(saw this on the bird/translated from French)
24 JUN 2022
Investigative journalist, Mice Tshibangu presented a film on Thursday, June 23, 2022, highlighting the dramatic outcome of the agreement between the Congolese company COMINIERE and that of the Australian AVZ MINERALS, in the exploitation of lithium in the territory of Manono, located in Tanganyika province. It was during a press conference that he hosted within the walls of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, located in the commune of La Gombe.This film of more than two hours shows the non-compliance with AVZ MINERALS agreements signed with COMINIERE. However, the agreement provided that the Australian partner company favoured with 70%, would contribute its share of the rest of the capital needed to build the Manono lithium mine, but also additional expenses to grow the project.Through this film, Mice Tshibangu believes that it is important, given that the country is in a war situation, the population, the press must stand up to support the government in one way or another so that it wins its case in this case that is already at the level of justice, in order to mobilise a consistent budget for the exploitation of the deposits in Manono to help the country some of the chaos at which it finds itself."Today, it must be said that many authorities, especially from the previous regime, who signed the contracts, do not benefit the country in any way. And this makes the task difficult for the current President of the Republic because he has found on his table the contracts that the previous authorities have signed, not for the country but for their pockets," he revealed, before estimating that the DRC has been betrayed because everything is almost blocked.He also stressed that he is full of several similar files in his gibecière demonstrating how previous leaders signed contracts on behalf of the Republic, but the funds went into their pockets to get rich.The Congolese must, he adds, stop with futility to engage in such serious issues that will help advance our country.Christian Musungayi
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