Nordgold did not immediately reply to an emaile d request for comment. The Taparko mine is in Burkina Faso's Namantenga province, approximately 200km (124.3 miles) northeast of Ouagadougou.

Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister told Reuters on Sunday, rebuffing Western concerns that the ruling junta is seeking ...

Military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are asserting greater control over their natural resources, taking back ...

Russia's Nordgold is shutting down its Taparko mine in Burkina Faso and calling force majeure, citing the deteriorating security situation in the West African country, according to a statement ...

Nordgold did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Burkina Faso’s army said in a monthly bulletin on Monday that security had “slightly improved” between March 15 and April 15.

Burkina Faso may provide tax breaks or other incentives for Russian gold mining company Nordgold amid new restrictions placed on foreign companies in the latest version of the country’s mining ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices ...

Burkina Faso is one of the largest gold producers on the continent. Both Nordgold and the Wagner Group are Russian companies, although there is no known connection between them.

The Taparko mine was Burkina Faso's first industrial gold mine, launching in 2005 according to Nordgold's website. It is in Namantenga province, approximately 200km (124.3 miles) northeast of ...

Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister told Reuters on Sunday, rebuffing Western concerns that the ruling junta is seeking ...