King Leopoldo’s Ghost - TTX Investors Take Heed Seems to haunt DRC. The legacy of violence in this country is hundreds of years. Elements of armed forces from a Rwanda have been in Eastern DRC since the 1994 genocide. They destabilized the region. With the UN leaving the prospects of an expanding civil war are inevitable.
TTX operates a short distance from this conflict region. It's entirely likely that security in the region will become dirty and ugly. Tin and tantalum are a conflict mineral. Glencore as a partner suggests the possibility of perennial fraud to get the minerals out.