Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery in a push for more economic sovereignty led by the military government which ...

The International Monetary Fund has disbursed about $33.2 million to Burkina Faso after completing the fourth review of the country’s Extended Credit Facility programme, signalling continued ...

Burkina Faso opens its first gold refinery as Ibrahim Traoré seeks to process more mineral wealth locally and reduce reliance ...

Burkina Faso has commissioned its first gold refinery, giving the country domestic capacity to refine, assay, certify, and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended the issuance of export permits for artisanal and semi-mechanised gold and other precious commodities with immediate effect, it said.

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 ...