Not a shareholder but hold AVZ which is in the DRC and have watched VEC since the last update with interest.
What I casually noticed in the threads was silence in regards to the state of DRC politics and how the issue would affect the price at the moment. I suggest this might be a reason for the subdued trading. Although I consider 25 percent to be a good jump any day.
My view is the projects are related in that they are both projects with enormous potential yet are trading at a discount at the moment that does not represent the potential.
At the price now I think it could be a good speculative buy as long as the political processes that are ongoing manage to sort themselves out peacefully.