Acacia fails to change Barrick’s view on mine plans

London-listed Acacia Mining’s near-5 000-word rebuttal of claims by its parent company over mine plans for its gold operations in Tanzania has failed to change Barrick Gold’s view.

The Toronto-headquartered miner, which is trying to buy out minority shareholders in Acacia without paying a premium, said on Wednesday that it had considered Acacia’s statement and that it had concluded that there was nothing new in it.