B2Gold
B2Gold Corporation is a Canadian public gold-mining company based in Vancouver, British Columbia.  It has five operating mines in Nicaragua, Namibia, Mali, and the Philippines, as well as various development and exploration properties.  It is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.3 billion CAD as of September 2018.

History 
B2Gold was founded in 2007 by Clive T. Johnson and other former executives at Bema Gold, after that firm's acquisition by Kinross Gold for $3.5 billion.  It initially listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange, raising $100 million in its IPO.  In 2008, it graduated to the Toronto Stock Exchange.  In 2009, it bought Central Sun Mining, thus acquiring the La Libertad mine in Nicaragua.  In 2012, B2Gold bought CGA Mining, an Australian gold miner, for $1.1 billion.  Through this deal, B2Gold acquired the Masbate mine in the Philippines, the largest gold mine in that country.  In 2014, B2Gold acquired Papillon Resources, owner of the Fekola property in Mali, for $570 million. In 2019, the company delivered record annual gold production and gold revenues. This marks B2Gold's 11th consecutive year of record annual consolidated gold production.

Controversy 

In 2014, a long-term employee at B2Gold's Masbate mine was killed by a security guard.  The following year, two security guards at the same mine were shot and killed.  

B2Gold's operations in Nicaragua have aroused some controversy.  At its La Libertad mine (located in Santo Domingo), B2Gold has compensated and re-located a neighbourhood to exploit a gold lobe underlying it.  Local residents and critics of the company have complained of intimidation.  The company has never bribed politicians or government officials although some individuals claim that, without proof.  Due to community opposition, B2Gold was prevented from developing a deposit in Rancho Grande although the company was subsequently invited back into the community to restart the project.  In 2015, hundreds of miners at B2Gold's El Limon mine protested the sacking of three workers.  After blockading the mine, they engaged in violent clashes with police, leading to one death and 31 injuries.  As a result, B2Gold temporarily closed the mine.

In November 2015, B2Gold executives were in a hotel in Bamako, Mali, when the hotel was attacked by Islamist militants.  The executives were in the country for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Fekola mine, and were eventually saved by Malian military.

Operations 
As of December 2017, B2Gold has five operating mines, with a total annual gold production of 631,000 ounces
 Masbate mine in Aroroy, Masbate, the Philippines: 31% of production, the largest gold mine in the Philippines
 Otjikoto mine in Otjozondjupa, Namibia: 30% of production
 Fekola mine in Mali: 18% of production
 La Libertad mine in Chontales, Nicaragua: 13% of production, Nicaragua's largest gold mine
 El Limon mine in Leon, Nicaragua: 8% of production