Mineral proposal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, loaded with problems

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may try to sell minerals Trump administration And US companies that do not have or cannot have in the future, according to regional analysts claiming they are under China and rebel groups.

According to the Panzi Fund, DRC has more than $ 20 billion in minerals. These include gold and copper. It is important to note that they are the world’s largest COBALT manufacturer needed to protect and aerospace applications, as well as the main ingredient in many electric vehicles and mobile phones.

The minerals that offer, mostly in the south and east of the country, are said. The last two provinces of the Kiva-to-extent are controlled by the rebels such as Rwandan M23, which violate the minerals from the sale through state channels. It is reported that M23, which is one of the approximately 100 rebel groups fighting the DRC, is starting peace talks with the DRC government on Monday. But Kinshasa did not come to the last conversations and did not officially confirmed that they would take part in the discussions that had been conducted by Angola.

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The heavy equipment operator manages a driver who transported ore in a large truck on the Tenke Fundgurume industrial mine, one of the largest mining mines in Lualaba province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 17, 2023. (Photo Arlette Bashizi/For Washington Post via Getty Images)

“A Significant Share of the DRCS Known Minerals’ Deposits are in the east of the counthry in the underus now the control of foreign-backed Rebel forces,” Frans Cronje, An Advisor for the Yorktown Adding that “should these areas fall permanently under the control of Rebel Administrations, then the DRC Government will the practical ability to exchange and sell minral resources it still claims to conterol. Disarray, surrendered in large numbers and have no resources to restore the lost territory. ”

Such critical minerals are attractive to the US, but just like in Ukraine, where the administration tries to access them, the state of the DRC’s war makes them difficult. Last March, the US administration published a report stating that “with the overall richness of minerals estimated in tens of trillion dollars, DRC offers opportunities for US risk -free and dating.”

There is also a potential red flag here: here and for the US: China’s red flag. China was signed by a very large percentage of mining opportunities in DRC. 70% of the world cobalt is extracted from the DRC. And the biggest mine for the planet cobalt is in the DRC and runs the Chinese.

On May 26, 2023, the national flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and China trembled in Beijing in Beijing on May 26, 2023. China has a joint partnership with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to govern the world’s largest cobalt in the African NS (Wang Xin/VCG/Getty Images/Getty Images)

Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow at the foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and Editor of the long war Journal, Told fox news digital that entry for the us into the DRC is still positive, esspecially Trump Administration’s Preferences for transactional arrangements “All legitimate mines-which make the most for cougo-operate with permits from kinshasa. Government and/or state mining companies and foreign companies. ”

Rogio continued: “It really includes some who are in a joint company of mining companies. Thus, Kinshasa is entitled – and indeed the ability to offer such a deal”

The State Department does not confirm or deny that the deal is being discussed. “We have nothing to view and not report,” said the Fox News Digital press.

The press secretary added: “DRC is endowed with a significant proportion of the critical minerals required for advanced technologies. The United States is open to discussing partnerships in this sector that corresponds to the first agenda of the Trump administration within the framework of” unleashing US energy “.

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TopShot – Co -miners collect gravel from the Lukush River, seeking a cashier on February 17, 2022 in Manona. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in lithium, the main mineral battery of electric cars. (Photo by Junior Kannah / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

For its part, the DRC government will not yet make an official approach to the state level and did not answer Fox News Digital questions. But on Tuesday group lobby, founded in DC, von Batten-manteg-york, which is believed to represent DRC, Posted on x “The only confirmation we are willing to give is that last week the high-level delegation from the DRC government was in Washington, Colombia District, at a meeting with the United States Congress and @realdonaldtrump administration.”

Another question is that different comments of the DRC leaders show that, like again in Ukraine, Kinshasa, in return for the sale of minerals, is said to want military assistance to fight rebels. Experts say these requirements can include US military boots on the ground.

Rogio FDD added: “The point is likely to be that the Congo wants us troops on the ground to help secure the mines that will work in a joint Congo-US enterprise, and to replace the UN, it is not necessarily a picture with Trump, but for an administration that publicly states that he wants to stop war.”

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“Some of the Congolese wishes with the US troops certainly seem to be a list of wishes to keep down,” he added. “But also given that Trump is in order with economically competing with China, it seems US and ChinaIt seems aligned within this landmark. ”

In any negotiations, it would be stupid to ignore the possible result of the DRC war, said the Kronier Fox News Digital. “The likelihood is that the forces supported by Rwanda displace the forces of the DRC’s allies from the regions of the Kiva, and then installed new governing administrations that place the minerals outside the control of the DRC government.”