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KISANFU MINING SARL

The mining data warehouse of CTCPM, the Ministry of Mines’ technical unit, lists KISANFU MINING SARL among the holders of mining rights valid in 2026, under the acronym “KIMIN SARL”, with Lualaba as its province, with the status “En production”. It is also listed in the warehouse’s list of the companies of the transparency initiative’s perimeter for 2025; in the mining cadastre’s register of rights at 31 March 2026, as holder of PE 661, PE 12123, PE 15652, PE 15653, PE 15677 in Lualaba or Haut-Katanga. That register prints no mineral for any right.

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Connections

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Owners

  • DRC (the State as shareholder)Public body

    • Owns · Reported · Evidence as of 2023

      ITIE-RDC’s 2023 report records a new 5% direct state stake in KISANFU MINING (KIMIN) in 2023, against zero in 2022. The register identifies KIMIN as the separately named KISANFU MINING company. This company-level stake is distinct from the separately reported 5% stake in CMOC KISANFU MINING.

      3 publishers, all independent of the companies involved

      3 sources
      1. Mining-Data warehouse — Titulaires des droits miniers valides en 2026 ↗

        CTCPM · Checked 5 October 2026

        Titulaires des droits miniers valides en 2026

        Rights-holder row identifies KISANFU MINING SARL as KIMIN.

      2. Rapport ITIE-RDC 2023 (rapport final, signé le 31 décembre 2025) ↗

        ITIE-RDC · Published 31 December 2025 · Checked 23 September 2026

        la participation de l'Etat congolais dans la SICOMINES à travers la GECAMINES reste inchangée (32%)

        Printed p.84, Table 36 row KISANFU MINING, 0% in 2022 and 5% in 2023.

      3. Liste des clients éligibles ↗

        Autorité de Régulation du secteur de l’Électricité (RDC) · Checked 14 October 2026

        CMOC KISANFU MINING SARL

        Separate CMOC KFM and KIMIN register entries.

Downstream companies named in disclosures and investigations

  • Samsung SDIDownstream company

    • Disclosed in supply chain of · Reported · Evidence as of 25 June 2025

      Listed as Kisanfu Mining(Kimin) (row 24) among the cobalt smelters and refiners in Samsung SDI's 2025 sustainability report (data year 2024), which says 23 of its 25 entries are RMI-conformant without naming the two that are not. The list is Samsung SDI's own disclosure; direct purchasing, volumes and mine origin unspecified.

      1 publisher, one of the companies involved

      1 source
      1. 2025 Samsung SDI Sustainability Report ↗

        Samsung SDI · Published June 2025 · Checked 22 September 2026

        for cobalt, 23 out of 25 smelters have been verified as RMI-conformant.

        Printed p.56, cobalt smelters/refiners, row 24: Kisanfu Mining (Kimin).

Sources

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates belong to the evidence: when it was published, and when this Hub last read it.

6 sources

Autorité de Régulation du secteur de l’Électricité (RDC)

  1. Liste des clients éligibles ↗

    Checked 14 October 2026

    CMOC KISANFU MINING SARL

    Eligible-client register entries for CMOC KISANFU MINING SARL and KIMIN SAS separately in Lubudi; supports distinct legal-person identity, not a mining right or project partnership.

Cadastre Minier (CAMI)

  1. Registre des droits miniers et de carrières au 31 mars 2026 ↗

    Published May 2026 · Checked 1 October 2026

    EN COURS DE CESSION PARTIELLE

    PDF p.12, register row “197”: holder “KISANFU MINING SAS”, nature “PE”, right “661”, status “Actif”, granted “5/27/02”, expiring “5/26/37”, squares “3”, location “Lualaba; Lubudi; S11/25”. · PDF p.36, register row “1309”: holder “KISANFU MINING SAS”, nature “PE”, right “12123”, status “Actif”, granted “4/25/12”, expiring “4/24/42”, squares “5”, location “Lualaba; Lubudi; S11/25”. · PDF p.66, register row “2721”: holder “KISANFU MINING SAS”, nature “PE”, right “15652”, status “Droit Octroyé PR->PE”, granted “8/24/23”, expiring “8/23/28”, squares “11”, location “Lualaba; Mutshatsha; S11/25”. · PDF p.66, register row “2722”: holder “KISANFU MINING SAS”, nature “PE”, right “15653”, status “Droit Octroyé PR->PE”, granted “8/24/23”, expiring “8/23/28”, squares “1”, location “Lualaba; Lubudi; S11/25”. · PDF p.66, register row “2736”: holder “KISANFU MINING SAS”, nature “PE”, right “15677”, status “Droit Octroyé PR->PE”, granted “8/24/23”, expiring “8/23/28”, squares “4”, location “Lualaba; Mutshatsha; S11/25”.

CTCPM

  1. Mining-Data warehouse — Les entreprises de périmètre ITIE, 2025 ↗

    Checked 30 September 2026

    LA SINO-CONGOLAISE DES MINES SA | SICOMINES

    List “Liste complète des entreprises de périmètre ITIE enregistrés en RDC” for 2025, page 5, row “41”: name “KISANFU MINING SARL”, acronym “KIMIN SARL”, tax number (NIF) “A1004150Y”, category “Titulaires des droits miniers”, status “En production”, mineral chain “Cupro-cobaltifère”, province “Lualaba”. The operator page that the row opens prints the trade register number (RCCM) “14-B-1760”, the creation date “01/01/2016” and the permits “PE 661 PE 12123 PR 14891 PR 14892 PE 15652 PE 15653 PE 15677”.

  2. Mining-Data warehouse — Titulaires des droits miniers valides en 2026 ↗

    Checked 5 October 2026

    Titulaires des droits miniers valides en 2026

    List “Titulaires des droits miniers valides en 2026”, page 23, row “226”: name “KISANFU MINING SARL”, acronym “KIMIN SARL”, tax number (NIF) “A1004150Y”, category “Titulaires des droits miniers”, status “En production”, mineral chain “Cupro-cobaltifère”, province “Lualaba”. The operator page that the row opens prints the trade register number (RCCM) “14-B-1760”, the creation date “01/01/2016” and the permits “PE 661 PE 12123 PR 14891 PR 14892 PE 15652 PE 15653 PE 15677”.

ITIE-RDC

  1. Rapport ITIE-RDC 2023 (rapport final, signé le 31 décembre 2025) ↗

    Published 31 December 2025 · Checked 23 September 2026

    la participation de l'Etat congolais dans la SICOMINES à travers la GECAMINES reste inchangée (32%)

    PDF p.114. The tables used are on pp.80 (Tableau 33, royalties received by state enterprises in 2023), 84 (Tableau 36, the State’s minority stakes in 2023, and the list below it), 85 (dividends to the DGRAD), 86–87 (Tableau 37, stakes held through Gécamines, and SIMCO). Each subject carries its own page.

Samsung SDI

  1. 2025 Samsung SDI Sustainability Report ↗

    Published June 2025 · Checked 22 September 2026

    for cobalt, 23 out of 25 smelters have been verified as RMI-conformant.

    PDF p.56, “Samsung SDI’s List of Cobalt Smelters and Refiners”, rows 1–25 (NO. / Refiner / Country); rows 22–25 are the four DRC entries; data year 2024.