Burkina Faso wins manganese case against mining group
PAS's $2.2bn claim against the government ruled in favour of the country by Paris arbitration court
Ouagadougou — A Paris court has dismissed a $2.2bn claim against Burkina Faso lodged by Pan African Minerals Group over control of one of the world’s largest manganese mines, Burkina’s government said on Thursday. Romanian-Australian tycoon Frank Timis’ Pan African Burkina Limited (PAB) bought the rights to the Tambao mine, which it says holds 100-million tons of manganese reserves, in 2012. PAB says it has invested more than $100m developing the mine, but has been involved in a legal wrangle with the government over its permit. PAB and two other firms in Pan African Minerals Group filed a claim with the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration in late 2016, accusing the Burkinabe authorities of blocking development of the mine. Last April, while the court case was still pending, the government terminated PAB’s Tambao contract. In its ruling, the court found that “the termination of the contract by Burkina was valid and justified in law”, the government...
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