Sale of Mali mine DELAYED amid coup

Very important contrast to what’s happening for everyone to look at.

https://www.mining.com/iamgold-sale-of-mali-mine-delayed-amid-coup/

There will be “some form of continuity “ in the Mali mines ministry as senior bureaucrats will be present. But can they sign off on financial asset transactions? I’d be very surprised.

“—Mining companies should also expect substantial administrative delays when dealing with authorities as government structures will be paralyzed by the ongoing political crisis, Raymakers noted.—“

Thomas Schiller, who is in Bamako:

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19 Aug 2020 · Thomas Schiller of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in the Malian capital Bamako told DW the coup had made the crisis "much worse than it was ...”