Appeal to publish Final Report of the Review of Mining Contracts in the DRC

Fatal Transactions signs an international appeal to pubish the final report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo without delay.

The mandate of this commission, created by a ministerial decree on 20 April 2007, is to “examine partnership contracts and their impact on the recovery of these companies and national development, to propose, if necessary, modalities for their revision with a view to correcting any imbalances and related faults.”

It appears that the members of the commission have finished the technical and legal study of over 60 mining contracts and have finalised their observations and recommendations.
It is imperative that the government make the full report public now in order to put an end to the uncertainty and suspicion which are tarnishing the mining sector and to enable all concerned to respond publicly. Furthermore, the authorities should announce the measures that will be taken to follow up the commission’s recommendations as well as the rules which will govern the pending renegotiation of mining contracts. If conducted properly, this initiative could herald a new era of transparency and equity in negotiations around both present and future contracts.
Therefore Fatal Transactions urges to a direct publication of the commissions' final report and a continuation of the revision of the mining contracts.

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