CEO Terry Holohan, along with two other company executives have been detained by the military-led government in Mali. What Happened: The executives traveled to Bamako, Mali's capital, for meetings with local mining and tax authorities to address concerns over the company's in-country practices.

A military junta has detained the CEO and two other executives of Australian gold miner Resolute Mining over a royalties dispute in the West African nation of Mali. Terry Holohan, CEO of West Australian-based Resolute, and two other staff were detained by Malian authorities on Friday following a meeting in the capital, Bamako.

Gold miner Resolute Mining finds itself at the center of a broad shakeup of regulatory regimes across West Africa following the detention of the company’s chief executive in Mali, as cash-strapped governments seek to generate more revenue from their natural resources.