Barrick Gold Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow said the company is “making progress” in its dispute with Mali’s military regime, but the advances haven’t come as fast as expected.

Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow said the company is “making progress” in its dispute with Mali’s military regime, but the advances haven’t come as fast as expected. The Canadian company last month suspended operations at the vast Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali after the government started removing gold from the nation’s biggest mine in the latest escalation of a months-long dispute.

The chief executive of Anglo-American gold miner Resolute Mining, who was temporarily detained in Mali last year, has resigned, the company said on Monday. Terry Holohan and two other Resolute employees were detained in Bamako,