13 January 2025, 2:07 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report that Malian authorities had seized around 3 tons of gold from a mining complex owned by Canadian miner Barrick Gold in the west of the country, taking the precious metal away by helicopter, as a long-running dispute between the military regime and the world’s second biggest gold producer over its mining contract escalated. Barrick’s shares fell 1.9% on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the story was published.  Why it matters  The seizure, which led Barrick to announce that it would...