Burkina Faso recorded a landmark performance in its extractive sector in 2025, with gold output rising to 94 tonnes, a jump of more than 30 tonnes from the previous year. The results were outlined in the 2025 performance report of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries, submitted to Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.
The ministry achieved nearly 90 percent of its performance targets, reflecting the impact of sovereignty-focused reforms, tighter supervision of industrial mining operations, and the full activation of the state mining participation framework.
Artisanal mining made a significant contribution to the total output, while strengthened controls also led to recoveries from illegal gold trading.
Progress was also recorded in the energy sector, with tens of thousands of households connected to electricity, rural communities newly electrified, and extensive expansion of transmission and low-voltage networks. Public safety efforts benefited from the installation of thousands of streetlights in urban and peri-urban areas.
Building on these gains, the government plans to deepen reforms in 2026 through the restructuring of mining institutions, the formal organization of artisanal miners into cooperatives, and greater participation of national investors.
Authorities are targeting several semi-mechanized mining projects led by local private capital as part of a broader push toward long-term energy and mining self-reliance.
