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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA413, DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA413 2007-04-10 12:25 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO9632
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0413/01 1001225
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 101225Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5936
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000413 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
SUBJECT: DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3 
 
REF: A. KINSHASA 387 
     B. KINSHASA 178 
 
1. (U) Summary. The DRC's Minister of Mines ordered the 
suspension of negotiations on new mining agreements.  The 
Canadian CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining 
parastatal, was briefly suspended.  Canadian company First 
Quantum claims millions of USD in losses as a result of the 
Katanga Governor's suspension of the export of unprocessed 
ore.  Several miners and guards died on the concession of 
MIBA, DRC's diamond mining parastatal, and MIBA's foreign 
shareholders are discussing plans for the parastatal's 
restructuring.  The Governments of Rwanda and DRC have signed 
a Memorandum of Understanding to monitor and potentially 
exploit methane gas from Lake Kivu. End summary. 
 
MINING LICENSES 
--------------- 
 
2. (U) The Minister of Mines, Martin Kabwelulu, ordered on 
March 27 that all state and parastatal managers suspend 
negotiations on new mining contracts, pending a review of 
existing agreements. All partnership agreements concluded in 
breach of this order are void, and violators will face 
unspecified sanctions. Further, Kabwelulu required that 
documentation regarding all existing mining agreements be 
filed with his office by April 4.  According to a Ministry of 
Mines counselor, the GDRC is setting up a contract review 
commission that will include representatives from the 
Ministry, the Presidency and the Parliament, with a July work 
deadline. 
 
COPPER/COBALT 
------------- 
 
3. (U) In early March, SOFRECO, a French consulting firm, 
briefly suspended Canadian Paul Fortin, CEO of Gecamines 
(DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal). Fortin, who has held 
the position since January 2006, was reinstated after 
government officials, including Katanga Governor Moise 
Katumbi, objected to the removal.  Gecamines' workers went on 
strike to protest Fortin's removal.  SOFRECO is under 
contract with COPIREP, the DRC agency responsible for 
parastatal reform, to help reform Gecamines. 
 
4. (SBU) The managing director of Canadian First 
Quantum/Comisa's DRC operations told EconOffs the company 
restarted operations on April 3 at its plant on the 
DRC-Zambian border in Katanga province, after posting a USD 
325,000 bond.  FQ estimates it lost USD 9 million in profits 
during the month-long export suspension that Governor Katumbi 
ordered and that the GDRC lost USD 2.7 million in tax revenue 
(reftel A). 
 
5. (U) Following a tender offer, Gecamines awarded rights to 
the disputed Kipushi zinc/copper mine to a foreign company, 
United Resources. Gecamines will hold a 37 percent interest 
in the joint-venture project.  First Quantum and South 
African company Exxaro (formerly known as Kumba Resources) 
have sued Gecamines in Belgium court over their alleged right 
to the Kipushi concession. 
 
6. (U) The criminal case in Katanga province involving Anvil 
Mining (reftel B) remains stalled in the preliminary trial 
stage, following replacement of the prosecutor several weeks 
ago. 
 
DIAMONDS 
-------- 
 
7. (U) Several diamond diggers died in an April 3 night-time 
mine collapse on the Eastern Kasai concession of MIBA, DRC's 
diamond mining parastatal. April 4, local media reported that 
illegal diamond diggers on MIBA's concession shot MIBA guards 
on patrol, killing three and wounding two. 
 
8. (U) London AIM-listed company Mwana Africa (a twenty 
percent owner of MIBA) has begun formal discussions with 
MIBA's management to restructure the parastatal, according to 
international trade press and the Ministry of Mines' 
Kimberley Process Counselor. MIBA's production continues the 
decline begun in 2006. It has produced only about 100,000 
carats since thus far in 2007, according to the Ministry of 
Mines. 
 
GOLD 
---- 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000413  002 OF 002 
 
 
9. (U) Prior to the Mines Minister's suspension of contract 
negotiations, the DRC's Mining Register awarded fourteen 
exploration permits to Banro Congo Mining, a subsidiary of 
Canadian Banro Corporation.  The permits cover sites in 
Maniema and South Kivu provinces.  Banro already has mining 
rights to three other concessions in the DRC, although it has 
not started any mining operations. 
 
10. (U) The dispute between Canadian Moto Goldmines and OKIMO 
over their joint venture in Orientale province remains 
unresolved.  Moto recently launched an appeal to various 
diplomatic missions in Kinshasa for support.  Its Managing 
Director told EconOff if the company were unable to resolve 
the matter through these efforts, it would likely resort to 
litigation. 
 
METHANE GAS 
----------- 
 
11. (U) The GDRC and Government of Rwanda formalized their 
intention to begin exploiting methane gas from Lake Kivu in a 
March 28 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).  The DRC's 
Minister of Hydrocarbons and the GOR's Minister of Energy and 
Communications signed the MOU, which calls for the countries 
to study the lake's methane gas and develop financing 
mechanisms for the studies.  The MOU is valid for 24 months. 
MEECE