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Marie-Gabrielle Opese

CEO, STANDARD BANK DRC
"Over the past year, Standard Bank has injected hundreds of millions of dollars into the mining industry."

Gabriel Tshitende

GENERAL MANAGER, ELEPHANT TRADE
"Vocational training needs to be improved. This lack of certification and specialization is slowing down the development of Congolese subcontractors."

Mark Billings

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, AUXICO RESOURCES CANADA
"Our goal is to create a high-value end-product through a strategic partnership between Canada, where further processing and refining would take place, and Colombia and the DRC, as key supply sources."

Johan Strydom

MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORMET AFRICA
"Normet is more focused on growing organically and creating hubs. We will convert and migrate from a dealer-operated model to a go-direct model once there are scale economies and it is economically viable."

Khalil Al Americani

CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, VODACOM CONGO
"5G is on its way; it will provide the infrastructure needed to deploy the full range of innovations and open a world of possibilities for the DRC's mining sector."

Hadley Natus & Eric Allard

CHAIRMAN (HN)) & CEO (EA, TANTALEX LITHIUM RESOURCES
"Lithium-wise, the DRC has the potential to be far bigger than Australia."

Adry Nzonzimbu

MANAGING DIRECTOR, MINEQUIP TECHNICAL SERVICES
"We have focused on the Kolwezi region, where our major customers are concentrated and have set up a large storage warehouse there."

Cécile Amory

PRESIDENT, MCSC (MINING CONTRACTING SERVICES CONGO)
"Mining companies are doing more things themselves and delegating work in the form of short-term contracts."

Célestin Mukeba Muntuabu

MANAGING DIRECTOR, EQUITYBCDC
"The country is experiencing a real boom, in the sense that we've enjoyed several years of stability. The problem is how the Congo is perceived abroad."

Vis Reddy

CHAIRMAN, SRK CONSULTING (SA) AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR (AFRICA), SRK GLOBAL
"There is certainly more interest in Africa’s minerals today, not only from countries like China, but also the Middle East and India."

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