Gold production in Burkina Faso declined last year as deteriorating security conditions in the West African nation forced some mines to shut.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 21:19:51

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Work resumed at Endeavour Mining Plc’s second-biggest mine Thursday after management reached an agreement with workers to end strike after 11 days.

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 23:15:47

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An Endeavour Mining Plc unit filed a lawsuit in a bid to end a strike in Burkina Faso that’s disrupted operations at the company’s second-biggest gold mine.

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 21:50:26

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Mining News Pro - Burkina Faso has revised its mining code to enable it to take more in royalties in boom times after gold production fell.

Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 23:00:24

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Mining News Pro - Miners in Burkina Faso say operations have not been affected by spreading social unrest following an internal coup d’état over the weekend that saw the country’s president, Lt.-Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, overthrown after only nine months in power.

Monday, October 3, 2022 - 23:19:09

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Mining News Pro - Canada-based Trevali Mining halted trading on Monday and said two of its managers were being held in Burkina Faso following an April flood that killed eight miners.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 12:55:12

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Mining News Pro - The body of the last of eight miners who drowned in a Burkina Faso zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp when it flooded on April 16 was found on Monday, the government said.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 13:22:57

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Mining News Pro - Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government and the mine owner said on Tuesday, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 20:43:10

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Mining News Pro - Burkina Faso’s government has launched a judicial investigation into a flood at a zinc mine that left eight workers trapped, with rescue efforts entering a third week, it said.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 19:53:55

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Mining News Pro - Eight workers from Trevali Mining’s Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso are missing as flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Burkina Faso over the weekend disrupted operations, the company said.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - 11:36:37

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Mining News Pro - 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.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 12:53:16

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Mining News Pro - West African gold miner Sarama Resources announced on Tuesday a significant increase in mineral resources for its 100% owned Sanutura project in southwest Burkina Faso.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 12:57:35

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Mining News Pro - Iamgold said all employees and contractors at its Burkina Faso mine are now safe, after a mine convoy was attacked on Friday.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 12:59:54

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Mining News Pro - Eight people suffocated to death when police in Burkina Faso used tear gas against unauthorised gold miners at Nordgold's Bissa mine, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

Friday, September 3, 2021 - 14:04:39

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Mining News Pro - Canada’s IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG) has suspended convoys to and from its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, after gunmen attacked a convoy travelling to the operation on Tuesday.

Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 17:35:01

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Mining News Pro - Canada’s IAMGOLD Corp. has suspended convoys to and from its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, after gunmen attacked a convoy travelling to the operation on Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 - 20:06:53

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Mining News Pro - The Boungou gold mine, in Burkina Faso, is operational once more, Toronto-listed Endeavour Mining announced on Thursday.

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 3:25:03 PM

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Mining News Pro - A senior member of Burkina Faso’s government tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after another lawmaker became the West African country’s first casualty of the pandemic.

Monday, March 23, 2020 - 1:27:49 PM

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Mining News Pro - As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government troops protecting them to safe rooms for workers behind barbed wire and mounds.

Saturday, November 9, 2019 - 10:50:41 AM

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Mining News Pro - Nordgold announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Total Eren, an independent power producer specializing in renewable energies and Africa Energy Management Platform (AEMP) to construct a 13 MW solar photovoltaic power plant to provide 100% renewable energy to its Bissa and Bouly mines in Burkina Faso.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 10:48:47 AM

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Mining News Pro - Teranga Gold (TSE: TGZ) has kicked off production at its Wahgnion gold mine in Burkina Faso ahead of schedule, the Canadian miner announced Wednesday.

Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 11:30:53 AM

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Mining News Pro - West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) has regained control of its Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso after being forced to halt operations last week.

Saturday, August 17, 2019 - 11:05:27 AM

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Mining News Pro - Avesoro Resources (TSX: ASO; LON: ASO) has increased the mineral reserves at its Youga gold mine by 23% – extending the mine life of the Burkina Faso open-pit operation by an additional four years to 2031.

Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 12:28:14 PM

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Mining News Pro - News broke early today that Canadian Kirk Woodman, who went missing on Jan. 15, was found dead the following day in Burkina Faso. He was abducted Tuesday night by a dozen gunmen from a site owned by his employer Progress Minerals of White Rock, B.C. Woodman was the company’s VP exploration.

Friday, January 18, 2019 - 12:22:59 PM

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