Mali's gold output could hit 60 t by end-2017 – government

Mali's gold production could rise to around 60 tonnes a year by the end of 2017 as a series of new projects comes online, the West African nation's mining minister said on Tuesday. Mali is Africa's third-largest gold producer after South Africa and Ghana and mined 49.865 t of the precious metal last year. The sector contributes around a quarter of government revenues.