International miner AngloGold is targeting first ore delivery at end-2019 from the $US495-545M redevelopment of the iconic Obuasi underground mine in Ghana, with ramp-up expected during 2020 to its targeted production of up to 450,000ozpa.
AngloGold’s corporate affairs vice-president Andrea Maxey told the Diggers & Dealers mining forum in Kalgoorlie it remains on schedule and budget for the redevelopment, involving mothballing some of the old shafts and deepening refurbished shafts of a mine that historically produced 8.59Moz over 21 years.
Maxey stressed AngloGold’s growing commitment in Australia, with ever-expanding work on its 70%-owned Tropicana mine and deepening the high-grade Sunrise Dam mine in WA. - Ross Louthean
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