Randgold Resources: Talks underway to end illegal sit-in


JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Jan 30, 2017) - Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD)

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
NASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD

TALKS UNDERWAY TO END ILLEGAL SIT-IN

Tongon, Côte d'Ivoire, 30 January 2017 - Negotiations are underway to resolve an illegal sit-in which started at Randgold Resources' Tongon mine in Côte 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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