Horse your comment ''To Chinese companies, Mali is deemed to be more dangerous than DRC. ''may or may not be true but you are aware there are other countries looking to secure supply right??South Korea, Japan, Europe etc.Some would actually prefer to deal with them than China who are well known for the ruthlessness, seems yours and ML's fixation with China being the only player is a bit shortsighted.Just my opinion but there are other avenues out there.