DAKAR/TORONTO (Reuters) -A Malian military helicopter airlifted gold from the Barrick-owned Loulo-Gounkoto complex on Thursday, three sources said, days after Reuters reported that a court-appointed administrator planned to sell the site's bullion to finance operations.
A Bamako court last month appointed a provisional administrator to restart operations at the West African country's largest gold mining site, nearly six months after Barrick Mining suspended them amid tense negotiations over the implementation of a new mining code.
