Modern Mining January 2019

MINING News

Roxgold completes Bagassi South project

Bagassi South where we expect to deliver approximately 150 000 ounces of gold from our Yaramoko operations in 2019.” The plant expansion increases capacity by nearly 50 % from 270 000 tonnes per annum (t/a) or 750 tonnes per day (t/d) to 400 000 t/a or 1 100 t/d. The expansion maintains the simple and robust design philosophy that was implemented origi- nally at the Yaramoko plant which has generated recoveries in excess of 98 %. The following upgrades were imple- mented to facilitate the additional throughput and gold recovery: a second- ary crushing circuit with a throughput of 100 t/h; conversion of the SAG mill to a ball mill; expansion of the CIL circuit, con- sisting of two extra adsorption tanks and an additional thickener; and expansion of the gravity circuit via an additional Acacia leach reactor and two electrowinning cells. Additional raw water storage and power reticulation infrastructure has also been provided. Mine development has commenced at Bagassi South with approximately 668 m of development completed as of the end of November 2018. As previously reported by Roxgold, first development ore was delivered to the ROM pad in October on schedule. „

Aerial view of the Bagassi South mine (photo: Roxgold).

Roxgold Inc, listed on the TSX, has announced that the Bagassi South project at its Yaramoko property in Burkina Faso has been completed approximately 10 % or US$2,8 million under budget and on

and under budget,” said John Dorward, President and CEO of Roxgold. “We are now looking forward to increasing pro- duction at Yaramoko and ramping up to full capacity at both the process plant and

schedule with the success- ful practical completion of its process plant expansion. Production from Bagassi South will supplement the existing 55 Zone under- ground mine at Yaramoko, commissioned in 2016. The Bagassi South mine, an underground opera- tion, will continue to ramp up during the first quarter of 2019; commercial pro- duction is expected to be achieved in the second quarter of 2019. “We have marked yet another significant mile- stone in providing growth and value to our share- holders with the successful completion of our inter- nally funded Bagassi South project, which has been completed on schedule

The expanded processing plant at Yaramoko (photo: Roxgold).

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