Unpacking the Revised and Annotated DRC Mining Code

Sep 1, 2020 | Mining Review Africa
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In July 2020, the DRC mining registry published an annotated version of the 2002 Mining Code as amended in 2018 (the Revised Code). The announcement of this publication had raised the hope that certain points of the reform would be clarified, given the tensions it had created between the mining industry and the government. However, on the key points of the revision (stabilisation, repatriation of export proceeds and local ownership), the annotations have not provided satisfying answers.

In the authors' opinion, despite their lack of particular legal significance, these annotations may nevertheless guide a judge or an arbitrator in the interpretation of the amended texts.