Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining licence to Russian mining company Nordgold for the Niou gold deposit in the ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.At 36, Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the world's youngest ...

Canadian precious metals company Fortuna Mining Corp. has agreed to sell its Burkina Faso assets, including the Yaramoko gold mine, to privately held Soleil Resources International for total ...