AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMining: Mali has renewed First Lithium’s Gouna and Faraba exploration licences for three years, clearing a hurdle to its planned maiden lithium resource estimate. B2Gold also cut its full-year cost guidance after strong performance and said production at all operations, including Fekola, remains on track. Security and Sovereignty: Reports of a JNIM assault in Mopti and the sighting of a Russian electronic-warfare vehicle in Mali have renewed scrutiny of the country’s security strategy. A separate report says a Russian state firm plans to map more than half the country, raising questions over who will control the data. Human Rights: A critic of Mali’s junta remains forcibly disappeared six months after vanishing, according to a recent report. Electricity Access: An ECOWAS-backed project says it has brought electricity to nearly 500,000 people across Mali, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Humanitarian Aid: Russia’s Africa Corps and the African Initiative delivered supplies and first aid at a displaced-persons camp in Bamako.
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