Ann: Antilles Gold wins disputes with DR Government, page-71

This starts to be interesting. "Interesting" is not a legal term but one that causes pause in legal circles.

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2020 — The World Bank approved today a loan of US$100 million to support the response to the COVID-19 emergency in the Dominican Republic.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/06/18/banco-mundial-aprueba-us100-millones-para-respuesta-de-la-republica-dominicana-ante-la-covid-19

AAU would make a dent in DR especially if your perception of a dent is something like the Grand Canyon.
DR can not go off in a huff and a dummy spit because benefactors like the World Bank would take a dim view.

I was concerned about how DR could simply drag the chain or hold out indefinitely. It might result in WB raising loan interests, or reducing availability. So it doesn't look to me that DR has any wriggle room.