An excavator loads a large truck with ore in a pit of the Youga gold mine near the town of Youga, Burkina Faso

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An excavator loads a large truck with ore in a 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: 4368px × 2912px
Location: Youga, Burkina Faso
Photo credit: © Olivier Asselin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, burkina, dig, economy, excavator, faso, gold, heavy, industry, machinery, mining, truck, west