Group were held after a meeting about what mining firm referred to as unsubstantiated claims regarding taxes and leviesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian gold mining company has agreed to pay $160m ($A247m, £126m) to Mali’s government, after the West African country’s junta detained its chief executive and two other employees.Resolute Mining’s chief executive Terence Holohan and the other two employees were detained on 8 November in Mali’s capital Bamako, at the end of a meeting with government officials over tax and other state claims that the miner had previously said were “unsubstantiated”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/18/resolute-mining-to-pay-247m-to-free-ceo-terence-holohan-and-executives-detained-in-mali
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Publish date : 2024-11-18 16:45:17
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Australian gold miner to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives
