Fair call but Like all things with this case, there is an unsolved conundrum. Why haven't they already kicked us out? Why haven't they already handed the keys for the south to Zijin? If the DRC has ambitions to become a closed shop and only deal with China then why don't they do it? But they don't. They want a battery hub and are promoting themselves in Europe, Australia (!), and the US to encourage investment. Why would they bother if they just want the Chinese? Either it is a masquerade or they generally want other foreign investment. My personal thoughts are they generally want foreign investment. I don't know about the DRC inner workings and decades old relationship with the corruption of the Chinese but I believe it cannot be unwound without the independence of an international ruling. If and when the AVZ ICC and ICSID rulings come and they ignore, there will be no other foreign investment. I don't think they want this.