Woodman was a geologist with more than 30 years' experience including over 20 in gold exploration in West Africa. "Kirk was a genuinely great guy," a source with the company told Mining Journal. It is ...

Burkina Faso’s security sector is undertrained and ill-equipped to disrupt the expansive network of recruiters, traffickers, and pimps For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling ...

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 September 2022, has ...

June 12 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that ...

A feasibility study concluded on the project in August 2022 has indicated that Kiaka will be a low-cost gold project, averaging 219 000 oz/y of gold production over an 18.5-year mine life from 2025.

The government of Burkina Faso has completed the nationalisation of five gold mining assets, transferring ownership to the state-owned miner, Société de Participation Minière du Burkina (SOPAMIB), ...

Barely launched, already jolted. Two months after pouring its first gold bar at Burkina Faso‘s Kiaka mine, Australia’s West African Resources (WAF) received an unexpected letter in late August.

A new regulation in Burkina Faso will allow the country to earn more from its gold resources by increasing the government’s ownership in major mining projects from 10% to 15% ・Burkina Faso has ...

Gold production in Burkina Faso declined last year as deteriorating security conditions in the West African nation forced some mines to shut. An Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, a semi-arid region ...

Gold developer West African Resources has reported high-grade reverse circulation (RC) drilling results from the M1 prospect at its Tanlouka gold project, in Burkina Faso. “Extensive visible gold has ...