Early in 2023 Wagner Group mercenaries took over at least three mines south of Mali’s capital, Bamako: Balandougou, about 20 kilometers from the border with Guinea; Koyoko, a nearby gold-panning site in the Kangaba Cercle; and a third site near Yanfolila.
Experts say Mali’s most productive gold mines — Loulo and Gounkoto, run by Canada’s Barrick Gold — are in Russia’s crosshairs. In 2022 the two mines produced 19.4 tons of gold, nearly a third of the country’s 66-ton production.
“The authorities want to expropriate Barrick Gold, but without doing so too openly,” a Malian source close to the discussions told The Africa Report magazine.
“After the sector audit report was submitted last August, the finance minister wrote to all the mining companies operating in Mali to renegotiate their operating contracts. But this is just window-dressing. Their real target is Barrick.”
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Early in 2023 Wagner Group mercenaries took over at least three mines south of Mali’s capital, Bamako: Balandougou, about 20 kilometers from the border with Guinea; Koyoko, a nearby gold-panning site in the Kangaba Cercle; and a third site near Yanfolila.
Experts say Mali’s most productive gold mines — Loulo and Gounkoto, run by Canada’s Barrick Gold — are in Russia’s crosshairs. In 2022 the two mines produced 19.4 tons of gold, nearly a third of the country’s 66-ton production.
“The authorities want to expropriate Barrick Gold, but without doing so too openly,” a Malian source close to the discussions told The Africa Report magazine.
“After the sector audit report was submitted last August, the finance minister wrote to all the mining companies operating in Mali to renegotiate their operating contracts. But this is just window-dressing. Their real target is Barrick.”