Canadian geo Kirk Woodman murdered in Burkina Faso

摘要

Kirk Woodman, vice-president of exploration for Vancouver-based private gold explorer Progress Minerals, was found dead on Jan. 16 in rural Burkina Faso, after having been abducted a day earlier by as-yet unidentified individuals. According to a statement by Burkina Faso Minister of Foreign Affairs Alpha Barry, Woodman was kidnapped near the village of Tiabangou at the Bira trend exploration site of junior company Predictive Discovery (ASX: PDI), and his bullet-riddled body was found in Gorom-Gorom, within the Sahel Reserve in the country's northeasternmost area near the borders with Mali and Niger.