DRC natural resources review press of Thursday, May 16, 2013

The newspaper le Potentiel reports that in the "dissemination campaign of the 2010 EITI report, traceability of 88 million fee and the suspension of the DRC are in exchanges between civil society and parliamentary." According to the newspaper, "about the lack of traceability of USD 88 million of mining royalties reported in the DRC in 2010 EITI report that a lot of ink and saliva flow, civil society said that $ 85 million USD has already been traced by DGRAD at the Central Bank. " Citing spokesman civil society Jean-Claude Katende, the tabloid writes: "The work continues to track the amount of 3 million remaining."

The newspaper le Potentiel also reported that "referring to the temporary suspension of DRC's EITI National Assembly Vunabandi ensures process improvement based corrective action" and noted that "in a current issue initiated by the national deputy Juvenal Munubo Mubi, Minister of Planning and Monitoring the implementation of the revolution of modernity reassured the national representation of the continuation of the process that should lead to the qualification of the DRC as a country in accordance with EITI process "

The daily la Prospérité reports with "project launched UNFCCC: The European Union is determined to preserve forest ecosystems " According to the newspaper, it opened yesterday, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Circle Elaïs (in Kinshasa), a workshop to launch the project Climate Change and Forests in the Congo (UNFCCC). "The projects are implemented for a period of 47 months by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with the resources of the fund of the Global Alliance against climate change under the auspices of the European Union. The overall cost of the project is estimated at 11,562,922 euros. Through this project, the newspaper said, the European Union intends to support the DRC in the implementation of its policy to counter the effects of climate change. This, by strengthening its project to reduce emissions and increase carbon stocks. In this context, more than 5,000 ha of degraded land will be restored within the Virunga Park in North Kivu"."Natural Resource Management: the Protestant University raises issues" with that title the newspaper le Potentiel reports that "the Protestant University of Congo (UPC) organizes from 15 to 16 May 2013 at the Maison de France in Kinshasa / Gombe, a symposium on the management of natural resources in the DRC "

The Ecofin Agency announced that "Minerals Corporation Ltd., a junior company active in copper, said Tuesday it has begun field work and planning a drilling program in June in the Katanga Province of the DRC where it has concessions ".The exploration program will focus on licenses Luishia adjacent to the proposed Tiger Resources at Kipoi and Kipita in the northwest where rock samples showed a copper content of 9%.Minerals Corporation Ltd. intends to examine without delay the project is Sakania in south-east Katanga, with the analysis of large areas of mineralization identified in this concession. The company reported a very sultry and polymetallic mineralization on the silver, zinc, lead and copper.Minerals Corporation Ltd. is a joint venture with Rubamin FZC on 8 copper concessions covering 558 km2 in the province of Katanga Province. It owns 60% of these concessions against 40% for Rubamin, a company active in DR Congo for eight years.

For its part, Radio Okapi reported that "the Nuclear Center of Kinshasa is not threatened by erosion." According to the radio, "the regional nuclear-Kinshasa (CREN-K) Studies Centre is not threatened by erosions on the campus of the University of Kinshasa, said Tuesday, May 14, General Commissioner Atomic Energy, Professor Vincent Lukanda Mwamba. It belied a rumor circulating in the media, referring to the risk of collapse of the center. "