Brief: B2gold Says 3 Fatalities From Off-Site Incident In Mali, Bus Transporting Employees To Bamako Was Attacked About 75 KM West Of Bamako

B2Gold

16/02/2024 05:43

Feb 16 (Reuters) - B2Gold Corp  BTO.TO :
    * B2GOLD REPORTS THREE FATALITIES FROM OFF-SITE INCIDENT IN
MALI
    * COMPANY IS WORKING WITH MALIAN GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTAND
FURTHER
DETAILS OF ATTACK.
    * BUS TRANSPORTING EMPLOYEES TO BAMAKO INVOLVED IN AN
INCIDENT
WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED APPROXIMATELY 75 KILOMETERS WEST OF BAMAKO
    * INITIAL REPORTS HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS TRAGIC EVENT AS
RESULT OF
AN ATTACK ON EMPLOYEE TRANSPORT CONVOY
    * INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES
TRAVELLING ON
BUS WERE WOUNDED
    * B2GOLD - A BUS TRANSPORTING B2GOLD EMPLOYEES FROM FEKOLA
MINE TO
BAMAKO WAS INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WHEN ATTACKED APPROXIMATELY 75
KM WEST OF BAMAKO
    * COMPANY IS WORKING WITH MALIAN GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTAND
FURTHER
DETAILS OF ATTACK
    * MINING AND PROCESSING ACTIVITIES AT FEKOLA MINE HAVE NOT
BEEN
IMPACTED BY THIS INCIDENT
    * COMPANY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH MALIAN GOVERNMENT
ON
FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO SECURITY ALONG TRANSPORT ROUTE

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