 In April 1997, with the signing of a $1 billion deal with Zairian rebels looking to topple dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, Bouule was promised the right to a mine in the city of Kolwezi.Kabila marched on the Zaire capital a month later, with American Mineral Fields getting one of the first mining contracts in the newly renamed Democratic Republic of Congo.In March 1997, When Kisangani fell to the AFDL, AMFI set up an office in Goma to make contact with Kabila, trading under the initials AMZ.