Spread the loveFaith Nyasuguta  A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is expanding its footprint in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), seeking to tap into the country’s rich reserves of rare minerals critical for the global energy transition. Berkeley-based KoBold Metals, supported by Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures and investors … Continue reading BILL GATES AND BEZOS-BACKED MINING COMPANY EXPANDS OPERATIONS INTO DR CONGO