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The advance of M23 frustrates DRC Gold Trading's plans

State-owned DRC Gold Trading, which aims to combat gold smuggling in the east of the country, has been hit hard by the expansion of the area controlled by M23 rebels. [...]

Published on 11/03/2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates.

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M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025.

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Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

The mining entrepreneur Joseph Kazibaziba has launched a pilot project in the Katangese province to exploit artificial deposits in order to transform them into copper cathodes. Close to the government, he has hired a stepdaughter of a presidential adviser to help his mission along.

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Miners on the banks of a large mine embankment on 23 April 2018 in Kolwezi in the DRC.

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Kinshasa out to save Primera Gold

In financial difficulty since the departure of its Emirati partner, the state-owned artisanal gold producer is to receive a capital injection of $25m from the Mining Fund for Future Generations.

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Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

Primera Gold has a monopoly on the trade and export of artisanal gold from the eastern province thanks to a partnership between the DRC and UAE. But it has not been able to stem the flow of illicit gold to neighbouring countries.

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The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi with his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on 24 January 2023.

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Rubaya mine at heart of vast coltan trafficking network

Tonnes of the strategic mineral coltan are being extracted and exported illegally from mines owned by the family of MP Edouard Mwangachuchu Hizi, who is currently being tried by a military court. Armed groups have been trafficking the mineral, allegedly with the complicity of the security forces.

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Edouard Mwangachuchu, founder and former director of SMB, in the mining territory of Masisi, in 2011

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Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

As it struggles to balance its books despite record revenues last year, Kinshasa is looking to the mining sector to help it improve its finances. The government is using every means at its disposal, including a tax on exceptional profits and an increase in Chinese companies' royalty payments.

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President of the DRC Felix Tshisekedi, 4 February 2023.

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

DRC
The advance of M23 frustrates DRC Gold Trading's plans

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

DRC
Kinshasa out to save Primera Gold

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Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

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Rubaya mine at heart of vast coltan trafficking network

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Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds