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As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining.
Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining. © Endeavour Mining
After buying Semafo and deciding to merge with Teranga, Endeavour Mining is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the same time, the French courts have resumed their probe into several operations carried out by CEO Sébastien de Montessus while he was working at Areva. [...]
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