Dave Evans
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Maybe I've missed something.
Where is this financial claim?
I know the $10 billion has been thrown around forever, but as far as I can see, there is no official reference to a $10 billion damages claim lodged in any publicly available ICSID document or AVZ ASX announcement.
Please correct me.
If somebody has any official document that specifies anything to the above effect please post it. That would be much appreciated. (Dave Evans? He's all over the ICSID case and his preferred course of action was the ICSID route. Maybe he can chime in? or anyone for that matter).
What I can see that AVZ are seeking via ICSID;
The focus of current legal action and arbitration is on restoring mining rights and ownership, not seeking financial damages other than penalties for non compliance.
- A declaration that AVZ (via Dathcom) holds the legal title to Exploration Permit PR13359 at Manono.
- An order compelling the DRC to issue an exploitation (mining) permit over that area.
- Interim measures to protect these rights, and penalty orders due to non-compliance by the DRC.
A "win" will in no way value the resource at 10 billion dollars based on the above.
At the end of the day a deal needs to be done for shareholders to walk away. Before or after arbitration (if it goes the distance). The sooner a deal is done the better in my opinion.
Muks, I think it’s somewhere in this document, I’ve just forgotten what page the compensation (damages) was listed on

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