1 Table of Contents

1 Table of Contents 2

• 1.1 List of Tables 3
• 1.2 List of Figures 3

2 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Key Highlights 4

3 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Ease of Doing Business 6

4 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Governing Bodies and Agencies 9

5 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Laws, and Regulations 11

• 5.1 Mining Code: Law No 007/2002 11
  • 5.1.1 Environmental Impact Study (EIS) 11
  • 5.1.2 Mitigation and Rehabilitation Plan (MRP) 11
  • 5.1.3 Environmental Management Plan of the Project (EMPP) 11
• 5.2 Impact of the new Mining code on the industry: Law No 18/001 11
  • 5.2.1 Impact on Cobalt supplies: 12
  • 5.2.2 Analysis of “Super tax” 12

6 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Mineral Licensing and Fees as per the New Mining Code of 2018 15

• 6.1 Exploration License 15
• 6.2 Exploitation License 15

7 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Royalty and Taxes 16

• 7.1 Royalty 16
• 7.2 Withholding Tax 17
• 7.3 Corporate Income Tax 17
• 7.4 Income Tax 18
• 7.5 Property Tax 18
• 7.6 Depreciation 18
• 7.7 Loss Carry Forward 18
• 7.8 Exceptional Tax on Expatriates’ Salaries 18
• 7.9 Turnover Tax 19
• 7.10 Value Added Tax (VAT) 19
• 7.11 Sales Tax 19

8 The Congolese Mining Industry - Mining Rights and Obligations 20

• 8.1 Rights 20
• 8.2 Obligations 20

9 Appendix 21

• 9.1 Abbreviations 21
• 9.2 Methodology 21
• 9.3 Coverage 22
• 9.4 Secondary Research 22
• 9.5 Contact Us 22

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Mining Fiscal Regime 2018

Summary

GlobalData’s "The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Mining Fiscal Regime 2018", covers the country's governing bodies, laws, rights, and obligations, licenses, and taxes and royalties related information on various mineral commodities.

Scope

- The report outlines the governing bodies, laws, ownership and licenses and key fiscal terms which includes royalties, VAT, corporate income tax, and withholding tax.

Reasons to buy

- To gain an overview of DRC's mining fiscal regime
- To indentify country's mining governing bodies, major laws in the industry, ownership and licenses
- To identify major taxes and royalty rates applciable in the country.