Endeavour Mining has published from London that it will hold its 2023 annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders on 11 May 2023 at 3:00 GMT. The announcement dated 6 April 2023 advises that "a copy of the notice of...

In an announcement issued in Toronto, Canada on 11 April 2023, IAMGOLD Corporation, which operates the IAMGOLD Essakane SA mine in Burkina Faso, advises that it expects to release its first trimester 2023 operating and financial results after market...

Fortuna announced on 12 April 2023, that it produced 94,110 ounces of gold in the first trimester of 2023.Fortuna operates four mines in Latin America and West Africa. In West Africa, it operates the Yaramoko mine (Rox Gold located...

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries has begun the process of reviewing the law on the organisation of the commercialisation of gold and other precious substances in Burkina Faso. On 31 March 2023, a national workshop to validate...

On Monday 3 April 2023, the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries (MEMC), Simon-Pierre Boussim, received delegations from United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Ecobank. Long before these banks, it was the delegations of the African Development Bank (ADB)...

The American magazine Wired revealed in an investigation that a Canadian mining company was preparing to dig in the Pacific Ocean to manufacture batteries for electric cars. Although ocean mining is prohibited by international treaties, The Metal Company exploited...

Rare in industrial mines because of measures taken to avoid themCommon in artisanal mines: insults, degrading remarks, delayed wages, pornography, paid sex, etc.The main cause; drug useIn its study report on the diagnosis of violence and gender in mining...

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries has made public its study entitled Diagnosis of Gender-Based Violence in Mining in Burkina Faso. Published with the support of the Project to Support the Strengthening of Land and Mining Management (PARGFM),...

Significant potential, but not sufficiently exploitedRocks, minerals and building materials identified8900 jobs createdInsufficiently exploited resourcesThe geological and mining potential of Burkina Faso's subsoil is quite significant and diversified. However, the quarrying sector seems to be little known and yet...

450 tonnes of gold worth over 25 billion $Processed in 2020 by refineriesFour refineries account for 96 of the 142 business relationships identifiedThe need for transparency and traceabilityAccording to the new SWISSAID report published on 30 MarchIndustrial mines as...