Africa’s Fastest Growing Gold Producer Says More to Come
- Government finds new deposits of lithium, nickel and uranium
- Gold most valuable export, accounting for almost 80% of income
Gold nuggets.
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Burkina Faso said it has more gold waiting to be discovered as the nation where output jumped more than 20 times in a decade reviews its geological records.
The government wants to help companies that are already operating in the West African nation to lengthen the lives of their mines and make it easier for new investors to get information about deposits, Mining Minister Alfa Omar Dissa said last week in an interview in the capital, Ouagadougou.