Burkina Faso court finds Trevali execs guilty of involuntary manslaughter zinc BurkinaFaso mining Africa
Trevali halted trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange last month after announcing the two executives were being held in Burkina Faso and awaiting trial. Its common shares will be delisted effective close of market on October 3.
Relatives of some of the victims in April had filed a complaint for involuntary homicide, causing danger to life and failure to help people in danger. Burkina Faso's prime minister said that the managers were banned from leaving the country while investigations were underway. Read full storyEight miners drowned in the underground passages of Trevali's Perkoa zinc mine in Sanguie province after torrential rain fell unexpectedly during the West African country's dry season.
Both the government and Trevali, which says it was caught off-guard by the flood, have opened investigations into the incident.
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