Randgold Resources: Talks underway to end illegal sit-in

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - January 30, 2017) - Randgold Resources RRS GOLD

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
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TALKS UNDERWAY TO END ILLEGAL SIT-IN

Tongon, Cote d'Ivoire, 30 January 2017 - Negotiations are underway to resolve an illegal sit-in which started at Randgold Resources' Tongon mine in Cote d'Ivoire late on 26 January by some employees demanding annual ex gratia payments. Representatives of the central and local governments as well as the union, which does not support the sit-in, have joined management in engaging with the workers to end their action.

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