The government officially closed the mine in 1999, but mostly poor farmers continued to look for gold in the Poura mine, 80 miles southwest of Burkina Fasos capital, Ouagadougou.

• 在1999年,政府依法关闭了矿井,但是大多数穷人依旧在距离布卡纳法索首都瓦加杜古西南部80英里的Poura矿井中找寻金子。