KoBold Metals Just Got Its First Lithium Ground in Congo
KoBold Metals lithium Congo permits number seven, four in Manono, but the venture hinges on a dispute between Kinshasa and...
September 1, 2026Topic
DR. Congo
A Canadian Junior Is Raising US$32.5 Million to Drill for Gold in South Kivu
Avanti Gold has upsized its Misisi financing to C$45 million (about US$32.5 million) to fund a 42,000-metre drill programme and...
September 1, 2026
Kinshasa and Luanda Push Shared Oil Zone and Fuel Deal
The Congo Angola oil zone and a Sonangol fuel supply arrangement were pushed forward when the two presidents met in...
August 29, 2026
Congo’s 10 Percent Ownership Rule Is Due. The Decree Is Not.
Congolese ownership of at least 10 percent of mining companies is now due in DR Congo, but the decree explaining...
August 28, 2026
Kinshasa Shuts the Universities It No Longer Controls
Congo universities suspended in Goma and Bukavu will not teach for the 2026-2027 year, after AFC/M23 installed its own management...
August 28, 2026
Congo Signs the Lobito Corridor Rail Concession With Mota-Engil
The Lobito Corridor concession signed in Kinshasa on 26 August covers 1,004.5km of railway and an indicative US$1.258 billion investment.
August 27, 2026
A Hundred Days In, Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger
DR Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 deaths as of 25 August, still growing 100...
August 27, 2026
Record 70,177 Tonnes Lift Congo’s Kipushi Into Zinc’s Top Three
Kipushi produced a record 70,177 tonnes of zinc in Q2 2026, and Ivanhoe Mines says that puts the DR Congo...
August 26, 2026
Congo and Its Northern Neighbour Just Agreed to Share Military Intelligence
Congo and the Central African Republic signed two defence memoranda in Kinshasa on 21 August 2026, along a border measured...
August 25, 2026