Disputes and their Resolution under the Mining Code 2002 of the Democratic Republic of Congo

The new Mining Code of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adopted in 2002, and its ancillary Mining Regulation, adopted in 2003, thoroughly modified and reshaped the legal system applicable to mining rights in the DRC, including 'mining' disputes and their resolution. In particular, the Mining Code 2002 organises three ways to resolve them, namely administrative recourse, judicial recourse and arbitral recourse. This article describes the recourse system as it is granted to mining title owners or applicants, or to the authorities of the DRC State.