The Strategic Asset Reserve of the US-DRC Strategic Partnership, rendered consultable: publicly reported designations and transactions. Select a row to open its life-cycle profile.
LAST UPDATED: 16 July 2026
NEXT SCHEDULED REVIEW: Q3 2026
FULL DESIGNATED LIST: NOT PUBLIC. PUBLIC ROWS ONLY
INITIAL DESIGNATION: 5 FEB 2026 (INAUGURAL JSC)
REPORTED LAYER: REUTERS 18 FEB / 2 MAR / 21 APR 2026
REPORTED AGGREGATE: ~44 ASSETS (MAY 2026)
PUBLIC ROWS: 13
CONSULTE: 16 JUILLET 2026
VERSION: v2.0
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The mechanism
Article IV / VII ·What SAR is. The DRC designates strategic assets for US-first access. Governance sits with the Joint Steering Committee.
The waterfall ·US persons first. A 3 month proposal window, then a 3 month negotiation window, renewable once. Roughly 6 months of exclusivity inside a 9 month total before aligned persons enter. Anything unresolved at 12 months returns to the JSC.
Article IV ·The prohibition. No asset may be designated if it breaches DRC domestic law or an international obligation. This is the live Rubaya and Manono test.
Ownership ratchet ·Non-aligned equity cap. Steps down 40, 30, 20, 10 percent across years 5, 10 and 20.
Article VI ·Governance. Joint Steering Committee. Inaugural meeting 5 February 2026.
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Sources: SPA text (Art. IV, VI, VII); JSC inaugural designation, 5 February 2026; Reuters reporting (Kasongo and Adombila, 18 Feb 2026; Adombila, 2 Mar 2026; Bonnerot, 21 Apr 2026). Reported vs designated: "Offered" or "shortlisted" is not "formally designated." The State Department confirmed a list was presented on 5 February 2026 but did not disclose its contents; reported-shortlist rows carry that caveat. Boundary: this Register carries publicly reported designations and transactions only. Full asset assessment, including ownership verification and risk scoring, is an advisory engagement, routed to Advisory, not a subscription tier. Record: SAR Registry (Public) + Asset Profiles, v2.0 (11 July 2026), consulté 16 juillet 2026, Active. Registry at Professional tier with public preview; full profiles at Enterprise depth. Maintained by Ascendance Strategies.
Flagship profiles
Public sourcing only. Every fact on this profile traces to a public source with attribution and vintage. Full asset assessment, including ownership verification and risk scoring, is an advisory engagement, not a subscription tier. Legal-buffer: where an asset touches a contested title, a politically exposed person, or a sanctioned party, statements are dated, attributed to a public source, carry the presumption of innocence, and route any right-of-reply to counsel. No unpublished assertion appears here. Record: SAR Asset Profiles (Public), v2.0 (11 July 2026), Enterprise depth. Destination /registers/sar-registry/[asset-slug]. Maintained by Ascendance Strategies.
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