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The Democratic Republic of Congo has a bad reputation as a mining jurisdiction.Is this a worry for investors, or has it been exaggerated?

“It gets a really bad rap, but I have been operating there since 2004, and had no issues whatsoever,” Ferguson says.“Yes, there is bureaucracy, but it is Africa, so you deal with it.

“I will say that President Tshisekedi has been cleaning the place up. The business environment is improving. He has been courting a lot of people over in Europe and the US and there are a lot of companies starting to come back into the country.