@ Wj, the announcement isn't out other than Barrick have been fined and work stopped. There must be more to it, as both stocks are still halted. Interestingly SLW traded quickly higher just before being halted...
I like bars , the lingot is classed as a coin bar and as such its 7% vat as opposed to 19.5% - theres also something called a rod (cylinder) thats 7% as well - http://www.gp-metallum.de/1-kg-Bounty-S ... Zertifikat - maybe next time