By: Business Insider

The output, which includes industrial production, artisanal mining, and state seizures, increased by more than 30 tonnes compared with 2024, marking one of the strongest annual performances in the country’s extractive history.

Minister Gouba disclosed the figures while presenting his ministry’s 2025 performance report to Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.

He reported an 89.66 percent achievement rate under the ministry’s performance contract, attributing the gains largely to mining-sector reforms anchored in economic sovereignty.

“The mining sector performed very well in 2025,” Gouba said, noting that about 42 tonnes of gold came from artisanal mining activities.

He attributed the surge to the operationalisation of the state-owned Burkina Faso Mining Participation Company, SOPAMIB, as well as tighter oversight of the country’s 15 industrial mines.

Government efforts to clamp down on illegal gold trading also yielded results, with authorities recovering about 10 kilograms of gold from illicit supply chains during the year.