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Barrick said to seek buyer for Tongon mine as bullion soars

11th December 2024

By: Bloomberg

  

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Barrick Gold Corp. is seeking buyers for its Tongon gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire in an effort to sell the aging operation when bullion prices are surging.

The world’s No. 2 gold miner started working with Toronto-Dominion Bank to identify buyers and solicit bids for the mine in late November, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named discussing confidential matters.

Barrick and TD both declined to comment.

Barrick plans to stop production at the 24-year-old open-pit mine by 2027 given its depleting resources, according to company filings. The mine produced 204 000 oz last year — about 5% of Barrick’s overall gold output for the year. Barrick has a nearly 90% stake in Tongon, with the Côte d'Ivoire government and local investors holding the rest of the operation, 682 km  north of the port city Abidjan.

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Gold producers have seen higher valuations for mines this year as bullion prices hit successive record highs bolstered by central-bank buying, geopolitical uncertainty and interest-rate cuts. Barrick’s rival, Newmont, has brought in $3.9-billion from selling mines in 2024 — almost double its initial divestment target. Newmont’s Akyem mine in Africa drew interest from several Chinese firms and was ultimately sold to Zijin Mining Group for $1-billion.

Barrick previously considered selling Tongon in 2019, without avail. The company had signaled it was weighing options for the mature operation during an investor event in November.

“Although we have continued extending Tongon’s life, it has become increasingly non-core to Barrick, and therefore we are currently looking at strategic options for this asset,” Sebastiaan Bock, Barrick’s COO for Africa and the Middle East, said during the event. Disposing of the asset “will increase the quality of the portfolio and it will reduce the cost profile by more than $50 per ounce.”

Edited by Bloomberg

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