Gold Exploration in West Africa

[FL]

Francophonophilia; Semafo (SMF.TO) speaks French

"roan" (Consolidated?) wrote: "... Ashanti has a bad reputation among the Guineans as they make the Guineans speak English while working in Guinea at Siguiri. I know from certain Guineans that this is viewed very badly. ..."

The French are serious about their language, along with many of their former subjects (in various ex-colonies). If not Peulh, I guess the Siguirians would rather speak French.

Semafo's francophone management (and Managem) should have a distinct advantage operating in places like Mali, Guinea, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

FL

(P.S. It's unpleasant to recall, but some Europeans' Francophonophilia may have helped cause, or contributed to, the mass murder of thousands in Rwanda-Burundi. Some Tutsis had committed the sin of speaking English.)