PRESS RELEASE
The Centre for Expertise, Evaluation, and Certification of Mineral Substances, Certification Authority (CEEC), is pleased to inform the public, mining sector partners, as well as national and international institutions, of the official signing, on July 30, 2025, of a strategic agreement with BGN INT DMCC, represented by its U.S. subsidiary BGN INT US LLC, for the creation of a direct marketing platform for mining products, primarily from companies in the portfolio of the Congolese State, named HOLDCO IMCC. This platform will be based in Texas, USA, with a subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Under the leadership of His Excellency, the President of the Republic and Head of State, Félix-Antoine TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO, this structuring partnership—aligned with the Government’s vision of economic sovereignty and local transformation—marks an important step toward a new era of controlled and sovereign mineral marketing. The initiative aims to maximize revenues from mining royalties, increase the added value of national mineral resources, and ensure greater transparency, traceability, and fairness throughout the marketing chain.
Indeed, after successfully launching its major project to install ultra-modern laboratory equipment to detect and analyze precious and rare metals associated with the main copper-cobalt industry, CEEC, through this partnership, will support ongoing efforts in economic diplomacy within the framework of the DRC-USA strategic partnership.
The newly created company will have the mission of structuring a direct sales channel for marketable mining products to international markets, in compliance with standards of traceability, ethics, and sustainability.
Through this initiative, the DRC intends to:
• Reduce losses linked to informal circuits and unregulated intermediaries.
• Improve the selling price of Congolese mining products through direct access to the international market via a consolidated, protected, reliable, and secure U.S. interface.
• Ensure governance of mining products and end-to-end monitoring of the supply chain, including support for artisanal mining and fair-trade principles in favor of local communities.
• Generate additional revenue for the State through dividends, royalties, and applicable taxes.
• Strengthen CEEC’s strategic role in mining governance and product traceability.
• Enhance the DRC’s position in the global commodities market.
• Invest in the artisanal mining sector of the DRC.
The CEEC expresses its gratitude to His Excellency, the President of the Republic and Head of State, for his leadership and unwavering support for the reform of the Congolese mining sector.