DRC21 Feb 2025 13:20
16/1/2024 RNS:
"Red Rock Resources PLC - London-based mining company focused on Africa and Australia - says it has been engaged in talks to advance a framework deal with Koto DRC SARL, Red Rock's Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo-based partner company. "
In Bell's video update this week he made a number of references to the above. There are clearly more than one opportunities being lined up if all goes to plan.
At 14.20 min: "in fact, there is a lot of incipient good news to come out of Congo because having spent 31 months from the beginning of the arbitration we have built our network, got in with the right people, gaining trust of the administration".
Obviously one of those is the mega private-public partnership deal he has talked about a few time in brief terms, ready to go licence, to support social housing plans - awarded by Presidential Office, special tax treatment etc etc
Anyone who has researched other PPP projects in DRC will see for themselves that these are all on a massive scale, involving different partners, effectively a consortium, minimum funding etc. They obviously do not come together overnight and will be led by government officials.
Remember Bell was clear no arbitration, no DRC deals.
So he is heading back to DRC - he said he did not need to be there for the arbitration - so it seems he will be going for the Presidential Office licence (s) ceremony. This will be major news. I recall one of the old videos Bell saying their JV partner Koto had suggested to park the arbitration and crack on with PPP, because arbitration was small beer. Bell said no, arbitration first.
One further but important point not really discussed anywhere before from memory - at 20 min of his video he was talking about the relative low value (referencing their stolen licence and plans to pursue) of the arbitration award - 50% x $20M, but he also added the possibility of a payment from a DRC "compensation fund". The compensation fund (whatever that is) could therefore be another additional large payment not factored in. This compensation fund I guess is managed by DRC government, who, presumably will want RRR onside if they are planning a major project.
So a very interesting situation developing near term imo, particularly if like me you only invested here for the RRR gold projects : )
Market cap today just £2.58M, really, yes really.