Barrick's Mali Gold Mine Resumes Operations Under State Control
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Barrick's Mali gold mine resumes operations under state control
Barrick Mining’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in Mali has resumed operations after more than nine months of inactivity, reported Bloomberg.The post Barrick’s Mali gold mine resumes operations under state control appeared first on Mining Technology.
Mali resumes production at seized Barrick gold mine
OPERATIONS have restarted at Barrick Mining Corp.’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in Mali following a nine-month shutdown, said Bloomberg News which cited unnamed sources. The Canadian mining company halted work at the West African facility in January after the military government blocked exports, confiscated gold and arrested senior staff. A court subsequently appointed Soumana Makadji, an accountant and former health minister, to oversee the mine f…
Loulo-Gounkoto gold Mine operation in Limbo despite reported restart
The Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine, Mali’s largest industrial mining site, remains at the center of a year-long dispute between Barrick Gold Corp. and the Malian government, exposing deeper tensions between the country’s sovereignty ambitions and foreign investors’ interests. It was reported on 21st October 2025, that operations at the mine had resumed last week, following an …
Mali has recently observed the resumption of activities at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine. As a reminder, the gold complex, among the most productive on the continent, had ceased all activity last January on the order of the Malian authorities. The recovery is now carried out under state administration, after months of confrontation between Bamako and the giant [...] Read more Mali: After removing Barrick Gold, the country revives the Loulo-Gounko…
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