13 The status of country contract disclosures is courtesy of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). resourcecontracts.org Democratic Republic of The Congo In October 2020, DRC EITI (ITIE-RDC) published a contract detailing the purchase of royalties in the Metalkol copper and cobalt project from state-owned mining company Gécamines. The investment was made in 2017 by Multree, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands and reportedly owned by Dan Gertler, who was sanctioned by the US government in 2017 for alleged corruption. The connection between the project and the ultimate owner of the company, as well as the low price paid by Multree for high-value royalties, were widely reported and scrutinised by international and local media and stakeholders. itierdc.net Afghanistan In 2019, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum published a total of 439 mining, oil and gas contracts, in accordance with its 2018 Minerals Law. Over the past year, Afghanistan EITI cross-referenced these documents with the list of active contracts in the government’s Transparency Portal, to ensure that all contracts were duly published. These contracts have been used by government agencies to monitor revenue collection in line with bespoke royalty rates. The civil society group Integrity Watch Afghanistan plans to use these disclosures to assess whether mining companies are adhering to their contractual obligations. momp.gov.af 28 countries publish some or all oil and gas contracts. 25 countries publish some or all mining contracts. 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 0 2 4 6 8 0 5 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 0 2 4 6 8 0 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 9 0 2 4 6 8 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 0 0 900+ petroleum and mining contracts have been disclosed in EITI countries. 900+ petroleum and mining contracts have been disclosed in EITI countries.