A judge in Mali has placed Canadian mining company Barrick Gold under provisional administration in an ongoing dispute with the military government over alleged unpaid taxes

Mali's Bamako Commercial Court put Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under state control for 6 months after a prolonged standoff over taxation.

A Mali court has ruled that gold mines held by Canadian giant Barrick Gold in the west of the country be managed for six months by an appointee, effectively baring the company from operating one of the largest gold complexes in the world.