AVZ Discussion 2022

[cruiser51]

Reckon you are spot on Strongman . The whole idea was for Kobold to pay AVZ to drop Arbitration and walk away . Thought peanuts $$$ would get it done . Now they are throwing a hissy fit and throwing it back to the DRC gov to sort out in the hope AVZ will cave in and accept their offer . Yanks need to wake up and make an acceptable offer . IMO

I think it is more like:
Kobold has been informed by a their lawyers, that if the DRC doesn't solve their legal problems with AVZ, all Kobold will be buying is multitude of ongoing arbitration cases. Of which they still have to study the finer details and implications.

Therefore KOBOLD has said: 'Listen Felix, sort your own self inflicted shit out, before we can do business'.
(They said that of course after getting the other PR's assigned to them)

Comminière SA illegally, without reason (other than not making progress), kicked AVZ off the PR13359 lease and illegally cancelled a JV (The reason why AVZ could not make progress was, the DRC issued and without reason (other than lack of brown paper bags) withdrew the Mining License).
Don't the idiots understand that you cant mine or build a mine without a mining license?

Comminière SA sold against its contractual FROR obligations with its JV partner AVZ 15% of Dathcom to Zijin.
Followed by illegally cancelling the Datcom JV, of which Comminière SA a minority shareholder was and told AVZ PR13359 is now ours.
And that was not all, they followed through on second thoughts with illegally converting the 15% holding in Dathcom into more than half of PR13359 to Zijin and reassigned that within 1 month into an Exploitation Permit. (without doing any of the required exploration or other legal work, other than receiving another US$70 million, which surprising disappeared like snow in the sun.)

And now the DRC wants Kobold to clean up their mess and on top of that Comminière SA expects a finder's fee of US$ 1 Billion from Kobold.

So what has to happen to make things work??

The DRC has to clean up its own mess, remove Zijin from the northern section, kick a couple of criminal heads operating in Comminiè and reissue a ML to AVZ over the original PR13359, which according to CAMI was never cancelled, without that Kobold will simply walk away. And the ICSID arbitration will continue.

Kobold doesn't have any intention to stick both arms plus head in a DRC vipers nest, just to entertain Felix, or Trump and destroy their company in the process. They do have a responsibility towards their shareholders.

And we still haven't talked about the Hydro Power station for which AVZ had an Contract to refurbish with Snel.
(SNEL is a state-owned company in the DRC for electricity production, transmission and distribution.)

Now Wombat your argument...
I would say AVZ begrudgingly will walk away from Manono, after Kobold drops US$10 Billion in AVZ's bank account, otherwise no deal.

BTW DRC, China, USA and Australia are all members of ICSID, see below, so please ignore the trolls, who tell you different.

 

[wombat74]

I think it is more like:
Kobold has been informed by a their lawyers, that if the DRC doesn't solve their legal problems with AVZ, all Kobold will be buying is multitude of ongoing arbitration cases. Of which they still have to study the finer details and implications.

Therefore KOBOLD has said: 'Listen Felix, sort your own self inflicted shit out, before we can do business'.
(They said that of course after getting the other PR's assigned to them)

Comminière SA illegally, without reason (other than not making progress), kicked AVZ off the PR13359 lease and illegally cancelled a JV (The reason why AVZ could not make progress was, the DRC issued and without reason (other than lack of brown paper bags) withdrew the Mining License).
Don't the idiots understand that you cant mine or build a mine without a mining license?

Comminière SA sold against its contractual FROR obligations with its JV partner AVZ 15% of Dathcom to Zijin.
Followed by illegally cancelling the Datcom JV, of which Comminière SA a minority shareholder was and told AVZ PR13359 is now ours.
And that was not all, they followed through on second thoughts with illegally converting the 15% holding in Dathcom into more than half of PR13359 to Zijin and reassigned that within 1 month into an Exploitation Permit. (without doing any of the required exploration or other legal work, other than receiving another US$70 million, which surprising disappeared like snow in the sun.)

And now the DRC wants Kobold to clean up their mess and on top of that Comminière SA expects a finder's fee of US$ 1 Billion from Kobold.

So what has to happen to make things work??

The DRC has to clean up its own mess, remove Zijin from the northern section, kick a couple of criminal heads operating in Comminiè and reissue a ML to AVZ over the original PR13359, which according to CAMI was never cancelled, without that Kobold will simply walk away. And the ICSID arbitration will continue.

Kobold doesn't have any intention to stick both arms plus head in a DRC vipers nest, just to entertain Felix, or Trump and destroy their company in the process. They do have a responsibility towards their shareholders.

And we still haven't talked about the Hydro Power station for which AVZ had an Contract to refurbish with Snel.
(SNEL is a state-owned company in the DRC for electricity production, transmission and distribution.)

Now Wombat your argument...
I would say AVZ begrudgingly will walk away from Manono, after Kobold drops US$10 Billion in AVZ's bank account, otherwise no deal.

BTW DRC, China, USA and Australia are all members of ICSID, see below, so please ignore the trolls, who tell you different.

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So here is the Question . What was Kobold's offer to AVZ about ? If AVZ had accepted Kobold's low ball offer ,weeks ago now, would Kobold not now hold the rights to Roche Dure ? The issues you refer to did not seem to be a problem during the initial stages of Negotiations when Kobold was trying to screw AVZ .Bottom line is Kobold tried to rat f--k us and came up empty . Now they are trying to bully us by throwing it back to the DRC to resolve in the hope we cave in and take their pathetic offer .Unless of course the US are strong arming the DRC to resolve the issue . Security for Minerals/Largest Lithium Deposit on the planet/ Can't let China keep f--king us in the arse yada yada . But really I just think it's Kobold trying to rat f--k us . IMO

 

[cruiser51]

So here is the Question . What was Kobold's offer to AVZ about ? If AVZ had accepted Kobold's low ball offer ,weeks ago now, would Kobold not now hold the rights to Roche Dure ? The issues you refer to did not seem to be a problem during the initial stages of Negotiations when Kobold was trying to screw AVZ .Bottom line is Kobold tried to rat f--k us and came up empty . Now they are trying to bully us by throwing it back to the DRC to resolve in the hope we cave in and take their pathetic offer .Unless of course the US are strong arming the DRC to resolve the issue . Security for Minerals/Largest Lithium Deposit on the planet/ Can't let China keep f--king us in the arse yada yada . But really I just think it's Kobold trying to rat f--k us . IMO

So here is your answer, ask that idiot the dunnie, he believes he knows everything.

On another note, it is pretty obvious that AVZ did not accept Kobold's offer. That is why we are where we are.
It is pretty safe to conclude that the BOD did not consider the offer serious.
That is where the expression a serious offer emanates from.

I do agree with your observation that Kobold tried to low ball us, followed by trying to screw us.
Nigel & co very obvious were expecting this.

I don't see throwing the issue back at the DRC is 'trying to bully us'.
It is simply saying Felix you have the cards to solve your shit, don't expect us to clean your arse.

I think the attitude of the DRC is kindergarten stuff.
They say, you solve our problems and pay us a search fee of US$ 1 Billion, because we worked so hard.

These fucking idiots never stop until they are strung up on the highest light mast in front of the Chinese built Palace in Kinshasa.
Their judicial system is laughable.
The only way to clean these wankers up is a massive revolt.

Will the fat fucker survive that? I hope not.

 

[Felix]

Eeww, cruiser, just to let you know I’m feeling decidedly uncomfortable about this whole situation, and have fucked off to Belgium. I’ll leave it to Celestine to handle

 

[tolate]

MAYBE how will AVZ ever resolve the DRC behaviour towards them...imo

Out of political and financial pragmatism: to preserve Zijin's funds and secure a solid Chinese partner.
But at the cost of total legal uncertainty, which endangers the viability of the project and the country's image as an investment destination.

 

[tolate]

Looks like the M23 war still ongoing..imo

• DRC—Ituri. Fighting between Ugandan-linked rebel group and the Congolese army has escalated in the eastern DRC since early August, as the group tries to capture key areas on the Lake Albert coastline and secure greater local backing and support from Uganda.

 

[tolate]

M23’s campaign—and alleged direct Rwandan involvement in the operations—violate multiple elements of the US-backed peace framework in the eastern DRC despite combating legitimate military targets. Rwandan troops reportedly participated in the Rutshuru campaign, which would violate the US-brokered June peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda. HRW cited several sources, including the UN, locals, and “military sources,” who said that Rwandan forces directly participated in M23’s campaign.[17] Rwanda committed to not “engage in, support, or condone any military incursions or other acts” in the eastern DRC as part of the US-brokered peace deal.[18]

Looks like the M23 war still ongoing..imo

• DRC—Ituri. Fighting between Ugandan-linked rebel group and the Congolese army has escalated in the eastern DRC since early August, as the group tries to capture key areas on the Lake Albert coastline and secure greater local backing and support from Uganda.

 

[Xerof]

 

[tolate]

What happened YOUR SAD again today....imo
Surely your NIGHT CLASSES are not that BAD or are they...imo
You must of had a BAD RAT of a night...imo
AVZ still NO CHANGE, same OLD SAGA in progress...imo

 

[Cobberoonski]

imo this, imo that…

Again DICK HEAD, that is not your OPINION - what you have posted is one of your cut & paste jobbies from old news articles.

Now toddle along & warm up the bus before you make those poor little kiddies late for school - enjoy the morning run Lenny, & we’ll see you back here & on HC around 11.

 

[Dave Evans]

So here is your answer, ask that idiot the dunnie, he believes he knows everything.

On another note, it is pretty obvious that AVZ did not accept Kobold's offer. That is why we are where we are.
It is pretty safe to conclude that the BOD did not consider the offer serious.
That is where the expression a serious offer emanates from.

I do agree with your observation that Kobold tried to low ball us, followed by trying to screw us.
Nigel & co very obvious were expecting this.

I don't see throwing the issue back at the DRC is 'trying to bully us'.
It is simply saying Felix you have the cards to solve your shit, don't expect us to clean your arse.

I think the attitude of the DRC is kindergarten stuff.
They say, you solve our problems and pay us a search fee of US$ 1 Billion, because we worked so hard.

These fucking idiots never stop until they are strung up on the highest light mast in front of the Chinese built Palace in Kinshasa.
Their judicial system is laughable.
The only way to clean these wankers up is a massive revolt.

Will the fat fucker survive that? I hope not.

With the trouble still in the east and Tshisekedi’s army so weak, he is even more desperate for America’s help. His wife has even been calling for Congolese women to join the army to fight the rebels.

It’s a good time to shine a spotlight on the elites ahead of their DRC Battery Metals Forum on the 29-30th September 2025.

Here’s a few reminders to apply a little pressure on Kibeya ahead of his “influential speaker” gig at the forum.

Corruption is still rampant today in the DRC Mining Sector. Go back and read all the information on the first two pages of this thread

DRC - AFRICA BATTERY METALS FORUM​

DRC - AFRICA BATTERY METALS FORUM 2023 PROMOTED BY THE VUKA GROUP TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CORRUPTION STILL EXISTS NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 2017 ASSESSMENT OF CORRUPTION RISKS IN THE AWARDING OF MINING RIGHTS IN THE DRC PDF...

thestockexchange.com.au
And then look who is the speaker at this years 2025 DRC Africa Battery Metals Forum


Africa Battery Metals, DRC
@BatteryDrc

Exciting News! Join us in extending a warm welcome to our speaker– Celestin Kibeya, Director General, Cominière, DRC at the DRC - Africa Battery Metals Forum Register now to secure your spot at this transformative event here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0mmzDR0



6:30 PM · Aug 15, 2025
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https://x.com/BatteryDrc/status/1956272158448963792

It’s amazing how the DRC Africa Battery Metals Forum advertises the most corrupt person in the DRC mining sector and this tweet has already had nearly 4000 views
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Here’s the recording of Kibeya taking Zijin’s bribe

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Here’s the DRC Inspector General of Finance’s report exposing the corruption

https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...f+DRC+Mining+Assets+by+COMINIERE+SA+-+ENG.pdf

Here’s the ICC ordering Cominiere to pay AVZ €39 million in penalties

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5934d2ae6b8f5beeb5ba23f3/t/67d3c05d706c8e3c6453432b/1741930593293/20250314+-+Announcement+-+Response+to+Media+Speculation+and+ICC+Decision+to+Liquidate+Cominiere+Penalty(1300575192.2)+ENG_FRE.pdf

Here’s the ICSID ordering the DRC to return the PR13359 permit back to AVZ’ and Dathcom

https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...+AVZ+Successful+in+ICSID+Interim+Measures.pdf

Here’s photos of Celestin Kibeya
- Greedily eyeing AVZ’s lithium drill cores at Manono
- Speaking about controlling the billions of dollars of foreign invested money in the DRC mining sector
- Celebrating with his mates at Cominiere

 

[wombat74]

So here is your answer, ask that idiot the dunnie, he believes he knows everything.

On another note, it is pretty obvious that AVZ did not accept Kobold's offer. That is why we are where we are.
It is pretty safe to conclude that the BOD did not consider the offer serious.
That is where the expression a serious offer emanates from.

I do agree with your observation that Kobold tried to low ball us, followed by trying to screw us.
Nigel & co very obvious were expecting this.

I don't see throwing the issue back at the DRC is 'trying to bully us'.
It is simply saying Felix you have the cards to solve your shit, don't expect us to clean your arse.

I think the attitude of the DRC is kindergarten stuff.
They say, you solve our problems and pay us a search fee of US$ 1 Billion, because we worked so hard.

These fucking idiots never stop until they are strung up on the highest light mast in front of the Chinese built Palace in Kinshasa.
Their judicial system is laughable.
The only way to clean these wankers up is a massive revolt.

Will the fat fucker survive that? I hope not.

I put the toilet on ignore when he showed up here . The Crapper is enough toilet for me .
Yes you are right Kobold may not be bullying AVZ by throwing it back to the DRC to solve . But what they are saying is , Negotiations are over .This is our final offer. Take it or leave it . You have to love Kobold . Squeaky clean . Full of high standards / principles and ethics . Yet they know the DRC Gov are a bunch of Criminals and have no problem doing business with them . They know AVZ hold the legal rights and 21000 share holders got shafted . They know the true value of the deposit . Yet rather than pay fair value they would rather rat f--k us . Kobold are a bunch of grubs in my opinion.