B2Gold Corp T.BTO

Done deal?

[MaterialsMan]

The president of Mali has signed the new mining laws into effect.
Many details are supposedly unclear. e.g.inclusion of existing operations.
The intent is to raise the contribution to GDP from 10% to 20%.
 As part of the announcement, the government is claiming that they have been cheated out of about 350 billion dollars by the gold mining companies.
They intend to recover it.

[tootall123]

Mali is one of the most poorest country on the planet and will be more poorer if and when B2Gold and Barick stop mining there... Ranked 175th out of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Programme's 2016 Human Development Index, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world: nearly 45% of its population lives below the national poverty line. Almost 65% of the Malian

[BlindMouser]

I guess they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by instituting sweeping changes then.. Or inviting a new partner into bed. Buh Bye BTO, Buh Bye Parrotman's dreams of retirement.

[MaterialsMan]

My bad! Can't believe I said dollars. The 350 billion referred to CFA franks (the Mali Currency).  That translates to about 700 million.  Even that would be a big hit, depending on B2's share.

[tootall123]

(I guess they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by instituting sweeping changes then.. Or inviting a new partner into bed. Buh Bye BTO, Buh Bye Parrotman's dreams of retirement.) Only a dumb naive loser and liar MinyMouse would post this. He/Thing MinyMouse thinks that BTO only mine gold operations are in Mali.... GOLD IS KING...