African mining news

Burkina Faso has intensified efforts to combat illegal gold trading, recovering more than 10 billion CFA francs, equivalent to approximately $16.8 million, while dismantling 25 illicit gold buying and selling offices linked to fraud across…

Mali’s military government has moved to tighten its grip over one of the country’s most strategic industries, placing the gold mining sector directly under presidential authority. President Assimi Goita has created a new ministerial level…