Endeavour Mining's former chief executive, Sébastien de Montessus, paid US$1.35 million to the company in July following a settlement agreement.

The payment is in addition to the $26.4 million already forfeited and clawed back, the company said in its quarterly filings. 

In January, Endeavour fired De Montessus for alleged serious misconduct, saying that it found irregular payments of $5.9 million linked to the sale of the Agbaou mine in Côte d'Ivoire in 2021. According to the gold miner, De Montessus instructed Allied Gold to pay the amount to a third-party offshore entity in the United Arab Emirates rather than a member of the group. 

In March, the company finished the full investigation and said it found further hidden payments of $15 million in addition to the original $5.9 million. According to the investigation, there was no evidence of any payments being made to sanctioned persons or terrorist groups, although the ultimate beneficiaries of the payments were not discovered.Endeavour commanded a total clawback of remuneration of $29.1 million, including $15.6 million for unvested share awards.