UPDATE 2-Guinea's Camara "part of problem" - region chief

* Camara "an obstruction" - regional chief * Neighbours eye possible "way out" for Camara * Miners continue operations as normal (Recasts with ECOWAS comments, Senegalese official) By Peroshni Govender and Saliou Samb LONDON/CONAKRY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Guinea's neighbours see no constructive role in the country for junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara, who was wounded in an assassination bid, the head of West Africa's regional body said on Monday. Separately, a Senegalese official suggested exile could be an option for Camara, who is recovering in a Moroccan military hospital after treatment for a gun attack by his former aide de camp last Thursday. "The regional position is that we don't see Captain Dadis Camara as playing a constructive role at this time," Mohammed Ibn Chambas, commission president of the 15-state ECOWAS group, told a news briefing in London. "No, he is quite frankly an obstruction. He is part of the problem not the solution. We would like to move on and have a new transition which will allow us very quickly to go into the elections," he said. Since a Sept. 28 crackdown on a pro-democracy march which witnesses said killed more than 150 people, Guinea's junta faces an arms embargo, European visa bans and a freeze on foreign bank accounts. "We have to put maximum pressure," Chambas said. "We must make life uncomfortable for them. They must be ostracised in the region, Africa and internationally." "A WAY OUT"? Leaders of Burkina Faso, Senegal and other countries have for months been seeking to head off the threat that tensions within Guinea spread through a region that has already seen three civil wars in a decade. Guineans question whether Camara will return to his country -- the world's top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite -- where his would-be assassin is still at large and which has been plagued by military coups and counter-coups since independence. "Sometimes you have to arrange a way out for certain African leaders -- while ensuring that it doesn't create impunity," a senior Senegalese official said. The hospital's chief doctor said on Sunday Camara's wounds were not a cause for concern but a Moroccan government source said it might be several days before he was well enough to return to Guinea. Defence Minister Sekouba Konate has assumed temporary control. Conakry residents said the capital was quiet on Monday, apart from a brief outburst of gunfire during the night which a military source said was linked to efforts to track down those behind the assassination attempt. Some mineworkers have left Guinea in response to growing tension but production at major minerals operations has not been affected. "We are continuing to operate there, keeping a close eye on the situation," said a spokeswoman for AngloGold, the world's third biggest gold miner which runs the Siguiri mine in the northeast of the country. Non-essential staff on the mine, where the company produced 332,000 ounces of gold last year, have been reduced, she said. Mining firms are used to political upheaval in Guinea. Some are in dispute with the ruling National Council for Democracy and Development over ownership of facilities or resources. Russian metals giant RUSAL's production facilities were operating as normal. The company was taking measures to ensure the safety of its employees, it said. A spokesman for miner Rio Tinto said operations continued as normal and there were no current plans to cut staff there. (Additional reporting by Daniel Magnowski and Diadie Ba in Dakar; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Angus MacSwan)