Modern Mining September 2024

GOLD

Bankan readies for construction in 2026

Coupled with its strategy of progressing the Bankan gold project in Guinea – its flagship asset – towards development, ASX-listed Predictive Discovery is engaged in an intensive drilling programme aimed at unlocking the project’s full potential. “We are progressing resource drilling in and around the current reserve area to enhance our resource base,” says Predictive Discovery MD Andrew Pardey.

T he Bankan project is lined up for construction in 2026, with commissioning scheduled for 2027. The Tier-1 Gold Project, located in the Siguiri Basin in Guinea, is regarded as the largest gold discovery in West Africa. With a resource base of 5.38 moz Au (4.14 moz Indicated and

1.24 moz Inferred), Predictive Discovery’s (PDI) strategy is to sustainably bring Bankan into production whilst identifying and developing other deposits within the underexplored region. “The Bankan project contains a current mineral resource of 5.38 million ounces at a grade of 1.66. The main ore reserve is 3.05 million ounces at a

Predictive Discovery MD Andrew Pardey.

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