RE:RE:RE:RE:Another relative big advantageDifficult question to answer. Most of my work in the country was with the civil service. I met many qualified people at the Mines and Finance departments. These people should not be affected by a change in the government at the political level.
The sharp increase in the production of copper in the last 5 years has resulted in huge increases in government revenues. In 2014 the extractive sector contributes about $2 billion to government coffers (royalties, income tax, duty, etc), most of it from copper and cobalt mining.
Any future government in the DRC would try to avoid measures that could kill the golden geese (copper mining).
The non-polical staff in the government are aware of the past mistakes (First Quantum is viewed by many as the best company that has ever been active in the country) and are pro-private sector and pro-foreign investments.
The transition, if and when it happen, are not likely to have a big impact on mining in the Katanga province. Trouble could however be expected in Eastern provinces (gold mining).
This country has the potential to become one of the richest countries of Africa under good policies ...and stable government.