100% agree. Didn’t like it either. Reads to me like any outside investment is bad and they want to cancel everything and have it back to 100% DRC ownership (I don’t even like saying that out loud!). However I don’t know how much influence they would actually have, according to their website ‘(ACAJ) is a non-governmental and apolitical organizationare’.
Surely they want to get this show on the road and know that AVZ are the key to getting there and whilst protecting the interests of the DRC. Here’s hoping anyway.
Agree re the influence levels you mentioned.
I think they just want a higher percentage back/the related rewards.
They are meant to have the 10% that is ceded to the Govt, but if they lost out on the dodgy deals on the through, they will want some compensation.
EG if the Zijin claims actually have legs and they got the 15%, potentially putting it back on the table and getting a better deal with higher prices.
($XX more millions for their parcels)
The DRC itself (as far as I am aware) to develop the mine, it would always require other parties.
They cannot just decide, that after all of AVZ's work to get the ML etc and BFS and put a value to the mine, that they want it all back, just because it is worth a lot more money.
I am pretty sure there will be some common sense in the Govt/Felix etc backing AVZ to continue the project and create jobs and a prosperous community etc and not stalling the project further.