{"id":271378,"date":"2026-02-06T23:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271378\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:01:10","slug":"ibrahim-traore-drives-burkina-fasos-highest-gold-production-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271378\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Traore Drives Burkina Faso\u2019s Highest Gold Production In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Firstpost Image\" title=\"Firstpost\" id=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UXsaW8oYjH-thumbnail1770393723348jpg-p1GaTOudPl.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/firstpost.png\" alt=\"logo\" class=\"jsx-1d6875532a5ce52d\"\/>Ibrahim Traore Drives Burkina Faso\u2019s Highest Gold Production In History | Firstpost Africa<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-1d6875532a5ce52d popdclmr\">This is an AI-generated summary and has not been vetted by the Firstpost editorial team<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Traore has led Burkina Faso to record gold output, achieving 94 tonnes in 2025, the highest in the country\u2019s history. This turnaround follows a decline due to instability from recent coups, which scared off investors. The government is tightening control over the mining sector, raising profit shares from foreign companies and nationalizing five gold mines. Burkinabe ownership will increase with plans for ten new semi-mechanized mines led by local investors in 2026. As gold becomes vital for funding state functions, the new approach aligns with a broader resource nationalism strategy amid challenges from sanctions and security threats.See More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Traore Drives Burkina Faso\u2019s Highest Gold Production In History | Firstpost Africa This is an AI-generated summary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-271378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}