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Barrick Gold Corp. says four of its local employees have been “unjustly imprisoned” in Mali in a second wave of arrests of its staff in the West African country where one of its biggest gold mines is located.
Mali’s military regime, which took power in a 2021 coup, has been putting pressure on foreign mining companies to give the government a bigger share of their revenue. It has been seeking US$417-million from Barrick, alleging that the company failed to pay all its required taxes – a charge the company rejects.
The military junta has increasingly been willing to arrest the managers of foreign miners to seek faster payments of disputed amounts. It arrested four of Barrick’s employees in late September, holding them in custody for several days.
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