Just have to hope that FT actually had " amicable " agreements with President Evil , that he got what he wanted in regards to a better arrangement with past mining contracts from the Kabila regime and told Evil to tell his " pack dogs " ( zijin ) to back off from Manono and that he would do the same to Cominiere, so as to award AVZ the ML and allow the battery hub vision to become a reality.
CATL / CATH , SHENZHEN, GANGFENG & KALON finally get their lithium & tin supply that they desperately need!!
That common sense approach would not only provide the DRC with a much needed boost to its finances in years to come, therefore a boost to the locals living conditions , but would also improve relations with Australia and boost its wretched reputation within the international community as a place to invest.
On the chinese equation, relations with Australia would get more of a boost , which currently is on the slight improve with China taking the brakes off trade sanctions with timber , coal and potentially other commodities ......
But what will the reality be and when ?
imo