Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) reported the payments that it made on behalf of Gecamines or at the behest of Gecamines as payments made to Gecamines for the purposes of the EITI because the payments discharged KCC’s obligations to make these payments to Gecamines, and were made in accordance with the joint venture agreement with Gecamines executed in 2009 (JVA) or in accordance with the directions of Gecamines. Gecamines agreed with KCC’s submissions in 2013 and 2014 and subsequently adjusted their submissions to reflect such payments by KCC...The Pas de Porte payments for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 were made to Africa Horizons Investment Limited (AHIL) in accordance with a payment instruction from Gecamines. The Pas de Porte payments are payable in terms of the JVA. In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 royalty payments were paid to AHIL in accordance with the payment instruction from Gecamines and the subsequent tri-partite royalties agreement between KCC, Gecamines and AHIL, which was entered into at the behest of Gecamines. In addition, in 2013 and 2014, the royalty payments as disclosed in the annual EITI submissions include amounts that were paid by KCC to drilling contractors on behalf of Gecamines that are to be set-off against future royalty payments due to Gecamines (now AHIL under the tri-partite royalties agreement) in accordance with the JVA which imposed the mechanism for the repayment of the drilling costs...KML has complied with its disclosure obligations pursuant to Canadian securities laws and in accordance with the rules governing its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).