Artisanal mining: the Alliance for Responsible Mining presents the results of its sanu kura project
At a workshop held in Ouagadougou on 20 June 2023, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (Alliance pour une Mine Responsible, AMR) presented the results of its project to support the creation of legal and responsible artisanal and small-scale mining in Burkina Faso. Called sanu kura, this project has produced satisfactory and encouraging results.Many authorities, international and national personalities attended...
IAMGOLD Corporation: Audra Walsh appointed to the Board of Directors
IAMGOLD Corporation announced today, 20 June 2023, that Audra Walsh has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors with immediate effect."We are pleased to welcome Audra Walsh to the IAMGOLD Board of Directors," said Maryse Bélanger, Chair of the IAMGOLD Board of Directors. "Audra brings exceptional technical expertise, proven leadership and a track record in health and safety...
Burkina/Mining and women: “It’s not a question of being a woman or a man, but of having the skills required”, emphasises Annonciata Thiombiano
In this interview with the online media, Minesactu.info, Annonciata Thiombiano, a geographer by training and a specialist in occupational health and safety and the environment in the mining sector, talks openly about the mining sector and women in Burkina Faso. She is an expert in the field, with nearly 16 years' experience. Now a consultant with a firm and...
Burkina Faso: Conditions for obtaining a mining permit
In Burkina Faso, the mining authorities authorise mining and quarrying activities. Authorisation acts are grouped into 02 main categories according to the importance attached to them. These are permits and authorisations.Permits include exploration permits, large and small-scale industrial mining permits and semi-mechanised mining permits. Under authorisations, there are authorisations to mine masses consisting of heaps, mine dumps and tailings...
“The EITI 2023 Standard is a transparent and inclusive way to achieve a sustainable and inclusive energy transition”, Mark Robinson
In this publication, EITI Executive Director Mark ROBINSON explains why the 2023 EITI Standard is important in the era of energy transition and how it can support transparent, inclusive and sustainable progress in resource-rich countries. He said: "The EITI Standard 2023 is a transparent and inclusive way to achieve a sustainable and inclusive energy transition.At the heart of the...
Innovations in the EITI 2023 standard: integration of the fight against corruption, energy transition, gender equity
At the end of the global conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) held in Dakar from 13 to 14 June 2023, the standard was revised for the fourth time. The new standard, known as EITI Standard 2023, focuses on transparency and good governance of oil, gas and mineral resources.Transparency and good governance of extractive resourcesThe amended EITI...
Gender in the EITI process: Burkina Faso shares its experience at the EITI conference in Dakar
From 13 to 15 June 2023, Dakar, Senegal, hosted the global conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on the theme of Transparency in Transition.On 14 June, from 3.30 to 4.30 pm, Elie KABORE, Publication Director of minesactu.info and member of the EITI-Burkina Faso Steering Committee, took part in a French-speaking Africa panel on innovations in the EITI....
Mining sector: traces of lithium in Burkina Faso
In January 2022, Red Rock Resources announced the acquisition of 2 exploration projects in Burkina Faso in the prolific Boromo and Banfora greenstone belts. In a press release issued on Thursday 15 June 2023, Red Rock Resources PLC stated that it had obtained an environmental certificate for its first project in Zimbabwe, allowing it to begin mining.In the same...
Fourera Sotty Maïga excels in mining and civil society in Niger
The international community is celebrating International Women in Mining Day on 15 June. Minesactu.info focuses on Fourera Sotty Maïga, President of the Association of Women in the Extractive Industries Sector of Niger (Association des Femmes du Secteur des Industries Extractives du Niger, AFSIEN) and Regional Coordinator of Women In Mining Of West Africa (WIMOWA).Profile and qualificationsA graduate of the...
Morocco: 6 new exploration licences for Compagnie Minière de Touissit
On 16 May 2023, Touissit Mining Company (Compagnie Minière de Touissit, CMT) announced that it had been awarded 6 new exploration licences for all substances, covering a total area of 96 km2, located in the province of Azilal.These 6 new licences will enable CMT to consolidate its mining assets around the province of Azilal, where it holds an operating...
