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Nellie17

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US delegation arrives in Kinshasa for peace and investment mission

A large joint White House-State Department delegation of US officials arrived on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, on a French airline Air France flight from Washington, DC, via Paris, as part of a peace and investment mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the ACP noted.

The delegation is led by Senior Advisor to the US President, Massad Boulos, with Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State Coronah Sanders, Devin Kesington, and Zach Snuder, as well as Dan Dimirhan, National Security Director for Africa.

This delegation also plans to travel to Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya for the same mission.

"Senior Advisor Boulos and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Coronah Sanders will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda beginning April 3," the State Department wrote on its website Tuesday, announcing the mission.

"During this trip, Mr. Boulos and his team will meet with heads of state and business leaders to advance efforts toward lasting peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and promote U.S. private sector investment in the region," it read.

Mr. Boulos has been appointed Senior Advisor to the U.S. President for Africa, Arab, and Middle Eastern Affairs.

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Yeah the delegation is there alright! The only problem is that they are staying at the Fleuve Hotel!!!
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Scoota30

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Trump is going to war with everyone in order to onshore manufacturing and critical minerals back to the US for national security purposes.
Felix enters the room a month ago begging for US security assurances to save his ass from M23.
Kobold writing letters to Felix saying they want to develop Manono.

There is no world where the US doesn't get their hands on Manono IMO. Whether something happens in the next week, or the next 59 days the writing is on the wall. Trump will do almost anything to get this bag 💰

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At the heart of this dynamic, the partnership between KoBold Metals, a company specializing in mineral exploration using artificial intelligence, and Rio Tinto, a major player in the global mining industry, is of paramount importance. This strategic alliance aims to exploit Congolese mineral deposits more efficiently and sustainably, while meeting the growing demands of the global market.

Is the journo jumping the gun or is the partnership all but a done deal?
Kobold and Rio have been in a partnership since 2023 in Thunder Bay, Canada exploring a prospect for copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium:

https://www.northernontariobusiness...-nickel-cobalt-and-lithium-in-neebing-6848264

So the writer is entitled to presume a partnership is indeed in the air given in the report that US special envoy, Massad Boulos, is meeting in Kinshasa with Felix and business leaders. Further:

One of Massad Boulos’s primary missions will be to facilitate the recovery and resale of a contested lithium project, currently in the sights of mining giant Rio Tinto.

https://english.congovirtuel.com/ko...on-to-broker-a-lithium-mining-deal-in-manono/
 
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obe wan

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Just throwing this out there for a different perspective.

However, Massad Boulos and his entourage are not in Kinshasa to work on their all-over tans.


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Xerof

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Well, as August mentions - his range is USD7b to USD9b, as US institutional investors just won't go to USD14b.

9B isn't too far from Nigels 10B, so maybe we meet in the middle on this? ;););)
 
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JNRB

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My math isn't great but
(7b< >9b / 14b)* 10B = $12per share right?

Jokes aside, it's good to see the numbers in discussion moving towards something more reasonable (towards, not at 😉)
 
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My math isn't great but
(7b< >9b / 14b)* 10B = $12per share right?

Jokes aside, it's good to see the numbers in discussion moving towards something more reasonable (towards, not at 😉)
There is a room full of people. Something has to leak soon!
 
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Xerof

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Skar

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Hey mate, you need to bear in mind, this might be an asset sale, not a TO, especially if there’s an ongoing royalty. We could be a cashed up entity looking for a new tenement to explore. North Korea sound alright?
Greenland or Ukraine post war would be better.

Like others have said though, I can't see Nigel wanting to take on another project so I will probably pocket my royalties as they come but would want the company to return any cash back to shareholders over buying another project/maintaining large overheads. I have backed too many other failed explorers and need to absorb some losses. My point was whatever deal is structured, has to be fair and not made at a concession (i.e give up the north without being compensated for it, just to get an early deal). We missed the last bull run, we are now at the low point in the cycle, as we head towards 2030 and beyond, we will have another bull run in lithium, self driving cars with solid state batteries and ESS taking off. So keep pursuing legal avenues until a fair deal emerges.
 
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Wise words, no one is adding more to the deal because 20000 Australian feelings got hurt when those corrupt knob ends took something from what they see (and admittedly is) as very minor player (if a player at all) in the geopolitical landscape they scrape their $$$ from. I respect Nigel and the guts it took to believe he could get this to mine. But that ship sailed when lost control of ML. Not his fault and nothing he could have done. Whoever buys this knows, you either buy us out and get the court cases dropped and dig all the lithium you need. Or you try flaunt the law and get caught out by the courts and lose possibly more. So a buyout between 4 and 8 billion is completely reasonable, clears the way for mining and tax to the DRC criminals, supplies lithium to USA for 50 years. And whoever gets it at that gets a tidy profit. We get above ATH and everyone here on TSE can close out our relationships with a good face to face and or jelly wrestle.

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