Burkina Faso launches first gold refinery
He suggested that the country aims for the refinery to process gold sourced from other parts of the region “This is the day we take back the keys to our own house.
However, the country has struggled to regulate the informal mining sector because of weak enforcement, insecurity, and illicit gold trafficking.
The Traore government hopes the new facility can turn the landlocked country into a regional gold-refining hub.
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