Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) is buying the Bambadji gold project in Senegal for $200 million from Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) and Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG), expanding its position in the West African nation. Bambadji borders Fortuna’s Diamba Sud project, giving the Canadian miner control of about 60 km of potentially gold-bearing ground. “Bambadji represents a rare opportunity to consolidate a large-scale, highly prospective exploration land package immediately adjacent to our feasibility-stage Diamba Sud Gold Project,” Fortuna CEO Jorge Ganoza said in a statement. Bringing Bambadji together with Diamba Sud gives Fortuna a substantially larger exploration position in Senegal while allowing it to target prospective ground alongside a project already at the feasibility stage. Exploration upsideThe next test will come from drilling as Fortuna begins evaluating how Bambadji could complement Diamba Sud.