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Burkina Faso will withdraw some mining permits, junta leader says
By Alessandra Prentice
Reuters
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Burkina Faso plans to withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies and will seek to produce more of its own gold, junta leader Ibrahim Traore said today, without specifying which permits could be cancelled.
"We know how to mine our gold and I don't understand why we're going to let multinationals come and mine it," Traore said in a radio address to mark two years since he seized power in a coup.
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"In fact, we are going to withdraw mining permits," he said.
He did not specify which permits or provide further detail.
Gold is the main export of the West African country, where frustration over a long-running security crisis helped bring the junta to power in 2022.
Since then it has severed longstanding ties with Western allies and sought closer relations with Russia.
London-listed Endeavour Mining, Australia-based West African Resources, Russia's Nordgold, and Canada's Orezone Gold Corporation operate in Burkina Faso. ...
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