— 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 …

 — Burkina Faso's Mining Minister Simon-Pierre Boussim poses for a photo, after speaking to Reuters, before the start of the 2023 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, February 5, 2023.

SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING (ASGM) IN BURKINA FASO ARTISANAL MINING AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (USAID AMPR) TASK ORDER UNDER THE STRENGTHENING TENURE AND RESOURCE RIGHTS II (STARR II) IDIQ JUNE 2019 ... BUMIGEB Bureau des Mines et de la Géologie du Burkina CAR Central African Republic

 — The attacks extend towards hundreds of small-scale mines in Burkina Faso alone. Around 2,200 possible informal gold mines were identified in a government survey of satellite imagery in 2018.

 — The Taparko mine was Burkina Faso's first industrial gold mine, launching in 2005 according to Nordgold's website. It is in Namantenga province, approximately 200km (124.3 miles) northeast of ...

 — Burkina Faso's national broadcaster says at least 59 people are dead after an explosion at a gold mining site in the southwest. ... Small gold mines like Gbomblora have grown in recent years, with some 800 across the country. Much of the gold is being smuggled into neighboring Togo, Benin, Niger and Ghana, according to the South Africa …

 — Burkina Faso has nationalised two gold mines for a sum of around 80 million dollars, ending a legal row between rival companies Endeavour and Lilium Mining. As …

 — Russia's Nordgold is shutting down its Taparko mine in Burkina Faso and calling force majeure, citing the deteriorating security situation in the West African country, according to a statement ...

 — Gunmen attacked a convoy of Iamgold Corp vehicles travelling to the Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, wounding one police officer before being repelled by the convoy's security detail ...

This is complicated further by the relatively small size of the market economy. THE MODERN GOLD RUSH. ... Since its inception in 2011, the Chambre des Mines du Burkina (CMB) has acted as a key constituent behind the institutional force of the country's mining sector. Encompassing over 50 members, the CMB unites all the sector's major ...

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Burkina Faso: Today and Tomorrow. Between 2001 and 2003, the French Geological Survey (BRGM) carried out, in close …

 — The identification of small mines in hard-to-reach areas is just one of the many applications of Earth observation satellite data made accessible by ESA. Find out more about Pléiades data. Reference. Nava, L., Cuevas, M., Meena, S.R., Catani, F., Monserrat, O. (2022). Artisanal and Small-Scale Mine Detection in Semi-Desertic Areas …

 — The top five producers in 2021 were Ghana, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan, ... the importer can prove the absence of forced labor in its shipment's supply chain. In 2019, gold mined in artisanal small mines in the DRC was subject to a WRO. ... Designation of Venezuela's state gold mine and its president for their …

Directrice exécutive chez Chamber of Mines of Burkina Faso · Experience: Chamber of Mines of Burkina Faso · Location: Ouagadougou · 313 connections on LinkedIn. ... "The programme is focused on sharing resources and costs and increasing opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises to conduct business with industry," the company ...

 — At least nine people were killed when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Burkina Faso's western Tuy province on Tuesday, the head of the artisanal mining association for the province said.

 — "Burkina Faso is now one of the most important gold producing countries in Africa, and the large number of investors who've come in over recent years and the large number of mines that have ...

 — A blast in a Burkina Faso gold mine has killed 59 people and injured more than 100 others, The Associated Press reported on Monday. ... Mining experts have said that small-scale mines have fewer ...

 — The U.N.'s international labor organization estimates that children account for 30 percent to 50 percent of the small-scale miners working in the African Sahel region, which includes Burkina Faso ...

 — …move seen as bold step towards resource sovereignty. Kaieteur News – 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. Lilium will transfer ownership of Boungou and Wahgnion to the west African state, which …

Burkina Faso Mana exploration The primary objective is to increase the mine life to 10 years, and Endeavour sees considerable additional opportunity remaining with the five year discovery target for Mana now set for 1.0 to 1.5 million ounces of Indicated resources at a discovery cost of less than US$30/oz.

We discussed regional differences in the articulation between goldmining and violence and worked on proposals how the ministry of mines can be more actively involved in …

 — Industry experts said this gold likely ends up in Dubai. The government of Burkina Faso estimates the illicit market produces more than $400 million worth of gold a year. Salofou Trahore, general director for Burkina Faso's regulatory body for small-scale mines, said he was unaware that women were being exploited at the sites.

 — In Burkina Faso, gold production has more than doubled in recent years. ... much of the gold comes from small-scale mines. Small-scale gold mining began here in earnest in the 1980s as droughts ...

 — 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 ASGM dates from the 1980s.Currently, ASGM supports nearly 1.2 million people 1 in a country with a population of 19.7 million, hence it is a significant source of …

 — OUAGADOUGOU — Burkinabe authorities has suspended the issuance of export permits for artisanal and semi-mechanized gold and other precious commodities with immediate effect, the governing junta …

 — 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 …

 — (en français ci-dessous) The Essakane gold mine, owned by Canadian mining company 'IAMGOLD' is the largest of Burkina Faso's mining operations. Located in the north of Burkina Faso on the Niger and Mali borders, the mine covers a territory of 100 square kilometers.

 — About 60 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in southwest Burkina Faso, state television reported, citing local officials.

 — Small-scale miners now produce 20-50 tonnes of gold in Mali, 10-30 tonnes in Burkina Faso and 10-15 tonnes in Niger, according to a 2019 International Crisis Group report, employing more than 2m ...

 — The return of international mining companies, banned for a time in the 1990s, has boosted production. Still, much of the gold comes from small-scale mines. Small-scale gold mining began here in earnest …