Included in the order is a fleet of Epiroc blasthole drill rigs: the cable-electric Pit Viper 271 E and the battery-electric SmartROC D65 BE.

The miner finalized sales of its Akyem operation in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada.

Susie Corlett and Jacqueline McGill were privately very critical of the behaviour shown by outgoing managing director Chris Ellison.

Shareholders of De Grey Mining voted overwhelmingly in favour of a buy-out by Australia’s largest gold producer Northern Star Resources.

One source told Reuters that Barrick employees in Bamako are currently locked out of the office.

Tasiast, located about 300 km north of the capital Nouakchott, last year produced 622,394 gold-equivalent oz.

It will invest A$15.2 million for a 15% stake in Prospect Resources, its neighbour in the Zambian copper belt.

Previously, Newmont was unable to connect more than two machines at distances of no more than 100m on Wi-Fi, before the network and machines became unusable.

Ghana’s government rejected the company’s application to extend the lease, which is set to expire on April 18.

Discovered in 2017, the Cachorro copper deposit is located in the western Atacama Desert at an elevation of 1,500 metres.