Essakane Mine

Summary

Essakane Mine is a surface mining^[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• Essakane Mine is located in Falagountou Department^[3].
• Essakane Mine is located in Gorom-Gorom Department^[4].
• Essakane Mine is in the country of Burkina Faso^[5].
• Essakane Mine's instance of is recorded as surface mining^[6].
• Essakane Mine's instance of is recorded as gold mine^[7].
• Essakane Mine is owned by Iamgold^[8].
• Essakane Mine is owned by Cabinet of Burkina Faso^[9].
• Essakane Mine's Commons category is recorded as Essakane Mine^[10].
• February 2009 marks the founding of Essakane Mine^[11].
• Essakane Mine's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 14.3848, 'longitude': 0.0732565, 'precision': 0.00092738978673366}^[12].
• Essakane Mine's official website is recorded as https://www.iamgoldessakane.com/^[13].
• Essakane Mine's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iamgold.com/English/operations/essakane-gold-mine-burkina-faso/default.aspx^[14].
• Essakane Mine's described at URL is recorded as https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset^[15].
• Essakane Mine's product or material produced is recorded as gold^[16].
• Essakane Mine covers an area of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+100.2'}^[17].
• Essakane Mine covers an area of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+650'}^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include surface mining^[6] and gold mine^[7].

Origins

February 2009 marks the founding of Essakane Mine^[11].

Why It Matters

Essakane Mine is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]