A mine worker holds a sample of ore he says contains gold in the main pit of the Youga gold mine

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A mine worker holds a sample of ore he says contains gold in the main pit of the Youga gold mine near the town of Youga, approximately 205 km southeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday April 28, 2009.

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Location: Youga, Burkina Faso
Photo credit: © Olivier Asselin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, burkina, economy, faso, gold, industry, metal, miner, mining, ore, precious, rock, sample, west