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West Africa's spate of coups clouds prospects for new mining projects

What does the unrest mean for mining?

David Whitehouse
Mali’s government ordered Australia’s Leo Lithium to stop direct ore-shipping operations from its Goulamina lithium project in September

Mali’s government ordered Australia’s Leo Lithium to stop direct ore-shipping operations from its Goulamina lithium project in September

The area has seen eight coups since 2020: Mali in both 2020 and 2021, Guinea and Chad in 2021, Burkina Faso, twice, in 2022, and Gabon and Niger this year. The stakes are high in mineral terms. Niger's...

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