Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have made a series of moves recently to assert greater control over their mineral resources. Global gold companies have been in the line of fi ...

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 remains uncertain.

Burkina Faso currently has 17 industrial gold mines that produce about 70 tons of gold annually. Last year, Traore said he was planning to “withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

As an international diversified gold producer, Nordgold has spent the last 17 years developing its portfolio of gold assets across the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Nordgold ...

The man who has driven WAF’s success is Australian geologist Richard Hyde, who founded the company in 2006 and is currently ...

Higher grades and throughput after the end of the regional wet season helped gold production increase to 363,000 oz.

Mamou Toure and Samba Toure, key members of the government's negotiating team, both used to work in Mali for Randgold, a ...