Litigation Timelines, page-425

Cominière is a state-owned enterprise owned 90% by the DRC Government through the Ministry of
Finance and 10% by the Institut National de Sécurité Sociale.

It is able to act independently of the DRC Government, though its board reports to the Minister for Portfolio.

• Cominière’s purported sale of 15% of the shares in Dathcom to Jin Cheng Mining Company (Jin
Cheng) which is a subsidiary of Zijin, in contravention of AVZ’s pre-emptive right and which was
heard at the ICC in Paris on 5 and 6 of October 2023 with a decision on the jurisdictional question
pending to be delivered in January 2024;

• Cominière’s application to split PR 13359 and then transfer the northern area (ie PR 15775) to
Manono Lithium SA;