RE: French Troops18 Sep 2021 19:46
Not sure what your source for France pulling out troops over fears of Mali going the same way as Afghanistan. I can't find any such news.
We've also discussed this before and the Taliban and IS are entirely different. The Taliban, like them or not, are a political party representing the Pushoon Tribes which is the largest tribe in the Afghan region. 45% in fact. IS are a small separatist Islamic group with little support within the Islamic world itself. So not sure what your source is but I'd be questioning it.
Kodal's potential mine is in a well established mining region of Southern Mali far from the terrorist problems in the North. Also, keep in mind Frances own political agendas and bear in kind there is an international presence in Northern Mali fighting IS.
So all in all not sure how this will effect us. Besides China via Gangfeng are invested in the Li next door with FFX and they won't let their asset be jeopardises easily given tge rapid demand for Li!