TORONTO—Mali remained an exploration focus for B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN: BTG) after four workers were killed and three hospitalized in a February attack on a company convoy, the miner’s chief financial officer said Monday.
The gold mining company on Feb. 15 said three employees died from injuries sustained in an armed attack on a convoy traveling from the company’s Fekola Mine to the Mali’s capital Bamako. Six days later, B2Gold reported a fourth employee died from injuries sustained in the attack and the three employees were still being treated for their injuries.
The convoy was attacked along the national highway about 75 kilometers (46.6 miles) west of the capital city, B2Gold said. The group was more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) northeast from the mine along a route that has been the focus of increased Malian armed forces presence, the company …