UPDATE 1-Ivory Coast approves sale of stake in Ity gold mine
March 22, 2017 at 14:03 PM EDT
ABIDJAN, March 22 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's government has approved the sale of state miner Sodemi's 30 percent stake in the Ity gold project to Canada's Endeavour Mining and a group of investors led by former national soccer star Didier Drogba, a government spokesman said.
