Burkina faso: The Hound© gold mine invested 436,322,814 FCFA in community projects between 2023 and 2025, its social performance department indicated during a press caravan organized from June 3 to 4, 2026.

According to Burkina Information Agency, these investments have covered the Livelihood Restoration Plan (LMP), income-generating activities (IGAs), as well as projects in the areas of education, health, access to water and electricity, and socio-economic development. Major achievements include the rehabilitation of the premises of the Provincial Directorate of Water and Forests (DPEF) of Tuy for an amount of approximately 194 million FCFA, the construction of classrooms, the installation of a water fountain for the benefit of a school garden, and the training of women and girls in craft trades.

The provincial director of Water and Forests of Tuy, Nebila Bationo, recalled that the infrastructure of his department was in an advanced state of disrepair when he arrived in October 2023. "Even goats found refuge there due to the lack of fencing," he illustrated. According to him, an official request for rehabilitation and securing of the site, covering an area of 3.28 hectares, was sent to the mine on January 5, 2024. Commander Bationo explained that the technical studies began in February 2025 before the start of the works on October 10, 2025. The renovated infrastructure was inaugurated on April 30, 2026. He expressed his satisfaction with the quality of the work. "I was overjoyed when I was told that the project had been included in the mine's 2025 budget," he said.

Beneficiary of the PRMS and AGR, Boue Hakieta indicated that in 2025 in Bobo-Dioulasso he completed a qualifying training course in hairdressing, supplemented by modules in entrepreneurship and life skills. She says that the beginnings of her business were difficult, but that her situation is gradually improving thanks to the skills she has acquired. "I thank the Hound© mine for its support," she said.

For her part, the president of the Sabapani cooperative in Koho, Tambabionhini Boue, stressed that her structure, with around sixty women, has benefited from several forms of support from the mine, including training and the construction of its headquarters. "We have benefited from a great deal of support, which I cannot possibly list all of," she stated.