Overview
- All charges against Barrick, its affiliates and employees will be dropped, with legal steps initiated to release four detained workers.
- The state’s provisional administration of the Loulo‑Gounkoto complex will be terminated and operational control will return to Barrick.
- Barrick’s subsidiaries will withdraw arbitration claims pending at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
- Mali’s mines minister said Barrick agreed to sign the 2023 mining code, which permits up to 30% state ownership in new projects.
- An official told the Associated Press the parties set a six‑day window to implement the deal, including Barrick withdrawing its complaint, a payment of about $180,000, and the return of roughly three tons of seized gold.