Oct 05, 2019· Ouagadougou (AFP) Around 20 people were killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on a jihadist insurgency.
Oct 05, 2019· Ouagadougou (AFP) Around 20 people were killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on a jihadist insurgency.
Mar 22, 2018· SEMAFO announced that construction of the Boungou gold mine in Burkina Faso is 87% complete, with first gold scheduled to be poured early in the third quarter of 2018. SEMAFO is a Canadianbased mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa.
At least 10 people lost their lives in the collapse of an artisanal gold mining site on Friday at Sideradougou in western Burkina Faso, a local source on Monday said. "About 10 bodies have been ...
Aug 04, 2015· Fool's gold: Inside Burkina Faso's artisanal mining industry By Good Governance Africa • 4 August 2015 Every day, dozens – not hundreds – more people arrive to work on one of Burkina ...
Approximately 20 people were killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on armed groups in the ...
Sarama Resources is a West African gold explorer and gold developer focused on establishing a new mining district in Burkina Faso.
Since 2012, photojournalist Matjaz Krivic has been documenting the men, women, and children working in the gold mines of Bani, Burkina Faso. One of the most dangerous forms of labor a child can engage in, mining is backbreaking work that poses both immediate risks and longterm health problems.
Aug 14, 2018· SEMAFO completed its first gold pour at the Boungou mine in June, and aims for commercial gold production from the mine this month. Burkina Faso has been battling an escalating wave of attacks over the last three years, beginning in the north of the country but now spreading to the east, near the border with Togo and Benin.
Welcome to SEMAFO. SEMAFO is a Canadianbased intermediate gold producer with over twenty years' experience building and operating mines in West Africa. The Corporation operates two mines, the Boungou and Mana Mines in Burkina Faso. SEMAFO is committed to building value through responsible mining of its quality assets and leveraging its development pipeline.
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], Oct 6 (ANI): At least 23 people were killed in an attack at a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, a security source said on Saturday night. The incident occurred ...
Gold Mining plays a significant role in Burkina Faso's economy and the country has, since 2012, become Africa's 4th biggest producer of gold. In 2012, there were 6 gold mines in Burkina Faso. It is the 3rd biggest site for gold exploration in Africa and 4th biggest gold producer in Africa.
Oct 07, 2019· On 4 October, security sources in Burkina Faso claimed that Islamist terrorist groups attacked a gold mine in the northern province of Soum, killing 20 people. It is believed that Islamist terrorist organizations are to blame, as they have increased their insurgent activities in recent years, but it is yet unknown which group is to blame.
Dec 15, 2016· Artisanal gold mine in western Burkina Faso, Photo by Katja Werthmann, November 2016 On July 16, 2015, the transitional government of Burkina Faso passed into law a new Mining Code . It includes, among others, the introduction of a new % tax on the gross revenues to support a Mining Fund for Local Development.
Apr 28, 2013· Gold production in Burkina Faso has more than doubled in recent years, reaching 32 metric tons in 2012, according to the World Bank. (Unlike its neighbors Mali and Ghana, ancient gold kingdoms and major producers today, Burkina Faso is a relative newcomer to the market.)
Artisanal gold mining has a long history in Burkina Faso, but industrial gold mining is experiencing a recent boom in the country. Since 2007, for example, 15 industrial mines have opened. The research group GLOCON has released a report which puts the views of those affected by largescale gold mining in Burkina Faso at the centre of the analysis.
Burkina Faso represents a significant portion of the West African Birimian greenstone belt exposure (approximately 22%). The country is host to a number of producing gold mines which is anticipated to increase given current levels of mineral exploration and government support for the mining industry and modern mining code. 11 mines have been ...
Apr 05, 2012· In Burkina Faso, thousands of artisanal gold miners search for little specks of the valuable ore. The work is fully manual and unbelievably hard, in a climate where temperatures top 40°C regularly.
"The mining sector is the most dynamic sector that creates employment in our country," Dabire said. Gold production in Burkina Faso reached tonnes in 2018, up from tonnes in 2017 ...
Mar 08, 2013· The mining sector currently represents per cent of Burkina Faso GDP, but the Government is expecting the mining contribution to its GDP to double by 2015 as many gold.
Gold mining has both a long history as well as a recent boom in Burkina Faso. In the form of artisanal mining, locally known as orpaillage, it began long before colonisation. Industrial mining, however, is a new phenomenon: since 2007, 15 industrial mines have opened.
Armed fighters attacked a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, and killed about 20 people, according to security sources on Saturday October 5th, few days after 17 people, including a soldier, were also killed in the area.
Desk Review of Artisanal and SmallScale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Burkina Faso. The USAID Sahel Regional Mission requested USAID AMPR support to conduct a desk review of the Artisanal and Smallscale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector in Burkina Faso. Globally ASGM has been steadily increasing from the 1990s, but the current global boom took off when gold ...