Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal accidents in the West African country, one of Africa’s top three gold producers. Gen.

Gold producer Mali hosts operations by international companies such as Barrick Gold, B2Gold, Resolute Mining and Hummingbird Resources.

Mali is suspending the granting of new artisanal mining permits to foreigners, after a couple of accidents in recent weeks left dozens dead.

At least 49 people, many of them women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali last month.

MALI has suspended the granting of new artisanal mining permits to foreigners following accidents in recent weeks that claimed 56 lives, many of them women and children. Interim President Assimi Goita had “instructed the government to strengthen measures to avoid human and environmental tragedies,

Mali, Africa's second-largest gold producer, has suspended the issuance of new mining permits to foreign companies. ・Mali suspends issuance of new mining permits to foreign companies ・Decision follows a devastating mining accident that claimed over 40 lives ・Reforms in the mining sector aim to increase state benefits from gold production According