Traoré's cabinet greenlights mysterious Tambao buyer
An obscure Turkish firm picked up two prized Burkinabe mining permits on 10 March: the Tambao manganese deposit, which has estimated reserves of 55m tonnes, and the Inata gold permit.
While the Ouagadougou government plans to evict Australian-Romanian businessman Frank Timis from the Burkinabe manganese project Tambao has caught the interest of several Chinese groups, French firm Eramet is also paying close attention to the unfolding events. The French group, [...] (541 words)
Published on 08/01/2019 at 03:30 GMT
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