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Burkina Faso Seeks New Partner for $1 Billion Manganese Project

  • Development of world’s largest manganese mine halted in 2015
  • Gold production may jump to 55 tons this year, minister says
Machines are seen at the Tambao manganese mine in Burkina Faso, in 2015.

Photographer: Ahmed Ouoba/AFP via Getty Images

Burkina Faso is looking for a new partner to mine the world’s largest manganese deposit after rights disputes thwarted two earlier attempts to develop the $1 billion project.

Pan African Minerals, a unit of Timis Mining Corp., was told to stop production at the Tambao mine in 2015 following a change in leadership in the West African nation. The company then petitioned the International Court of Arbitration in Paris to prevent its permit from being withdrawn, but the case is still pending.