Barrick Gold plans to sell Tongon gold mine in Ivory Coast - BBG
Reuters
Published Aug 08, 2019 02:48PM ET
Barrick Gold plans to sell Tongon gold mine in Ivory Coast - BBG
(Reuters) - Barrick Gold Corp (TO:ABX) (N:GOLD) is looking to sell its Tongon gold mine in the Ivory Coast and is working with Bank of Nova Scotia (TO:BNS) to identify buyers, Bloomberg said https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-08/barrick-said-to-weigh-sale-of-tongon-mine-amid-asset-disposals on Thursday.
Barrick Gold plans to start a formal sale process in the near term for all or a part of its stake, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Tongon mine, located north of the Ivory Coast's port city of Abidjan, is expected to produce 250,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces of gold in 2019.
The company is also working with Scotiabank to sell its Massawa gold project in Senegal and plans to divest its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, according to the report.
Lumwana is expected to produce 210 million pounds to 240 million pounds of copper in 2019, while Massawa feasibility project is being progressed toward a final development decision.
Barrick and Scotiabank were not immediately available for comment.
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