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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - June 3, 2025

" ... Peace deal negotiations between DRC and Rwanda. On May 21, President Trump announced that his Administration is close to successfully brokering a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. The President said that his Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, had been instrumental to the negotiations. In March, we reported that DRC President Felix Tshisekedi had written to the President offering the US access to DRC’s critical minerals in exchange for military help against Rwandan M23 rebels. In April, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the DRC and Rwanda had signed a pledge in Washington, DC to work toward a peace agreement. A peace deal brokered by the US could potentially give the US far greater access to DRC’s vast mineral wealth. The DRC is the world’s leading exporter of cobalt and a major exporter of coltan, copper, gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum. Its untapped mineral wealth is estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. ..."
 
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Completely different country.
I'm an idiot - deleted. Thought Republic of Congo was Democratic Republic. (Usually when I see it referred to it's just 'Congo')
 
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Not sure if you're aware, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo are different.
I am now....Jumped the gun when I saw it.
 
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Ah yes, little more than the usual Chinese window dressing and virtue-signalling by a subsidiary of Zijin Mining whose environmental track record is a pattern of neglect and indifference. When Zijin talks about sustainability in its reports, it actually means sustainability of profits regardless of the damage caused by its operations.

Building a couple of schools does not absolve that odious company of its environmental and social obligations.

Hold my beer.
 
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They mean two new Confucius institutes teaching Xi Thought.
That curriculum may need to be revised soon. Word is that Xi is on the way out...
 
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Tin: IRH Seals $367M Deal to Take Over Bisie Mine --> not just Chinese presence but also Emirates ... you can imagine what a success in making business with DRC this will be for the business president in the U.S. ...
 
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Are you basing this simply on the peace deal and minerals for security deal proposed timing or are you aware of some additional information?
Just a sneaky suspicion
 
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Just received an email from DRC battery metals forum asking my own company to sponsor them 🤣

Making it sound again like it’s done.

We are writing to you from the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum, taking place from September 29-30, 2025, in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. As you may be aware from the recent news regarding KoBold Metals' significant investment in the Manono lithium project, the DRC is rapidly solidifying its position as a global epicentre for critical battery metals.
DRC: The Powerhouse Fueling the Global Energy Revolution
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The Democratic Republic of Congo holds approximately 70% of the world's cobalt reserves and significant copper deposits, with emerging lithium potential gaining global attention. The recent acquisition by KoBold Metals, backed by visionary investors like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, underscores the immense, strategic importance of the DRC in securing the future of the global energy transition.

This investment signals a clear intent to accelerate the development of these vital resources and bring them to Western markets!

 
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Are you basing this simply on the peace deal and minerals for security deal proposed timing or are you aware of some additional information?
Heard there's a few things happening....further negotiations etc

Peace deals and minerals/security clearly right at the top of all of those but obviously the $ matter as well to all parties

It's right at the pointy end IMO

With so much at stake there's enormous amounts of FUD and misinformation floating about

Nothing like you've might ever have seen...

The BOD and Nigel are absolutely the best source of information right here, right now IMO

I am optimistic and hopeful that the right, legal and fair agreement is eventually negotiated and delivered
 
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Heard there's a few things happening....further negotiations etc

Peace deals and minerals/security clearly right at the top of all of those but obviously the $ matter as well to all parties

It's right at the pointy end IMO

With so much at stake there's enormous amounts of FUD and misinformation floating about

Nothing like you've might ever have seen...

The BOD and Nigel are absolutely the best source of information right here, right now IMO

I am optimistic and hopeful that the right, legal and fair agreement is eventually negotiated and delivered
Nice to see you here Wino I thought everybody had packed up and left for greener pastures like me.
 
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