Ore is crushed into fine powder from which gold will be extracted through a chemical process at the Youga gold mine

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Ore is crushed into fine powder from which gold will be extracted through a chemical process at 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, crush, crusher, dust, economy, extract, extraction, faso, gold, grind, grinder, industry, machinery, mining, ore, powder, west