A court in Mali has transferred the management of Barrick’s biggest gold sites to a state-appointed provisional administrator Mali has temporarily stripped Canadian firm Barrick of control over the West African country’s largest gold mining operations, amid an escalating dispute over alleged unpaid taxes and royalties. On Monday, a court in Bamako ruled that the management of the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in western Mali be handed over to a state-appointed provisional administrator for six