Getting nervousThere are reports that execs from both Resolute and Barrick were, and, or are being detained in Mali's Capitol. Apparently it's in regards to payment or nonpayment of "special" taxes. Read extortion.
Is it time for these companies to count their loses and turn everything over to the junta and the Russians? BTO seems to have avoided the detained part, but I'd be a little concerned about whether this sort of thing might escalate.
After all, if push comes to shove, you know the U.S or Canadian authorities won't come running.
They have too much going on as it is.
Of course the mining companies could get together and hire some Blackwater operatives and pick a fight with the Wagner Group.
But then again the Russians might have some No.Koreans sent there as backup.
It's a jungle out there.