Combating gold fraud in Burkina Faso: Draft national strategy approved
On 24 November 2023, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries organised a workshop to validate the draft National Strategy to Combat Gold Fraud, Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism in the Mining Sector (SNLFO-BC/FT) and its three-year Action Plan (Plan d’actions triennal - PAT). The validation was opened by Yaya Sankara, Chief of Staff to the Minister...
Expansion of Orezone Bomboré: a new factory coming soon
Orezone Gold Corporation announced today, 24 November 2023, that it has filed with the national authorities of Burkina Faso, the technical report of the Phase II Expansion Study for its Bomboré mine in Burkina Faso. A copy of the report is available on SEDAR+ and on the Company's website.The technical report was prepared for Orezone by Lycopodium Mineral Canada...
Occupational health and safety: Roxgold Sanu, a socially responsible mining company
2nd "HSE Days", from 23 to 24 November 2023 on the Bagassi sitePresentation of the Fortuna Silver Mines 2022 performance reportLee-Anne Hermann, Canadian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, special guestRoxgold Sanu is a socially responsible mining companyOther mining companies invited to follow suitOutlook: The opening of 02 open-pit mines, one in 2024 and the other in 2026, and updating of...
“HSE-Days”: Roxgold Sanu company celebrates occupational health and safety and environmental protection
On Friday 24 November 2023, Fortuna Silver Mines' mining company Roxgold Sanu opened the Bagassi mine site with days to promote excellence in occupational health and safety and environmental protection at its operations. Known as "HSE-Days", these days will be held on 24 and 25 November 2023 and will celebrate excellence in occupational health and safety and environmental protection...
Promotion day for cut laterite bricks: “Laterite at the service of modern architecture”.
This theme was presented by Virgile Kiemtaremboum, representative of the Burkina Faso Order of Architects, at the Cut Laterite Bricks (BLT) Promotion Day organised by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries in Dano, in the South-West region, on 23 and 24 November 2023.He highlighted the use of cut laterite bricks in modern construction, demonstrating their versatility and adaptability.After...
Cut Laterite Bricks Promotion Day: The different ways in which laterite can be used and customised
"Souleymane Ouedraogo, an expert in local materials and President of the Association for the Promotion of Local Materials in Burkina Faso, gave a talk on the "Various ways in which laterite can be used and customised". He gave the presentation on the occasion of the Cut Laterite Bricks (Briques latérites taillées - BLT) Promotion Day organised by the Ministry...
Quarries sub-sector: “Laterite, a hidden treasure in our soil” Hervé Kalmogo, Director of Quarry Substances Promotion
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries is organising the Cut Laterite Bricks (Briques latérites taillées - BLT) Promotion Day in Dano, in the South-West region, on 23 and 24 November 2023. Hervé Kalmogo, Director of Quarry Substances Promotion, led a panel discussion on the theme "Laterite: a treasure hidden in our soil". The aim of his presentation was...
Mining sector: A gold refinery in 11 months’ time in Ouagadougou
The ceremony to launch construction work on the national gold refinery took place on 23 November 2023. Simon Pierre Boussim, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, read the speech by the President of the Transition.In his view, Burkina Faso, once considered a country with few natural resources, has in just a few years become a mining country, with gold...
Quarries subsector: The Ministry of Mines organises a Promotion Day for cut laterite bricks
On 23 and 24 November 2023, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries is organising the Cut Laterite Bricks (Briques latérites taillées - BLT) Promotion Day in Dano, in the South-West region. The aim of the day is to promote cut laterite bricks throughout the country, in order to stimulate interest in building with BLT.With the theme "Artisanal exploitation...
19th conference on investigative journalism: Investigating the extractive sector in Africa at the heart of communication
The city of Johannesburg is hosting the 19th African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2023) from 20 to 23 November 2023. Some 140 speakers presented papers in 80 sessions.The main themes of 2023 were artificial intelligence, health, data journalism, the safety of journalists, the future and sustainability of investigative journalism, investigating organised crime, etc. Elie Kaboré, Publication Director of Minesactu.info, presented...
