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01 December 2025

Afreximbank, AFC, Trafigura close on $330m Sierra Leone gold

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Metals and Mining
Region:
Middle East & Africa

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have achieved financial close and agreed an initial drawdown on a $330 million senior debt facility to FG Gold for the construction and development of the Baomahun gold project in Sierra Leone. This concludes the financing...

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