What is the value of the 200Kg of SEMAFO gold requisitioned by the Ministry of Mines?Industrial gold is sold in ounces of gold. An ounce of gold is equivalent to 31.1053 grams (stock exchange zone),The 200 kg converted into...

Does France exploit gold in Burkina Faso? To date, the industrial gold mining companies in Burkina Faso are Canadian, Russian and Australian (although they are controlled by interests of other nationalities). Other British, Indian, Ghanaian, Romanian, etc., companies have...

The transitional government of Burkina Faso has requisitioned 200 kg of gold produced by the company SEMAFO Burkina SA. The information was made public in an order issued by the Minister of Energy, Mines, and Quarries, Simon Pierre Boussim,...

The Steering Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Burkina Faso (EITI-BF) is organising a training workshop on filling in reporting forms to benefit the focal points of the stakeholders in the EITI process from 7 to 8...

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has suspended Togo since 1 January 2023. The main reason is the failure to publish the 2020 report on time, i.e. by 31 December 2022."Togo cannot claim an extension of the reporting deadline...

The artisanal gold mining site of Dohoun, near the town of Houndé, experienced a landslide on the night of 7 to 8 February 2023.To date, 10 gold miners have been killed. According to local sources, they were all from...

First withdrawal in October 2021 for the same reasonsA legal procedure had suspended the withdrawal decreeIs the transitional government ignoring this procedure?Inata owes 4.5 billion FCFA to the StateIt owes 7 billion FCFA to workers and 11 billion FCFA...

Objective of the hearing, to present the structure to the MinisterTo present the recommendations of the public conference on securing minesOn Wednesday 01 February 2023, a delegation from the Burkinabe Mining, Geology and Quarry Council (CBMGC) was received in...

It is governed by numerous provisionsIt is a source of many opportunities for national companies,Overcoming the difficulties of meeting the mine's norms and standardsWhat do we mean by local content? This expression refers to a set of measures and...

The Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Simon-Pierre BOUSSIM, received the General Manager of Essakane SOLAR, Dr Emma Marie Blanche KANTIONO, and a delegation from WEST AFRICAN RESSOURCES on Tuesday 31 January 2023 in Ouagadougou.First to be received, the...