(a) Original Proceeding

• Claimant(s)/Nationality(ies): (i)
  Société Aurifère du Kivu et du Maniema S.A.R.L. (Congolese (D.R.)), Banro American Resources, Inc. (U.S.)
• Respondent(s):
  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congolese (D.R.))
• Date Registered:
  October 28, 1998
• Date of Constitution of Tribunal:
  March 15, 1999

Composition of Tribunal

• President:
  Prosper WEIL (French) - Appointed by the Chairman of the Administrative Council
• Arbitrators:
  Alioune DIAGNE (Senegalese) - Appointed by the Respondent(s)
  Carveth Harcourt GEACH (South African) - Appointed by the Claimant(s)

Party Representatives

• Claimant(s):
  Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
• Respondent(s):
  Minister-Counselor, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  Ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux, Ministry of Justice, Kinshasa-Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Language(s) of Proceeding:
  English,French
• Status of Proceeding:
  Concluded
• Outcome of Proceeding:
  Award rendered on September 1, 2000; attached to the award is a dissenting opinion by arbitrator Carveth Harcourt Geach.