Ann: Government of Mali - Update, page-244

My apologies, it certainly wasn't the intent (I should have elaborated more) on those quotes, but in essence it was observations of changing sentiment of some narrators.. .. .. .. ..

@MM0 re: post (LLL thread)https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/general-discussion.6733915/page-7166?post_id=69708684

~ the way the respective company's and the Sate of Mali setup the payment for the optional 10% stake, specifically the B2Gold loan .. .. ..
** would this explain the "intercompany loan" of US$37,284,417 that was in Firefinch's Annual Financial reports since acquiring Morila SA - a carryover from the acquisition -- B2Gold do not refer to it as an intercompany loan but it is a loan nonetheless.
** was this amount itemised in the deconsolidation? I struggle reading the mumbo jumbo in the Financial Reports .. .. ..
** this outstanding loan (now written off?) would make Firefinch Limited the largest creditor of Morila SA?
** the A$150M + on the development of the mine? (deconsolidated amount) falls well short of the cash raised/gold sales circa A$500M, what am I missing?

++ but yet somehow the Government seem to think we owe them more? WTF am I missing here? ? ?
~ other than the never ending hands out for local communities?

Out of interest (maybe) I have a copy of the original concession but, it isn't very clear AND you need to be able to read/translate French
Tax dispute:
~ Randgold paid the Government of Mali $25M in an advanced tax payment, on the premise that they could continue negotiations relevant to the tax dispute!!

cheers