Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo yasinyanye amasezerano y’ubufatanye n’ikigo cy’Abanyamerika KoBold Metals, kigamije gukora ubushakashatsi no gucukura ubutunzi bw’ibanze bukenewe cyane ku isoko mpuzamahanga. Ibi byabaye ku wa Kane ushize i Kinshasa, mu muhango witabiriwe na Perezida Félix Tshisekedi ubwe.
KoBold Metals ni sosiyete ishyigikiwe n’abaherwe bakomeye barimo Jeff Bezos na Bill Gates. Iki kigo gitangaje ko kigiye gushora asaga miliyari imwe y’amadolari ya Amerika mu rwego rw’ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro muri Congo.
Umushinga wa mbere w’ingenzi KoBold igiye kwibandaho ni Manono, ahaboneka lithium nyinshi—ikamwa y’ingenzi mu ikorwa ry’ingufu zisubira ndetse no mu nganda zikora bateri z’imodoka n’ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga. Manono ifatwa nkimwe mu bibanza binini cyane ku isi bifite umutungo wa lithium.
Uretse Manono, KoBold iteganya gutangiza ubushakashatsi bunini bwagutse mu gihugu hose, hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga rihambaye rifasha kumenya neza aho ubutunzi buri. Amasezerano anateganya gukusanya no gucyemura inyandiko z’amateka y’ubutaka bwa Congo ziri mu bubiko bw’Ububiligi, mu Ntwari y’Ubushakashatsi ku Burasirazuba bwa Afurika (Royal Museum for Central Africa).
KoBold kandi irateganya gusaba uruhushya rwo gucukura ubutaka bungana na km² 1,600 mbere ya tariki ya 31 Nyakanga 2025.
Abayobozi ba Congo bashimye iyi gahunda nk’amahirwe akomeye ku gihugu, ariko si bose banyuzwe. Hari abamagana ayo masezerano bavuga ko ashobora kuba intandaro yo kongera gusahurwa kw’umutungo kamere w’igihugu nk’uko byagiye bigenda kenshi mu mateka, aho amabuye acukurwa ariko abaturage ntibagire icyo babyungukiramo.
Iki ni ikimenyetso cy’uko isoko mpuzamahanga riri kurushaho gushishikazwa n’ubutunzi bwa Congo, ariko nanone kibutsa ko hagomba kujyaho uburyo bunoze bwo kurengera inyungu z’abaturage b’aho ubutunzi buva.