The Tongon gold mine is located within the Nielle mining permit, 628 kilometers north of the Côte d’lvoire port city of Abidjan, and 55 kilometers south of the border with Mali. The Tongon gold mine and associated mining permit is owned by Société des Mines de Tongon SA (Tongon), in which Barrick has an 89.7% interest, the State of Côte d’lvoire 10%, and 0.3% is held by Ivorian investors.