Mutoshi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Parallel U.S. and Chinese mineral initiatives in the DRC
Virtus Metals completed a $30 million acquisition of Chemaf with U.S. government support, becoming the DRC’s largest non-Chinese cobalt miner while assuming substantial financing and operating challenges. A DRC-China pact covering geological data and local mineral processing, portraying Kinshasa as hedging between partners.
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