KoBold Makes Offer for Congo Lithium as Country Courts US, page-2099

The ICSID and ICC court cases are actually disputing that.
So far AVZ has not had any pushbacks in this dispute.

However Kobold is trying to buy AVZ's interest in the Dathcom JV and all AVZ held permits around 13359.
It seems that Kobold does recognise that interest, they must have done their dd and had advice from the best lawyers available, before committing a few billion dollars.

These guys are not silly and don't get their advice from Social Media, of Grok.