The share price of Canadian miner Semafo climbed 9% in Toronto on Thursday, as the gold producer announced that it had restarted production from its Boungou mine, which was closed last year after a roadside militant attack on its workers.
At least 39 people were killed and about 60 were injured in the November 6 Islamist militant attack on a bus convoy that was heading for the Boungou operation, in eastern Burkina Faso.
The company said that it was using a ten-person helicopter to ferry employees and contractors between Fada and Boungou and that it would transition to an aeroplane when its airstrip is completed.