AVZ Minerals Limited provided an update on the recently convened DRC-Africa Business Forum and the signing of a pledge to develop a locally sourced battery minerals chain for the burgeoning EV market. Hosted by the DRC Government in Kinshasa during the last two days (24-25 November) the DRC-Africa Business Forum was led by its Ministry of Industry and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the African Export?Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Development Bank (ADB), the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the United NationsGlobal Compact. A key objective of the DRC-Africa Business Forum was to foster the development of a battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy industrial value chain and market in Africa. The DRC Government's expected outcomes for the forum included: Identification of business opportunities to build regional value chains in the battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy sub-sectors within the DRCand other battery minerals producing countries in Africa; Clear enabling government policies for project developer and financiersincluding (i) the creation of a DRC Battery Council; (ii) a commitment to invest and build a battery minerals industry in the DRC; and Articulated government support to facilitate investments in battery, electric vehicles and renewable energy value chains in the DRC and in Africa in general.