The United States government has blacklisted a network of mining operations and executives accused of smuggling conflict minerals out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fund the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. The penalties target two individuals and four businesses. Among those named a re Gasabo Gold Refinery LTD and its chairman, Jean Malic […] U.S. Sanctions Rwandan Mining Firms And Gold Refinery To Choke Off Rebel Funding ...read more read less