Loading ...Canada’s IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG) has suspended convoys to and from its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, after gunmen attacked a convoy travelling to the operation on Tuesday.
The company said no passengers were hurt. One police officer was injured while the convoy’s security repelled the gunfire, but is in stable condition, the Toronto-based miner said.
Militant violence in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali has increased in recent years despite the presence of the United Nations and interventions by regional and Western troops.
IAMGOLD halts transport to and from Burkina Faso mine after attack