Exactly ICSID was always about PR13359 and the appropriate mining licence to be awarded to Dathcom.
Not rocket science if the DRC want to avoid the courts .
Simply award the ML and sign minerals for security with USA .
IMO It is not dependant on Rwanda peace deal,
Security already in place with signing of Blackwater.
Kinshasa views the plundering of its mineral wealth as a key driver of the conflict between its forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo.
www.mining.com
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo are optimistic they can reach a deal with Washington next month to secure US investment in critical minerals
alongside support to end a Rwandan-backed rebellion in the country’s east, the
Financial Times reported on Sunday
An investment deal with the US
and separate peace deal with Rwanda were possible “by the end of June”, the newspaper said, citing two people close to the negotiations. But potential stumbling blocks remain substantial, the
FT said.