Mali's government and Barrick Gold will start a new round of negotiations on Tuesday to resolve a deepening dispute over the alleged nonpayment of taxes by the Canadian miner and the seizure of its gold stocks by authorities in the country,

Mali's government and Barrick Gold are set for negotiations to resolve a dispute over claimed unpaid taxes and the seizure of gold. The new mining code and hefty tax demands are at the heart of the issue.

Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) is raised to Buy from Underperform with a $12.75 price target, raised from $9.25, at Bank of America, but shares -0.8% in Monday's trading as miners fall alongside gold prices as investors liquidated bullion positions as part of a broader market selloff sparked by worries around Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek.

Bank of America revised ratings on two major players in the precious metals sector, downgrading Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE:GOLD) to Neutral and double-upgrading Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) Corp. to Buy.