Particulars of the settlement shall be made public as soon as the phrases of the settlement have been finalized, based on the assertion, which follows a Reuters report of the arrest of 4 Barrick workers.
Mali’s junta in 2023 adopted a brand new mining code that would see the federal government improve its stake to 35% in current gold mines. Mining firms working in Mali, together with Barrick – the world’s second-largest miner and certainly one of Mali’s high gold producers, has come below strain from the army junta that took energy in 2020, to stick to the brand new legislation.
A Barrick spokesperson and an official from Mali’s mining ministry declined to remark additional when reached by electronic mail and cellphone.
(By Katarina Höije)