"Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend #mining operations in #Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter over the weekend...the value of the #gold at $245 million."

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mali-started-flying-gold-stocks-out-barrick-site-saturday-sources-say-2025-01-13/