of Mines
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A transformation of a Research Permit into an Operating Permit that would have been far from transparency, according to a collective of civil society NGOs, justifies a correspondence that the latter have just sent to the Minister of Mines, taking care to inform all officials of the country, from the President of the Republic to the head of the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF).
In this correspondence, civil society actors demand - in the name of citizen control - clear answers to this transformation in which the "United Cominière SAS" nebula is involved. Full letter to the Minister of Mines.
Madam Minister of Mines,
Our citizen organizations and platforms (Justicia Asbl, LICOCO, RND Asbl, POM, MDR, GANVE, CDH, ESPOIR ONG, RCEN/CENCO, TPDC, MAX IMPACT), members of the Congolese Civil Society monitoring human rights and the country's mining sector, hereby diligently refer to you about what they read on November 1, 2022, on the Tantalex Lithium Resources Corporation website concerning the transformation of the Search Permits (PR) of United Cominiere SAS (UC) into Operating Permits (PE) on your authorization.
"Lithium Tantalex Resources Corp. (CSE: TTX - TSE: DW8 - OTCQB: TTLXF) ("Tantalex" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that its DRC subsidiary, United Cominiere SAS, 70% owned, has been informed by the Ministry of Mines that Research Permits PR 12447 and 12448 have now been approved by ministerial decree for the transformation into mining concessions". This is the content of the first paragraph of Tantalex Lithium Resources Corporation's online press release.
Formerly Tantalex, before Mr. Klaus Eckoff of AJN Resources entered it in January 2022 as director, this listed company in Canada and Germany presents itself as "a mining company in the operating and development phase engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, development and distribution of lithium, tin, tantalum and other high-tech mineral properties in Africa. It is currently focusing on the development of its lithium assets in the prolific region of Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo; The Manono lithium mining waste project and the Pegmatite corridor exploitation program".
It has as President Hadley Natus and Eric Allard as Chief Executive Officer, according to the above-mentioned statement.
Madam Minister, it appears from the legal elements and certain correspondence at our disposal that to date the company "United COMINIERE SAS (UC)" is composed of the following shareholders listed: COMI-NIERE SA: 30%; BURTON FINANCIALS: 5%; ORE SARLU: 65%.
In view of the following various final judgments of the Congolese justice system:
The RCE 7495 which endorsed the RCCM of January 20, 2022 as well as the decisions to delete the false RCCM of October 16, 2021;
RP19203 which declared the foreign company "Sandstone Word Wide Ltd" non-existent under Congolese law and dismissed it in court as well as Canadian citizen Eric Allard, its president, for lack of quality;
RPO 10247/10267 which sentenced Canadian citizen Eric Allard to 3 years of main criminal servitude and the payment of USD 50,000 in Damages for forgery and use of forgery;
RAC 2942, judgment before saying right, which ordered the suspension of this case on the basis of the "criminal who keeps the civilian in condition", whose request is the restoration of the additional or amending registration of the fraudulent RCCM of October 16, 2021;
Considering that there is to date no judgment contrary to all these judicial decisions that have become res judicata, and that they are said on behalf of the Congolese people and executed in the name of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State;
Our citizen organizations and platforms want COMINIERE SA to be able to:
Remain impartial to disputes between partners and to deal only with shareholding as dedicated to the RCCM of January 20, 2022 because it is ratified by a final judgment;
Compose and deal only with the partners of UC SAS of whom RCCM is cited to resolve the dispute related to several tens of tons of mining products, containing essentially coltan, which have been the subject of fraud and illegal exploitation at the expense of individuals whose judicial file is pending at the prosecutor's offices and for which we hold an independent expert report of which we have read a copy;
Respect its recommendation made to shareholders, in its letter of February 4, 2021, to refer to justice to be divided by final judgments.
Unless we misunderstand, the analytical reading of the documents at our disposal proves that the transfer of the shares in United Cominière SAS on March 17, 2020 is confirmed by:
The contract for the transfer of shares between Sandstone and ORE SARLU;
The additional registration to the acts of "UC SAS" and the Minutes of the transfer of March 17, 2020, including the RCCM of October 7, 2020;
The new statutes of "UC SAS" signed by the representatives of the three partners, namely: Mr. MWAMBA MISO Athanase for Cominière SA; Mrs. MIHIGO NABINTU Micheline for ORE SARLU and Mr. BURTON ENGLISH Thomas for Burton Financial Inc.;
The 2020 financial statements of the Canadian company Tantalex, owner of Sandstone, having recognized the said transfer of the shares;
The various exchanges and emails during the negotiations between the transferees and owners of 70% (Thomas English acting jointly with Kyle appleby, its Chief Financial Officer, Eric Allard, its vice-president and Amy Chang's audit firm MNP) and the assignees (ORE SARLU and BURTON FINANCIAL).
Excellency the Minister of Mines, it is common knowledge that to date, this assignment has never been the subject of any annulment in court.
Any challenge to the assignment can only be the responsibility of the Courts and Tribunals and not of another institution. To date, they have not issued any decision calling into question the said assignment.
As a result, the injunctions of the Minister of State in charge of Justice and Keeper of the Seals in this case do not replace judgments and constitute a breach of justice and an unfortunate unfortunate precedent, especially since she herself cannot act as a judicial body, according to Congolese law.
According to the information in our possession on the basis of the above-mentioned Expert Report, the company Afrimet Ressources of Hadley Natus, currently President of Tantalex, and its subsidiaries, including COPROCO, owe "UC SAS" money.
According to estimates made at the time for a member of the current government interested in this file, it would be around USD 9,146,488, distributed as follows:
8.650.000USD for 69.2 metric tons of coltan;
271.800USD for 15 tons of unidentified minerals if it is cassiterite; otherwise, that is, considering this as coltan the value will be 1.875,000USD which reduces the overall value to 10.749.688USD;
224.688USD for 12.4 tons of cassitérite.
The quantity of minerals indicated above was exploited, in the concessions of "UC SAS", illegally and fraudulently and then evacuated, clandestinely, in flagrant and harmful violation of the provisions of the commercial contracts that bound the two parties (UC and Afrimet/COPROCO).
Therefore, Excellency the Minister of Mines, we invite the Government of the Republic, particularly your Ministry and that of Justice as well as all the services and establishments dependent on it, including the Mining Cadastre, to take into account all the elements mentioned above, to respect the decisions of Justice valid to date and to draw all the consequences of law and administration towards foreign citizens Eric Allard and Hadley Natus on "UC SAS" (and its mining permits) to which they owe millions of US dollars for tens of tons of coltan fraudulently taken on Research Permits, contrary to Congolese laws including the revised Mining Code and Regulations.
This would be a significant contribution on your part to the consolidation of the business climate and at the same time would allow communities where minerals have been extracted to benefit from the mining fee on exported products.
Finally, in the name of compliance with the laws of the Republic and the principles of transparency, that all the relevant services of the Ministry of Mines and Cominière as well as Tantalex Lithium Resources Corporation can publish the Final Feasibility Study and the Social Impacts and Environmental Study that have obtained favorable opinions required by the mining law in order to obtain your instruction in the Mining Cadastre to transform the PRs concerned into PE that famous junior listed in Canada and Germany.
Hoping that this will receive your special attention, please accept, Excellency, the expression of our patriotic feelings.
For signatory citizen organizations and platforms,
Me Timothée Mbuya Justicia ASBL
EcoNews / MCP, via mediacongo.net
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Conférence budgétaire 2024 du CAMI à Kinshasa : Une mobilisation vers une gestion optimale du domaine minier de la RDC
Le Cadastre Minier a débuté ses travaux de prévisions budgétaires pour l’exercice 2024. Organisée en conférence, cette rencontre rassemble les agents et cadres du CAMI au Cercle Elais, à Kinshasa, du 6 au 9 septembre 2023.
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Conférence budgétaire 2024 du CAMI à Kinshasa : Une mobilisation vers une gestion optimale du domaine minier de la RDC
Le Cadastre Minier a débuté ses travaux de prévisions budgétaires pour l’exercice 2024. Organisée en conférence, cette rencontre rassemble les agents et cadres du CAMI au Cercle Elais, à Kinshasa, du 6 au 9 septembre 2023.
2024 CAMI budget conference in Kinshasa: A mobilization towards optimal management of the DRC mining domain
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The Mining Cadastre has begun its work on budget forecasts for the financial year 2024. Organized as a conference, this meeting brings together CAMI agents and executives at the Cercle Elais, in Kinshasa, from September 6 to 9, 2023.
The launch ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deputy Crispin MBINDULE, the Director General, Mr. Paul MABOLIA YENGA and the Deputy Director General, Jacques MUYUMBA NDUBULE.
Speaking for his introductory word, the Director General, Mr. Paul MABOLIA YENGA recalled the crucial importance of this budget conference and the expectations related to its conclusions. The latter are essential to enable CAMI to effectively carry out its mission of managing the DRC mining domain. He urged speakers to make every effort to make CAMI an excellent structure that efficiently contributes to state revenues, in accordance with the vision of President Félix Tshisekedi.
The DG also promised to ensure compliance with the procedures for granting mining rights and careers, as well as compliance with legal deadlines in the processing of files.
For his part, Deputy Crispin MBINDULE, President of the Board of Directors, stressed the importance of this budget conference as a privileged framework for exchanges on the main orientations and means to be implemented to mobilize the resources necessary for the operation of the CAMI. He also recalled that these missions are part of the vision of the Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, who aspires to a prosperous mining sector.
MP MBINDULE also called on participants to show assiduity and commitment in their proposals and discussions.
The work in subcommittee, launched by the Deputy Director General, Mr. Jacques MUYUMBA NDUBULE, will continue until September 09 and the conclusions will be presented to the high hierarchy for submission to the supervisory authority, the Minister of Mines.
Yes that and child labour. Z great at both. We'll I suppose one gets the other but the elites do not give one fuck.
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And the people of Manono starve due to Governments Abandonment
Minining Licence for Dathcom would resolve the imbalance between agriculture and mining (Part of the Dathcom undertaking to provide improved living standards - but it needs the licence first)
Once considered the breadbasket of Greater Katanga and other parts of the DRC, the territory of Manono has been experiencing a crisis in basic food products for more than a year. Increasingly, agricultural production is becoming weak. And food prices on the market are taking the elevator. For example, a bucket of corn is currently trading at four thousand Congolese francs. There are many reasons for this.
Located about 429.9 km from Kalemie, capital of the province of Tanganyika, Manono is an agricultural territory. The latter sector was a main activity and once occupied a large part of the population. It was the engine of the economy of this rural town. In 2010, for example, the agricultural census put the figure at about 83,000 planters. And they had realized more than 210,000 hectares of area.
But unfortunately those days are over. Most farmers have abandoned the field. They have embarked on artisanal mining, says civil society actor Dickson Kabange. This has a negative impact on production in this province.
Consequences for agricultural production
In the market, everything is imported outside the territory, explains Henry Kapongo Shalunda, a resident of Manono. "We don't produce anymore. Everything comes to us from other territories. The oil comes from Kasai, cassava and maize come from Kabongo. Traders travel approximately 202 km to buy maize. They take the Manono-Kakanda road to Kabongo. Others go by train. Apart from this, it will also be necessary to count the toll fees which amount to 40,000 FC. "All of these factors are driving food prices high in the market."
To remedy this situation, some farmers believe that the mining royalty should be used for the construction and rehabilitation of agricultural feeder roads in Manono. This would encourage growers. Because, they say, the territory of Manono is impacted by the mining of companies operating in this part of the country.
La Guardia / MCP magazine, via mediacongo.net
Minining Licence for Dathcom would resolve the imbalance between agriculture and mining (Part of the Dathcom undertaking to provide improved living standards - but it needs the licence first)
Manono: an attic that has become an artisanal quarry
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Considéré autrefois comme le grenier du Grand Katanga et d’autres coins de la RDC, le territoire de Manono connaît depuis plus d’une année...
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Once considered the breadbasket of Greater Katanga and other parts of the DRC, the territory of Manono has been experiencing a crisis in basic food products for more than a year. Increasingly, agricultural production is becoming weak. And food prices on the market are taking the elevator. For example, a bucket of corn is currently trading at four thousand Congolese francs. There are many reasons for this.
Located about 429.9 km from Kalemie, capital of the province of Tanganyika, Manono is an agricultural territory. The latter sector was a main activity and once occupied a large part of the population. It was the engine of the economy of this rural town. In 2010, for example, the agricultural census put the figure at about 83,000 planters. And they had realized more than 210,000 hectares of area.
But unfortunately those days are over. Most farmers have abandoned the field. They have embarked on artisanal mining, says civil society actor Dickson Kabange. This has a negative impact on production in this province.
Consequences for agricultural production
In the market, everything is imported outside the territory, explains Henry Kapongo Shalunda, a resident of Manono. "We don't produce anymore. Everything comes to us from other territories. The oil comes from Kasai, cassava and maize come from Kabongo. Traders travel approximately 202 km to buy maize. They take the Manono-Kakanda road to Kabongo. Others go by train. Apart from this, it will also be necessary to count the toll fees which amount to 40,000 FC. "All of these factors are driving food prices high in the market."
To remedy this situation, some farmers believe that the mining royalty should be used for the construction and rehabilitation of agricultural feeder roads in Manono. This would encourage growers. Because, they say, the territory of Manono is impacted by the mining of companies operating in this part of the country.
La Guardia / MCP magazine, via mediacongo.net
Well fuck me there you go. the elites don't want a real western company running Manono with all the local employees and the benefits that they will relieve. as they'll have no-one to work their the elites artisanal shit. Just sell this cunt of a thing and get me out of it. The the whole government structure is probably 1 or 2 generations from being viable imo. Jesus it'll take the next set of leaders to give a fuck about the rural citizens before anything changes. Bit like australia really.And the people of Manono starve due to Governments Abandonment
Minining Licence for Dathcom would resolve the imbalance between agriculture and mining (Part of the Dathcom undertaking to provide improved living standards - but it needs the licence first)
Manono: an attic that has become an artisanal quarry
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Actualité | Manono : un grenier devenu une carrière artisanale | mediacongo.net
Considéré autrefois comme le grenier du Grand Katanga et d’autres coins de la RDC, le territoire de Manono connaît depuis plus d’une année...www.mediacongo.net
Once considered the breadbasket of Greater Katanga and other parts of the DRC, the territory of Manono has been experiencing a crisis in basic food products for more than a year. Increasingly, agricultural production is becoming weak. And food prices on the market are taking the elevator. For example, a bucket of corn is currently trading at four thousand Congolese francs. There are many reasons for this.
Located about 429.9 km from Kalemie, capital of the province of Tanganyika, Manono is an agricultural territory. The latter sector was a main activity and once occupied a large part of the population. It was the engine of the economy of this rural town. In 2010, for example, the agricultural census put the figure at about 83,000 planters. And they had realized more than 210,000 hectares of area.
But unfortunately those days are over. Most farmers have abandoned the field. They have embarked on artisanal mining, says civil society actor Dickson Kabange. This has a negative impact on production in this province.
Consequences for agricultural production
In the market, everything is imported outside the territory, explains Henry Kapongo Shalunda, a resident of Manono. "We don't produce anymore. Everything comes to us from other territories. The oil comes from Kasai, cassava and maize come from Kabongo. Traders travel approximately 202 km to buy maize. They take the Manono-Kakanda road to Kabongo. Others go by train. Apart from this, it will also be necessary to count the toll fees which amount to 40,000 FC. "All of these factors are driving food prices high in the market."
To remedy this situation, some farmers believe that the mining royalty should be used for the construction and rehabilitation of agricultural feeder roads in Manono. This would encourage growers. Because, they say, the territory of Manono is impacted by the mining of companies operating in this part of the country.
La Guardia / MCP magazine, via mediacongo.net
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