Warning – That’s not a buying opportunity in gold

The firm also said it would continue to invest in exploration, which remains the engine that drives its business.

Once deal is completed, Randgold would fund all costs, including the completion of a pre-feasibility study on over the former's Kossanto West Gold Project in Western Mali.

Experts looked at over 500,000 survey responses from over 60,000 employees in 13 different industries worldwide.

Trapped miners were brought to the surface through ventilation shafts.

FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.

The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.

The company is said to be wanting to offload its Barro Alto nickel mine and the vast Minas-Rio iron ore complex.

More than 200 delegates from the mining, renewable energy and finance sectors attended this event.

These high-grade mines will soon start competing with gold mining's industry leaders.