Gold miner to expand exploration activities in Burkina Faso

TSX-listed gold miner Roxgold expects its exploration activities to increase this year to support the company’s organic growth strategy, with an approved exploration budget of $8-million. Roxgold noted in a statement that a further round of drilling, totalling about 11 000 m, would be undertaken in the second and third quarters at the 55 zone at its Yaramoko gold mine, in Burkina Faso.