US firm Virtus Minerals closes in on deal for crucial DRC copper and cobalt mines

Mongabay
Feb 26, 2026, 10:04 am291 ptsTop
Virtus Minerals, a U.S.-based firm backed by the Trump administration, is inching closer to acquiring the assets of Chemaf, a troubled copper and cobalt miner that works in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to media reports. If the deal is approved by the DRC’s state mining company,…

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