Resolute Mining Ltd. suspended trading after Mali demanded the Australian gold miner pay about $160 million to resolve a tax dispute that’s seen its chief executive officer detained.

Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG,LSE:RSG) confirmed on Monday (November 11) that its CEO Terence Holohan and two company executives have been detained in Mali, West Africa, following weekend news articles on the detention.

Resolute Mining CEO Terence Holohan and two other employees of the Australian company were still being detained in Mali on Thursday, two diplomatic sources there told Reuters. Resolute said on Sunday that Holohan and the two other employees had been temporarily detained by government officials in the military-led West African country.

Resolute Mining suspended trading after Mali demanded the Australian gold miner pay about $160-million to resolve a tax dispute that’s seen its chief executive officer detained. The company’s shares in Sydney were suspended pending an announcement,

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Gold producer Resolute Mining has halted trading in its shares in Sydney pending a company announcement after last week’s detention of its chief executive, Terry Holohan, in Mali. Holohan and two other Resolute employees were detained in Bamako,

Trading in Resolute Mining ( OTCPK:RMGGF) ( OTCPK:RMGGY) was suspended in Australia on Thursday as Mali's government demanded the company pay more than $160M to resolve a tax dispute that has resulted in the arrest of CEO Terence Holohan.