The way I see it, the partners and arrangements that was Dathcom is unworkable with Cominiere. A ML can't be issued with the current arrangements.
So a new deal has had to be brokered for everyone to move forward, and this is basically this MoU.
Rumors and whispered of new partners months ago like CMOC, and even that other state mining org I cant think of right now.
New percentages, new handshakes and new alliances have had to be brokered and agreed upon, as well as all the fine details before something solid can be put forward to the DRC MoM and CAMI.
Once this is all agreed upon and signed, the ML should follow very swiftly.
But it does need a new framework, which is the MoU.
Dathcom JV is a thing of the past. IMHO (Until something new is signed in)