🇧🇫 Burkina Faso tightens grip on $7B gold industry as foreign firms lose ground
Following a pan-African trend, Burkina Faso is pushing for economic sovereignty by shifting mining ownership from multinationals to local hands, reports APANews
🔸 6 of the West African nation’s 15 industrial gold mines are now majority-owned by Burkinabe companies
🔸 3 mines are under direct state control through SOPAMIB
🔸 Before the current administration came to power, only one industrial mine was locally operated – now local investors are buying up major mines
🔸 2025 gold output hit a record 94 tons (~3.02M oz), driven by mining reforms and a surge in artisanal production
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