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 has intensified its crackdown on illegal gold trading networks, shutting down 25 illicit gold buying and selling ...

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 April, Burkina Faso demanded that its stake in West African Resources Limited’s Kiaka mine be increased from 15% to 40%.

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.

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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.

April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...

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 ...