Digging for gold in Burkina Faso

October 05, 2007

The Canadian mining company High River Gold is will extract its first grammes of gold from Burkina Faso's Taparko mine on October 8. The company's investment marks the return of mining companies eight years after the last site was closed following a slump in the gold market. But gold mining continued during the bleak years when foreign investment fled the west African state, with people heading down into the mines for some individual prospecting. It's a risky business. An AFPTV voiced report.