Denunciation, call for conscience, DRC: Mice Tshibangu raises his voice on the lithium mining project in Manono
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Investigative journalist, Mice Tshibangu presented a film, Thursday June 23, 2022, highlighting the dramatic outcome of the agreement between the Congolese company COMINIERE and that of the Australian AVZ MINERALS, in the exploitation of lithium in the territory of Manono, located in the province of Tanganyika. It was during a press conference that he hosted in the enclosure of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, located in the town of Gombe.
This film of more than two hours shows the non-respect of the agreements of AVZ MINERALS signed with COMINIERE. However, the agreement provided that the Australian company privileged partner with 70%, will bring its share of the rest of the capital necessary for the construction of the Manono lithium mine, but also additional expenses to make the project grow.
Through this film, Mice Tshibangu believes that it is important, given that the country is in a situation of war, the population, the press must rise up to support the government in one way or another so that it win your case in this case which is already at the level of justice, a question of mobilizing a substantial budget for the exploitation of the deposits located in Manono to help the country ever so slightly from the chaos in which it finds itself.
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Today, it must be said that many authorities, especially from the previous regime who signed the contracts, which do not benefit the country in any way. And this makes the task difficult for the current President of the Republic because he found on his table the contracts that the previous authorities signed, not for the country but for their pockets", he revealed, before d feel that the DRC has been betrayed because everything is almost blocked.
He also pointed out that he is full of several similar files in his game bag showing how previous leaders signed contracts in the name of the Republic, but the funds went into their pockets to enrich themselves.
The Congolese must, he adds, stop with trivialities to devote themselves to such serious files which will help to advance our country.
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Journaliste d’investigation, Mice Tshibangu a présenté un film, jeudi 23 juin 2022, mettant en lumière le dramatique dénouement sur l’accord entre la société congolaise COMINIERE et celle de l’australien AVZ MINERALS, dans l’exploitation du lithium dans le territoire de Manono, situé dans la...
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DRC: Investigative journalist Mils Tshibangu denounces the looting of lithium from Manono by the company AVZ
In a documentary of more than an hour of which Actu30.cd has a copy, the investigative journalist Mils Tshibangu denounces the looting of lithium and the non-respect of the contract for the exploitation of the Manono mine in the province of Tanganyika by the AVZ company .
In this video, the author talks about the company in the portfolio of the State in COMINIERE which, according to him, since the signing of the contract with AVZ "has not benefited anything, neither in terms of percentages even less from the promises of this company, who is only working for his own interest”.
According to Mils Tshibangu, the objective is for the government to be informed and for the population to ask the national government to get involved in this file, and after the government has forced AVZ to keep the promises through the contract. signed, or the lawyers help kick AVZ out.
This journalist calls on the Congolese authorities to take urgent decisions to resolve this issue, especially since this situation negatively influences the lives of the local population.
As a reminder, on October 17, 2016, COMINIERE and DATHOMIR Sarl had concluded a joint venture agreement for the exploitation of permit 12202. This exploitation permit had become an exploration permit 13359. And, after the completion of the contract with MMCS and the forfeiture of this operating license. PE 12202 was thus split into two PRs, including 13689 for discharges and 13359 for the mine. The contract was amended in December 2016.
La COMINIERE AND DATHOMIR created the company DATHCOM MINING SA in which each holds respectively 30% and 70% of the shares. In January 2017, the two shareholders decided to sell PR 13359 to DATHCOM SA for operation. On November 20, 2017, COMINIERE, DATHOMIR and AVZ MINERALS signed an agreement under which AVZ MINING acquired 60% of the shares of DATHOMIR SARL in DATHCOM MINING SA. AVZ paid A$500,000 for this transaction. After this agreement, the share capital of DATHCOM SA was as follows: COMINIERE 25%, AVZ MINERALS 65% and DATHOMIR 10%. COMINIERE then ceded 5% to AVZ to remain with 25%.
Five years after the creation of the joint venture, no significant activity on the site. The project remained in a research phase. This is how COMINIERE was contacted by the Chinese ZIJIN. The latter was eyeing the Manono-Kitotolo project on which COMINIERE was counting a lot thanks to a world-class lithium deposit. But compliance with the clauses by the shareholders posed a problem. AVZ obstructed the development of the project with opacity in fundraising operations.
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Dans un documentaire de plus d’une heure dont Actu30.cd détient une copie, le journaliste d’investigation Mils Tshibangu dénonce le pillage du lithium et le non-respect du contrat d’exploitation de la mine de Manono dans la province du Tanganyika par la société AVZ. Dans cette vidéo, l’auteur...
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