Burkina Faso has a flourishing mining sector. Indeed, vast unexploited mineral deposits point to a very bright future for the mining industry. Gold is the main resource currently being mined and the country’s third main export after cotton and livestock. This sector is made attractive through the enactment of an incentive mining code.

With a growth rate of 7.1 % in 2005, Burkina Faso has become an emergent pole in West Africa.