Wagner-Linked Gold Miner in Sudan Halts Operations Over Conflict

Wagner-Linked Gold Miner in Sudan Halts Operations Over Conflict

From bnnbloomberg.ca

A Sudanese gold mining company linked to the Russian mercenary Wagner Group has suspended operations because of conflict in the North African nation. Al-Sawlaj Gold Mining Co. has been shuttered since mid-April and its Russian staff have been evacuated, Huweyda Mursal, a legal adviser to the company, said by phone. The company owns a gold-tailing processing facility near Atbara, a city 280 kilometers (174 miles) north of the capital, Khartoum. “Our factory near Atbara in the River Nile state has been shut down because of the war and there are no exports of gold since then,” she said. “There are some efforts to ... (full story)

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