• West African Resources produced 205,228 ounces of gold at Sanbrado in 2025, within its guidance range.
• Total Burkina Faso output from Sanbrado and Kiaka reached 300,383 ounces as Kiaka ramped up.
• Burkina Faso signaled plans to raise its stake in Kiaka to as much as 50%, from 15% currently.

In its operational results released this week, West African Resources announced that the Sanbrado gold mine produced a total of 205,228 ounces in 2025. The company guided production at its flagship Burkina Faso asset at between 190,000 and 210,000 ounces of gold.

However, the 2025 output came slightly below the 206,622 ounces produced in 2024. The company said production fell 17% quarter-on-quarter in the final three months of the year because a planned shutdown reduced plant throughput.

Meanwhile, West African Resources produced a total of 300,383 ounces of gold when it included output from its other Burkina Faso project, Kiaka. The Kiaka mine entered production in June and delivered 95,155 ounces of gold while continuing its ramp-up. “I want to congratulate the operational teams at Sanbrado and Kiaka for achieving gold production targets for the fifth consecutive year,” Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Hyde said.

This announcement followed recent data from Burkina Faso showing that national gold production reached 70.43 metric tons by the end of September 2025, compared with about 61 tons for the whole of 2024. Authorities attributed most of the increase to artisanal mining, which delivered 29.56 tons over the period, up from 5.57 tons in the first nine months of 2024.

As investors assess the impact of West African Resources’ results on the country’s full-year output, the Burkina Faso government has submitted a request this year to raise its stake in the Kiaka gold mine to as much as 50%, from 15% currently. The authorities have not yet disclosed the outcome of the request or its potential implications for the company’s operations.