AVZ Discussion 2022

[Carlos Danger]

Ok , so you are confident there is something on the table for AVZ re RD . Are SH better off if Nigel accepts the RD compromise Or are SH better off going to ICSID ? If AVZ would like to pay me a nice salary I'll go either way . Otherwise take the compromise and lets move forward . IMO

Fairly confident but it is just guess work from me. But it would tick a lot of boxes for everyone except us. At this point we need the ICSID to even have a conversation so we have to continue down that path. Maximum long term value is only possible through award from the ICSID without a deal but it would take time. There's also still the possibility of a wildcard from Felix with the MoU although again I just don't see the point of negotiations unless they want us to give something up as an ML could be on Nigel's desk tomorrow if the MoM was so inclined. Or they're just wasting our time for the lulz in which case the ICSID is our only option anyway. Clearly the gringos got Felix spooked so I think we are still in the game but will need to compromise in some manner to move forward on the ground.

 

[Bin59]

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Do you think RD is still a possibility ? I have my doubts .

According to a September 23 article it sounds like AJN are still trying/hoping to get access to our northern tenement through Congo Ressources

“Additionally, if the deal with the State and Congo Resources proceeds, he said AJN could tie up the whole northern extension of the Manono pegmatites.”

AJN Resources positioned for soaring lithium demand with lucrative DRC deposits

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich ground for lithium, a metal that is in increasing demand as the electric vehicle (EV) revolution gains...

www.proactiveinvestors.com.au

 

[Carlos Danger]

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According to a September 23 article it sounds like AJN are still trying/hoping to get access to our northern tenement through Congo Ressources

“Additionally, if the deal with the State and Congo Resources proceeds, he said AJN could tie up the whole northern extension of the Manono pegmatites.”

AJN Resources positioned for soaring lithium demand with lucrative DRC deposits

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich ground for lithium, a metal that is in increasing demand as the electric vehicle (EV) revolution gains...

www.proactiveinvestors.com.au

The article clearly states AJN aren't getting north 13359 as that deal has 'stalled'. They can wish all they like but the only way they will be involved now is in a new deal with Zijin. Although it's not out of the question that they are a part of 'Manono Lithium'. There's also still the small matter of 4029 owned by AVZ sitting between north 13359 and the extention plays. The PR's they currently have (14537 under Future Mining Company and 15282 under Palm Resources) and others they are applying for are along the Manono pegamite extention trend. I've included screenshots of the CAMI portal showing the tenements. As well as the few not so subtle digs aimed towards Nigel.

'With a long history in the DRC and deep knowledge of its mining sector, exploration company AJN Resources Inc (CSE:AJN) is in a prime position to take advantage of the expected demand for the metal.

The company has staked out some of the country’s potentially most lucrative lithium deposits in the Eastern DRC.

“We started looking for projects in the Congo more than three years ago,” director and CFO Mark Gasson told Proactive.

“We signed an agreement with the state which outlined a new model for Congo. The idea was that the state would transfer 21 gold licences and one lithium license, the extension of the Manono pegmatites, into a local subsidiary, Congo Resources. AJN would acquire 100% of Congo Resources and the state would receive 60% of AJN's share capital.”

While the agreement with the DRC government has stalled, AJN’s own progress hasn’t.

“Due to delays from the State we decided it was time to go and find something else for AJN and we focused on lithium, simply because we know the lithium space very well.”

AJN’s prospective lithium projects in Eastern DRC are focused within a 500-kilometre zone roughly 120 kilometres wide, which goes from Katanga in the south of the country all the way up to Kalemie on Lake Tanganyika.

Most of the fieldwork so far has centred on the Kabunda South project, where a reconnaissance mapping and sampling program has revealed Spodumene within pegmatites visually identified across the full seven-kilometer (km) strike extent of the permit.

“We are in the process of sorting out our permitting for drilling at Kabunda and hope to be on-site within a month, and drilling at the latest by the end of October,” Gasson said.

Two more recently acquired licenses are on the Manono trend where AVZ Minerals defined 401 million tonnes grading 1.65% Li2O (lithium dioxide) at its Roche Dure prospect.

AJN has entered an option to acquire up to a 70% indirect interest in the lithium exploration permit PR 14537, which borders the recently optioned PR 15282 exploration property to the west and potentially covers four kilometres of a second pegmatite interpreted to crosscut the central licence area.

By conducting shallow drilling programs, it hopes to identify the extension of the Manono pegmatites onto both licences under agreement.

“It's interpreted that there are two pegmatites: one follows the granite contact, which runs all the way onto the PR 15282 license and the second interpreted pegmatite, has more of a northerly trend and that continues onto the latest acquisition, PR 14537.”

Gasson noted that AJN has both trends covered with the new licenses, with the possibility of acquiring an additional license between Manono and PR 14537.

Additionally, if the deal with the State and Congo Resources proceeds, he said AJN could tie up the whole northern extension of the Manono pegmatites.

In the meantime, the company is organizing drilling permits for the new license areas to carry out shallow RC drilling to identify the occurrence of pegmatites within the project areas.

With a huge appetite for new projects in the DRC, Gasson said exploration success with its projects is likely to attract attention, particularly from Chinese investors and lithium producers in the region who are trying to buy up as much prospective ground as possible.

“Congo is one of the countries where you have exceptional deposits and Manono is an excellent example,” he said.

“The infrastructure is already improving as a result of the earlier discoveries. I think it’s just a matter of time before there’s going to be a big acquisition drive for the bigger companies and we are in a prime position to be noticed.”

Attracting attention from larger players with deep pockets is part of AJN’s strategy. It takes projects up to the feasibility stage before bringing on a strategic partner to help fund development.

Apart from the lucrative licenses, Gasson said AJN’s on-the-ground knowledge and early mover advantage also work in its favour.

“We have a very big advantage, simply because both Klaus and myself have kept very good contacts with all the authorities; everybody knows who we are,” he said.

“At least one of us travels to Congo every two to three months, just to make sure that people know who we are. You have to show a presence to gain trust; you can't just operate remotely.”'

 

[Dazmac66]

On October 9th, AVZ makes an announcement regarding the progress towards a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Nigel Ferguson, after a meeting with the President, confidently assured presidential support. Prior photos captured Nigel grinning following discussions with the new Cami leadership, along with our ambassador's encounter with the President and our ongoing cooperation with other high-ranking DRC officials.

However, less than two weeks later, Carlos Danger states, "It is evident that, within the DRC legal system, we seem to have lost control over the tenement" (Carlos, I highly value your insight). Really, FFS can this be happening before our eyes? The only consolation I can draw comes from the final sentence below, emphasizing a "strict legal regulatory framework." Could it be that the relevant DRC institutions are merely addressing existing legally binding decisions, which may later be overturned through appeals and ICC judgments, ultimately resulting in the restoration of AVZ's ownership? I live in hope that this is what has been conveyed to Nigel by previously mentioned high-ranking officials.

 

[Retrobyte]

Surely one of the directors nominated is a regular on here. Make yourself known cunts and speak to us simple folk

All 16 of them might even be members here, including the Fat Cunt Tail threesome (NB. don't Google that, whatever you do)

 

[BEISHA]

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BTW, Zijin’s head deep down thought they are a great ESG company.
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[Carlos Danger]

On October 9th, AVZ makes an announcement regarding the progress towards a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Nigel Ferguson, after a meeting with the President, confidently assured presidential support. Prior photos captured Nigel grinning following discussions with the new Cami leadership, along with our ambassador's encounter with the President and our ongoing cooperation with other high-ranking DRC officials.

However, less than two weeks later, Carlos Danger states, "It is evident that, within the DRC legal system, we seem to have lost control over the tenement" (Carlos, I highly value your insight). Really, FFS can this be happening before our eyes? The only consolation I can draw comes from the final sentence below, emphasizing a "strict legal regulatory framework." Could it be that the relevant DRC institutions are merely addressing existing legally binding decisions, which may later be overturned through appeals and ICC judgments, ultimately resulting in the restoration of AVZ's ownership? I live in hope that this is what has been conveyed to Nigel by previously mentioned high-ranking officials.

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The MoM isn't on our or the mining codes side. We've had to go higher up which was only possible because of the ICSID. How that pans out I'm not sure but that's where we are at imo

Another possible deal that could be struck is that we take the south and are given other new tenements to explore as consolation for waiving our rights to that dirty haunted mica infested north 13359

 

[wombat74]

The MoM isn't on our or the mining codes side. We've had to go higher up which was only possible because of the ICSID. How that pans out I'm not sure but that's where we are at imo

Another possible deal that could be struck is that we take the south and are given other new tenements to explore as consolation for waiving our rights to that dirty haunted mica infested north 13359

Another thing I would ask , if the BoD lock in ICSID what are they going to be doing to earn their salaries ? Sitting around the office playing mahjong for the next couple of years ? Maybe for $20 bucks an hour but not for $350k a year thank you . They need to sort this sh1t out asap and get the AVZ show back on the road what ever it takes. IMO

 

[BEISHA]

Hello, my English is not that good so everything is translated with Google, sorry.
what's going on now in the DRC with AVZ? the cami has changed something. View attachment 47667 View attachment 47668 View attachment 47669 View attachment 47670

Welcome to TSE Schmi

Yes, clearly things have changed with the Cami website and having given it a bit of thought over night, i refer to the above statement as a possible reason for that.

The second half of that statement is the most poignant imo, .........Entry into MOU will be a significant step towards the development of the Manono project, it will also maintain positive working relationships with all stake holders.

Could it be that MANONO LITHIUM is the amalgamation of the newly formed MOU ?

Now what entities could be involved in that MOU ?

Clearly AVZ will be part of it, CATH too, whispers that CMOC could be involved and of course DRC govt.

Will Zijin be involved ?..........I think not, ICC arbitration will find that ROFR was not legal, therefore they were not a participant in Dathcom in the first place.

What about Cominiere ?.........I think not, they had to cede 15% of their interest in Dathcom to DRC govt regardless.

On that Cami website, there is a clear definition between Roche Dure and CDL.

Could it be that exploitation ML gets awarded to AVZ for RD, thus activating the $240m Cath deal and a JV arrangement is concocted between AVZ, CMOC & CATH to explore CDL ?

Remember, DRC govt wouldnt want such a big project ( CDL ) to lay idle , whilst RD is constructed and AVZ only did a few drills in the southern part of CDL , so not alot of definition work was done on that project the last few years, so it would make sense to get other parties to join AVZ to accelerate that development.

As long as AVZ maintains 51% control, i would have no problem with that scenario.

The win , win ( positive working relationships with stake holders ) is that ICSID court case against DRC govt gets dropped , China still has significant involvement with Manono and tells Dathomir / Cong / Zijin to pull their head in...

Hopefully, come 23/11/23 at the AGM, MOU progress might have reached a stage whereby Nige could reveal more about this equation, therefore MMGA is irrelevant.

Its just my musings and i remain hopeful.

imo

 

[Carlos Danger]

Another thing I would ask , if the BoD lock in ICSID what are they going to be doing to earn their salaries ? Sitting around the office playing mahjong for the next couple of years ? Maybe for $20 bucks an hour but not for $350k a year thank you . They need to sort this sh1t out asap and get the AVZ show back on the road what ever it takes. IMO

Could be 9 of them soon too

 

[MoneyBags1348]

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Welcome to TSE Schmi

Yes, clearly things have changed with the Cami website and having given it a bit of thought over night, i refer to the above statement as a possible reason for that.

The second half of that statement is the most poignant imo, .........Entry into MOU will be a significant step towards the development of the Manono project, it will also maintain positive working relationships with all stake holders.

Could it be that MANONO LITHIUM is the amalgamation of the newly formed MOU ?

Now what entities could be involved in that MOU ?

Clearly AVZ will be part of it, CATH too, whispers that CMOC could be involved and of course DRC govt.

Will Zijin be involved ?..........I think not, ICC arbitration will find that ROFR was not legal, therefore they were not a participant in Dathcom in the first place.

What about Cominiere ?.........I think not, they had to cede 15% of their interest in Dathcom to DRC govt regardless.

On that Cami website, there is a clear definition between Roche Dure and CDL.

Could it be that exploitation ML gets awarded to AVZ for RD, thus activating the $240m Cath deal and a JV arrangement is concocted between AVZ, CMOC & CATH to explore CDL ?

Remember, DRC govt wouldnt want such a big project ( CDL ) to lay idle , whilst RD is constructed and AVZ only did a few drills in the southern part of CDL , so not alot of definition work was done on that project the last few years, so it would make sense to get other parties to join AVZ to accelerate that development.

As long as AVZ maintains 51% control, i would have no problem with that scenario.

The win , win ( positive working relationships with stake holders ) is that ICSID court case against DRC govt gets dropped , China still has significant involvement with Manono and tells Dathomir / Cong / Zijin to pull their head in...

Hopefully, come 23/11/23 at the AGM, MOU progress might have reached a stage whereby Nige could reveal more about this equation, therefore MMGA is irrelevant.

Its just my musings and i remain hopeful.

imo

Sorry BEISH, I’m afraid you are wrong mate. Cominiere and Zijin clearly trying to steal CDL…. Fat Tail (MMGA) are in on it

CAMI clearly want DRC to have greater ownership of projects and if they can’t get it from RD, they will try and get through Cominiere having a JV with Zijin

All illegal of course, and all in my opinion

I’m signing off now mate, as usual I already spend too much time here

 

[Carlos Danger]

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Welcome to TSE Schmi

Yes, clearly things have changed with the Cami website and having given it a bit of thought over night, i refer to the above statement as a possible reason for that.

The second half of that statement is the most poignant imo, .........Entry into MOU will be a significant step towards the development of the Manono project, it will also maintain positive working relationships with all stake holders.

Could it be that MANONO LITHIUM is the amalgamation of the newly formed MOU ?

Now what entities could be involved in that MOU ?

Clearly AVZ will be part of it, CATH too, whispers that CMOC could be involved and of course DRC govt.

Will Zijin be involved ?..........I think not, ICC arbitration will find that ROFR was not legal, therefore they were not a participant in Dathcom in the first place.

What about Cominiere ?.........I think not, they had to cede 15% of their interest in Dathcom to DRC govt regardless.

On that Cami website, there is a clear definition between Roche Dure and CDL.

Could it be that exploitation ML gets awarded to AVZ for RD, thus activating the $240m Cath deal and a JV arrangement is concocted between AVZ, CMOC & CATH to explore CDL ?

Remember, DRC govt wouldnt want such a big project ( CDL ) to lay idle , whilst RD is constructed and AVZ only did a few drills in the southern part of CDL , so not alot of definition work was done on that project the last few years, so it would make sense to get other parties to join AVZ to accelerate that development.

As long as AVZ maintains 51% control, i would have no problem with that scenario.

The win , win ( positive working relationships with stake holders ) is that ICSID court case against DRC govt gets dropped , China still has significant involvement with Manono and tells Dathomir / Cong / Zijin to pull their head in...

Hopefully, come 23/11/23 at the AGM, MOU progress might have reached a stage whereby Nige could reveal more about this equation, therefore MMGA is irrelevant.

Its just my musings and i remain hopeful.

imo

Hope you're right. Given the citing of the Dathcom JVA termination by MoM on top of her ignoring our appeal to the illegal cancelling of our ML decree plus the way CKK and all the other Zijin hood rats have been celebrating I seriously doubt it. But it's defo possible.

Franck Fwamba said he is looking into who is involved with Manono Lithium so hopefully we will know soon. I did try checking the RCCM but it's still inaccessible. And there's no other companies house style search records for entities in the DRC that I know of.

 

[BEISHA]

Sorry BEISH, I’m afraid you are wrong mate. Cominiere and Zijin clearly trying to steal CDL…. Fat Tail (MMGA) are in on it

CAMI clearly want DRC to have greater ownership of projects and if they can’t get it from RD, they will try and get through Cominiere having a JV with Zijin

All illegal of course, and all in my opinion

Well Money, everthing about this forum is about having a opinion in the absence of ASX announcements / AGM, so no one is right or wrong until the ...

Having said that, I am afraid you are wrong......

Cause your scenario is just inplausible , given what we all know about Zijin / Cominiere relationship.

time, plenty of it.........will tell eventually.

 

[whales]

On October 9th, AVZ makes an announcement regarding the progress towards a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Nigel Ferguson, after a meeting with the President, confidently assured presidential support. Prior photos captured Nigel grinning following discussions with the new Cami leadership, along with our ambassador's encounter with the President and our ongoing cooperation with other high-ranking DRC officials.

However, less than two weeks later, Carlos Danger states, "It is evident that, within the DRC legal system, we seem to have lost control over the tenement" (Carlos, I highly value your insight). Really, FFS can this be happening before our eyes? The only consolation I can draw comes from the final sentence below, emphasizing a "strict legal regulatory framework." Could it be that the relevant DRC institutions are merely addressing existing legally binding decisions, which may later be overturned through appeals and ICC judgments, ultimately resulting in the restoration of AVZ's ownership? I live in hope that this is what has been conveyed to Nigel by previously mentioned high-ranking officials.

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No your legally binding assumption is wrong.
As 13359 was restored as a whole tenement.
It is now split.
Only positive can assume is Zijin no longer involved in Roche Dure allowing Dathcom additional 15 % with First Right of refusal bringing potentially 90% ownership over Roche Dure once Cong is resolved.
I personally would be glad to get into production than 5 years in the courts and uncertainty.

 

[Dazmac66]

In any shithole other than DRC, AVZ 90%! But money talks, what compensation will be offered if we have any less than 90%? This is the MoU in a nutshell I suspect.

 

[JNRB]

View attachment 47718
Welcome to TSE Schmi

Yes, clearly things have changed with the Cami website and having given it a bit of thought over night, i refer to the above statement as a possible reason for that.

The second half of that statement is the most poignant imo, .........Entry into MOU will be a significant step towards the development of the Manono project, it will also maintain positive working relationships with all stake holders.

Could it be that MANONO LITHIUM is the amalgamation of the newly formed MOU ?

Now what entities could be involved in that MOU ?

Clearly AVZ will be part of it, CATH too, whispers that CMOC could be involved and of course DRC govt.

Will Zijin be involved ?..........I think not, ICC arbitration will find that ROFR was not legal, therefore they were not a participant in Dathcom in the first place.

What about Cominiere ?.........I think not, they had to cede 15% of their interest in Dathcom to DRC govt regardless.

On that Cami website, there is a clear definition between Roche Dure and CDL.

Could it be that exploitation ML gets awarded to AVZ for RD, thus activating the $240m Cath deal and a JV arrangement is concocted between AVZ, CMOC & CATH to explore CDL ?

Remember, DRC govt wouldnt want such a big project ( CDL ) to lay idle , whilst RD is constructed and AVZ only did a few drills in the southern part of CDL , so not alot of definition work was done on that project the last few years, so it would make sense to get other parties to join AVZ to accelerate that development.

As long as AVZ maintains 51% control, i would have no problem with that scenario.

The win , win ( positive working relationships with stake holders ) is that ICSID court case against DRC govt gets dropped , China still has significant involvement with Manono and tells Dathomir / Cong / Zijin to pull their head in...

Hopefully, come 23/11/23 at the AGM, MOU progress might have reached a stage whereby Nige could reveal more about this equation, therefore MMGA is irrelevant.

Its just my musings and i remain hopeful.

imo

Gotta go a step bigger / further out.
I'm guessing that MoU will also cover something about processing.

That's one of the big sweeteners that we can offer to DRC without giving up project equity or tenements. With CATH as partners, it's also one of the big advantages we have over zijin. CATH have processing experience and can help set that up in the DRC, which is ultimately the bug picture goal for them - much more than just mining royalties. Would be a big win-win.

By comparison what does zijin offer? Mining only, shipped off to be processed in China, often fudging the numbers to minimise tax revenue. Oh and with a side-serve of human rights abuses for the local population.


My question to Nigel would be:
"When stating 'maintain positive working relationships with all stakeholders', who specifically are the stakeholders that will continue to be involved with the project post-awarding of the mining license?"

 

[BEISHA]

Gotta go a step bigger / further out.
I'm guessing that MoU will also cover something about processing.

That's one of the big sweeteners that we can offer to DRC without giving up project equity or tenements. With CATH as partners, it's also one of the big advantages we have over zijin. CATH have processing experience and can help set that up in the DRC, which is ultimately the bug picture goal for them - much more than just mining royalties. Would be a big win-win.

By comparison what does zijin offer? Mining only, shipped off to be processed in China, often fudging the numbers to minimise tax revenue. Oh and with a side-serve of human rights abuses for the local population.


My question to Nigel would be:
"When stating 'maintain positive working relationships with all stakeholders', who specifically are the stakeholders that will continue to be involved with the project post-awarding of the mining license?"

Absolutely, Cath have heaps more advantages than Zijin, we purportedly have a good working relationship with them, they have capital clout and processing skills to energise the battery hub vision, plus one has to assume their integrity is much better....

I dont believe Zijin will be in the equation at all, nor cominiere, hence why they have colluded to seek financial compensation from AVZ thru ICC arbitration which is baseless.

I dont believe AVZ have to give up project equity or concession on CDL, but will have to formulate a JV to progress it, which is standard practice in Australian mining if its not your core project.

Lets see what transpires.

 

[LX600]

Absolutely, Cath have heaps more advantages than Zijin, we purportedly have a good working relationship with them, they have capital clout and processing skills to energise the battery hub vision, plus one has to assume their integrity is much better....

I dont believe Zijin will be in the equation at all, nor cominiere, hence why they have colluded to seek financial compensation from AVZ thru ICC arbitration which is baseless.

I dont believe AVZ have to give up project equity or concession on CDL, but will have to formulate a JV to progress it, which is standard practice in Australian mining if its not your core project.

Lets see what transpires.

I need to share a concern that CATH may be behind Bin Guo, which is the ultimate creator of MMGA. I am not sure whether it is CATH or Huayou or Yibin Tianyi or all of them. But based on what I have heard, CATH can not be trusted fully

 

[MoneyBags1348]

Absolutely, Cath have heaps more advantages than Zijin, we purportedly have a good working relationship with them, they have capital clout and processing skills to energise the battery hub vision, plus one has to assume their integrity is much better....

I dont believe Zijin will be in the equation at all, nor cominiere, hence why they have colluded to seek financial compensation from AVZ thru ICC arbitration which is baseless.

I dont believe AVZ have to give up project equity or concession on CDL, but will have to formulate a JV to progress it, which is standard practice in Australian mining if its not your core project.

Lets see what transpires.

A perfect time to put on a classic song for you BEISH….



BEISH, the best thing about my generation was we had the music to get us through anything, don’t worry about waiting for the fat lady to sing….

sometimes you just have to let yourself live in the music rather than the moment, hope you enjoy this song as much as I do

 

[Winenut]

I need to share a concern that CATH may be behind Bin Guo, which is the ultimate creator of MMGA. I am not sure whether it is CATH or Huayou or Yibin Tianyi or all of them. But based on what I have heard, CATH can not be trusted fully

Why do you think CATH are behind Bin Guo?

What is your evidence to that?