A worker watches over a mining drill in the main pit of the Youga gold mine

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A worker watches over a mining drill 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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Size: 3888px × 2501px
Location: Youga, Burkina Faso
Photo credit: © Olivier Asselin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, burkina, dig, drill, drilling, economy, faso, gold, industry, machinery, metal, miner, mining, precious, resource, west, worker