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18 July 2025

Special forces vets lead US bid to buy Congo cobalt miner

In:
Metals and Mining
Region:
Middle East & Africa

A US consortium involving ex-special forces personnel is seeking to acquire Chemaf Resources, a copper and cobalt producer that has become a symbol of the growing competition for mineral deals between the US and China in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Orion Resource Partners and Virtus Minerals...

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