From my understanding, the road and hydropower station are/will be funded from a part of the USD$6b "Infrastruction for Resource" deal, organised by JV partner, Dathomir.
Dathomir has 10% of Manono project and 240m AVZ shares, so they are in lined with AVZ shareholders to get things done by using their connection with DRC government and Chinese enterprises.
AVZ Price at posting:
3.9¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held