Gold's price boom is leading mining companies to 'hot' new African destinations
The global boom in commodities is encouraging mining companies to go exploring in countries where just a few years ago they would never have considered putting their geologists at risk.
The latest "hot" destinations - as in highly prospective, rather than in the military sense of highly dangerous - include countries like Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic (CAR), which until now have not featured on exploration radar screens.