The Democratic Republic of Congo will deploy a $100 million paramilitary unit to physically isolate its critical mineral supply chain from the surrounding civil war. Funded by the United States and the United Arab Emirates, this new security apparatus is designed to protect the extraction and transit of cobalt, copper, and lithium. The General Inspectorate of Mines issued a statement defining the force as a paramilitary special unit intended to secure the entire mineral exploitation chain. This initiative represents the complete securitisation of the clean energy transition. Congo produces roughly 70 percent of the global cobalt supply, a resource highly vulnerable to the Rwanda-backed M23 insurgency advancing through the eastern provinces. Western capital, desperate to break Chinese monopolies over battery metals, is actively financing sovereign mercenaries to guard its investments. The deployment follows the acquisition of the Chemaf copper and cobalt mining company by the American firm Virtus Minerals. By transferring transit protection from traditional defence forces to a dedicated, foreign-backed paramilitary guard, Kinshasa is creating fortified logistical zones that operate independently of the collapsing national interior. The global energy transition is no longer a market dynamic; it is an armed perimeter.