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Barrick Gold reassured about its future in Mali after audit

As the Malian gold sector undergoes an audit ordered by the ruling junta, the Canadian giant Barrick Gold, the country's leading gold producer, said it was reassured by the initial exchanges its teams had had with the audit firm Mazars. [...]

Published on 07/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Lamine Seydou Traore
Mark Bristow
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Mali
Junta turns the screws on foreign gold mining firms

Colonel Assimi Goita's transitional government has in recent weeks ramped up the pressure on the country's main mining operators, such as Barrick Gold, B2Gold and Endeavour Mining.

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Malian junta leader Assimi Goita in Saint Petersburg on 26 July 2023

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Government and miners clash over sector reform

Prior to the National Transitional Council's adoption of the mining code reform, Canadian mining giants established in the country fought until the last minute to get Bamako to change certain provisions.

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Mali
Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

In recent months, following the resignation of Lamine Seydou Traoré, the oversight of the highly strategic mining sector had been the focus of an intense political struggle, but a cabinet reshuffle has finally decided the question by entrusting the mining portfolio - rather unexpectedly - to an academic.

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Spotlight | Mali
Western companies brace for a hit as Bamako launches gold mining audit

The Malian government just launched an audit of the country's gold mining sector. Although the Canadian and Australian companies which dominate the sector are not expecting to be expropriated for the benefit of the Wagner group, they do predict the state will seek a greater share of their revenues.

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From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

A low-key figure in West African presidential palaces for two decades, Ben Moctar Maouloud has become a key intermediary in Abidjan. The Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts is now involved in all major military contracts.

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Ben Moctar Maouloud, the Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts, is now involved in all major military contracts and has become a key intermediary in Abidjan.

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

From Singapore to Monrovia, via New York and Conakry, the American-Canadian tycoon Robert Friedland is one of the global mining sector's most flamboyant figures. Well established in the DR Congo, he is working behind the scenes in Conakry and Monrovia to expand his empire in West Africa.

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Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland at a conference in Cape Town in 2022.

Mali
Firefinch goes full throttle to redevelop Morila Gold Mine

Australian lithium mining company Firefinch, which has made a high-speed sally into gold mining to take advantage of high gold prices, has called in Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil to help it boost operations at Mali's giant Morila Gold Mine.

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The Morila gold mine, situated in the Sikasso Region of Mali (South).

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali
Barrick Gold reassured about its future in Mali after audit

Mali
Junta turns the screws on foreign gold mining firms

Spotlight | Mali
Government and miners clash over sector reform

Mali
Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

Spotlight | Mali
Western companies brace for a hit as Bamako launches gold mining audit

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Mali
Firefinch goes full throttle to redevelop Morila Gold Mine