 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mining yakatanga muna 1920s kunyange zvazvo zvicherwa zvisiri mupiro mukuru kuhupfumi hweBurundi, zvichireva pasi pe1 yeGDP. Pakati pezvimwe zvicherwa, kuchera muBurundi kunobereka tungsten, tini, tantalum uye niobium uye ine zviwanikwa zve nickel, uranium uye zvisingawanzoitika pasi. Indasitiri yemigodhi neyepetroleum inonyanya kumira pamusana pekushaya zvivakwa zvakanaka uye kutakura, pamwe nehondo yevagari vemoyakaguma muna 2005. Zvidzidzo zvizhinji pamusoro pokubvira kwokubudiswa kwezvicherwa zvakaitwa, kubatanidza zvicherwa zvegoridhe pedyo neMyinga uye deposits yegoridhe iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero. Nickel laterite yakawanikwa pedyo neMusongati iyo inogona kubudisa 30,000 mta ye ore. 