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DRC
Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

The German-born businessman-geologist has a history of arranging mining deals in the DRC. Now he has joined Tantalex Resources, which is exploring for lithium in Manono, just next to the concessions held by a company he used to work for: AVZ Minerals. [...]

Published on 24/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT

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DRC
Manono lithium keen to take better advantage of US investor interest

Tantalex, a Canadian firm exploring lithium in the Manono area, plans to upgrade to a new US market to tap into booming US demand for this metal essential to the energy transition.

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DRC
With AJN, serial entrepreneur Klaus Eckhof could dig deeper into Manono lithium

The deal AJN Resources has struck with the Congolese state should enable the company and its CEO, the DRC mining-savvy Klaus Eckhof, to start lithium exploration in the Manono area, in addition to gold prospection in the eastern part of the country.

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Namibia
Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

With very little fanfare, the Chinese firm Xinfeng Investments is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits to construct what would be the country's first lithium mine, in the Erongo Region.

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Mali
Bamako edges ahead of DRC, Ghana and Zimbabwe in lithium race

Many countries in Africa are bursting with lithium and all hope to become leaders in the production of this metal used in car batteries. Mali recently took the lead when Firefinch made its final investment decision on the Goulamina project.

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DRC
Congo hold-up investigation: Simon Cong's affairs flourish while Global Witness preps fresh revelations

The Chinese middleman Simon Cong was named in the Congo hold-up report on embezzlement by the Kabila family, and is about to be named in another investigation. He has recently expanded his mining interests in the DRC.

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DRC
Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

With the prospects for tin looking rosy over the next few years, Klaus Eckhof, a keen investor in the DRC's mining sector, is hoping to develop a tin project next to Alphamin's very high-grade Bisié deposit.

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DRC
The never-ending controversy over state-run Sokimo's gold

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China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

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DRC, Zimbabwe
3T leader AfriMet plans to break into battery metals

AfriMet, which has pumped half a million dollars into lithium developer Tantalex Resources in the DRC, is keen to get involved in other countries rich in the metal, with Zimbabwe top of the list. The move is a way of diversifying into battery metals, which are in great demand for electronics, a sector AfriMet already serves as a "3T" trader.

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DRC
Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

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Zoé Kabila, governor of the Congolese province of Tanganyika.

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

DRC
Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

DRC
Manono lithium keen to take better advantage of US investor interest

DRC
With AJN, serial entrepreneur Klaus Eckhof could dig deeper into Manono lithium

Namibia
Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

Mali
Bamako edges ahead of DRC, Ghana and Zimbabwe in lithium race

DRC
Congo hold-up investigation: Simon Cong's affairs flourish while Global Witness preps fresh revelations

DRC
Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

DRC
The never-ending controversy over state-run Sokimo's gold

Spotlight | DRC
China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

DRC, Zimbabwe
3T leader AfriMet plans to break into battery metals

DRC
Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

Canada
Nigel Ferguson