Burkina Faso: Endeavour and Iamgold in Traoré's sights

In Burkina Faso, where the gold sector accounts for 12% of GDP, the focus is firmly on control of mining profits.Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the country's leader since the coup of …

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Gold mines in Burkina Faso fuel militant and …

Solhan, a center of the gold-mining industry in Burkina Faso, was attacked by extremists on Friday, June 4, 2021, resulting in the deaths of over 130 people. As the deadliest attack in the country's history, it highlights the danger …

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Avocet Mining PLC | Operations | Burkina Faso

The Inata Gold Mine is 90% owned by Avocet and 10% owned by the Government of Burkina Faso. The mining code of Burkina Faso entitles the state to a 10% ownership of a mining operation on a free carry basis. Avocet …

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Gold in Burkina Faso

According to GlobalData, Burkina Faso is the world's fifteenth-largest producer of gold in 2023, with output up by 4% on 2022. Over the five years to 2022, production from …

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Burkina Faso nationalises two gold mines mired in legal …

Burkina Faso has struck a deal to nationalise two gold mines for about $80mn that London-listed Endeavour Mining agreed last year to sell to Lilium Mining for more than $300mn.

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Home | Orezone Gold Corporation

Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX: ORE OTCQX: ORZCF) is a West African gold producer engaged in mining, developing, and exploring its flagship Bomboré Gold Mine in Burkina Faso. The Bomboré mine achieved commercial production on …

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Burkina Faso: Five Largest Mines in 2021

Essakane Gold Mine in Oudalan, was the largest mine in Burkina Faso, producing approximately 15.87 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) and primarily produced …

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Human mercury exposure associated with small-scale gold mining …

Purpose In Burkina Faso, gold ore is one of the main sources of income for an important part of the active population. Artisan gold miners use mercury in the extraction, a …

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Burkina Faso: Global Gold Expansion and Local Terrains

The West and South-West of Burkina Faso have a long history of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) (Kiétéga 1983; Werthmann 2007) but further expansion of …

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Burkina Faso grants Nordgold mining licence for …

Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining licence to Russian mining company Nordgold for the Niou gold deposit in the Kourweogo province of the country, reported Reuters. The licence aims to capitalise on high gold …

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Burkina Faso buys 200 kg of gold from …

Endeavour Mining has sold 200 kilograms (7054.79 oz) of gold from its Mana mine in Burkina Faso to the West African country's government, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Africa

The Artisanal Gold Council has increased our programming to support the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.The regional program will …

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Human mercury exposure associated with small-scale gold mining …

Purpose: In Burkina Faso, gold ore is one of the main sources of income for an important part of the active population. Artisan gold miners use mercury in the extraction, a toxic metal whose …

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is endowed with a variety of mineral resources, prominently featuring gold. The most significant gold deposits are located in the Birimian Greenstone Belt, which stretches across several regions, including the Central, …

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's mining activities are governed by the 2015 Mining Code (Law n°036-2015/CNT) and associated decrees. Key authorities under the Ministry of Economy and Finance – including the General Tax Directorate …

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How jihadists struck gold in Africa's Sahel

Informal mines in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger produce between them some 50 tonnes of gold, worth $2 billion, a year, according to estimates by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ...

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List of Mining Companies in Burkina Faso

Orezone Gold Intercepts High-Grade Mineralization Below North Zone Life of Mine Pits Including 2.55 G/T Gold Over 23.00m and 1.14 G/T Gold Over 29.50m January 21, 2025

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Chambre des Mines du Burkina (CMB) : Mining in …

From 1986 to 1997, when gold production was at its peak across the country, Burkina Faso produced over 26 tonnes of pure gold, including 13.93 tonnes from large scale industrial sites, and an additional 12.26 tonnes from …

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Burkina Faso: New Kiaka Gold Mine to Start Production in …

The project's owner, West African Resources, recently upscaled its expected output for the mine. A new gold mine in Burkina Faso, with an annual production capacity of 234,000 …

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Gold: Burkina Faso Seeks Ways to Tackle Persisting Output …

Burkina Faso produced about 67 tonnes of gold in 2021. Since then, production has steadily declined due to security challenges. Despite new projects, the future of the gold sector …

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Fortuna exits Burkina Faso with $130m sale of Yaramoko mine

Canadian precious metals company Fortuna Mining Corp. has agreed to sell its Burkina Faso assets, including the Yaramoko gold mine, to privately held Soleil Resources …

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Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small …

The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Burkina Faso increasingly employs cyanide leaching to exploit the natural resource gold. The long-term …

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Mana mine

90% EDV, 10% Government of Burkina Faso. Mining method. Open Pit/Owner Mining and Underground Pit/Contractor Mining. Production start date. 2008 for the CIL Plant. Processing Technology. ... The Lafigué mine poured first gold at …

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Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: The case of Burkina Faso

As we can observe in Burkina Faso, we distinguish two types of gold mining activity: artisanal gold mining and industrial gold mining. w i > 0 and w a > 0 are the wages of the adult …

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Burkina Faso

respecting and protecting the environment in all the stages of mining, cooperating with the community and herders nearby, having an effective complaint mechanism, establishing a …

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Operations

West African acquired 90% of the Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso from B2 Gold Corp and partner GAMS-Mining F&I in November 2021. The remaining 10% interest is held by the Government of Burkina Faso. Kiaka is 45km south of …

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Minors Not Miners

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, suffering from recurring droughts. It was drought which first forced families into gold mining in 1980, and the gold rush spread quickly. …

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The emergence of artisanal gold mining and local …

In Burkina Faso, the Mining Act (CNT, 2015) stipulates that 1% of mining companies' turnover must be devoted to local development efforts and 20% of State royalties …

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Guns and gold: how two coups reshaped Burkina Faso's mining …

Burkina Faso mining diamonds gold iron ore. Eastern Europe. Belarus . Russia . Ukraine . News. Putin and Lukashenko speak on Union State ties and united historical memory at Volgograd …

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Gold: Burkina Faso Turns to Russian Nordgold to Slumping …

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers approved mining rights for Nordgold's Niou deposit on April 24, 2025. The decision lets the Russian firm expand operations through its …

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