you say...
this is not the first time that this forum has been delayed.....
i think there was, at least, one more just a few years back (delayed by 4-5 months, if i recall correctly)
I say.... there was No EV Revolution back then 2 yrs ago....EV's & Lithium were dead in the water IN 2019 there was NO interest no wonder THE DELAY, it was PREMATURE THEN ......TILL now LATE 2021 is very relevant to have this forum discussion

Your post has a negative spin against DRC & the DRC Govt .... they have cleaned out the old 20yr Kabila influencing members only in January.... the Government is new & DEMOCRATIC ! have faith in the direction this Government will drive DRC
you are living in the past,,, leave it behind give the DRC a chance to develop into an Industrial behemoth with its US$24Trillion worth of untapped resources including the Potential of the largest Hydroelectric power station in the world with the development on the INGA 3 Dam on the 2nd largest river in the world: the Congo River.

Theyre trying to feed their nation 1st & foremost, provide Health & essential utilities(Water/Gas/Electricity) as well as invite International & National Mining investment into the DRC to catch the Golden opportunity of being a strategic Global Battery supply chain(as they can they have all the(Major producers of) Critical metals in-country) to assist in achieving all this and become a developed industrialized country

2021 is the year the EV revolution & Battery metals/materials pricing demand has taken off, and International Govts/the industry leaders & expert commentators can now see the next 10yrs and whats required,
LSO the UN are PUSHING the Governments around the World "To do more" to reach Climate Change CO2 reduction in emissions and the Paris Agreement GHG Targets is pushing all this as well
so you see its 2021 that has been the PIVOTING POINT for the shift towards EV & New Energy uptake these Goals & Agreements and the shift away from pollutants Fossil Fuels dependency

The EV Electric Vehicles Lithium Ion & EV Battery has a strong place now & over the next 20yrs
Other Technologies wont cut it at this stage in their development

https://www.un.org/en/delegate/secretary-general-2021-%E2%80%98crucial-year%E2%80%99-climate-change

UN Secretary-General: 2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

We're in the eye of the needle getting threaded for the changes to come about







I believe this is the reason why Major #OEM r holding off on Major JV investments into Upstream #Lithium Miners during a decade long supply Deficit.Cause I see Governments in 12mths1. Subsidise Investments in Miners of #Li Critical Metal2. Protect Li as National ⚡️Assets