8 workers trapped in Canadian-owned Burkina Faso mine

Three-quarters of the world's mining companies are based in Canada

A young man works in a mine in Burkina Faso in 2008. Eight miners have been trapped underground in a Canadian-owned mine for more than three weeks. (Flickr)

Eight miners have been trapped underground for more than three weeks in a Burkina Faso mine owned by Vancouver-based Trevali Mining, but coverage in the Canadian media has been scant.

The Globe and Ma…