Tietto Minerals has mandated Taurus Mining Finance Fund No 2 to deliver $US130-140M debt funding for its $200M capex development of the 200,000ozpa-plus Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire.
MD Dr Caigen Wang says securing the five-year facility with Taurus, a dedicated resources fund manager with a long history of investing in the West African gold sector, provides certainty as major works proceed at Abujar.
The company is well-funded with about $32.8M cash at bank and anticipates up to $10M in option exercise premium by end Dec.
Tietto is targeting first gold at Abujar in the Dec 2022 qtr.