The 3.45Moz Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire remains on schedule and budget for its first gold pour in the Dec qtr for 90% owner Tietto Minerals with CIL tanks completed and all heavy lifts for the SAG mill completed and gear alignment under way.
Australian-based Tietto has completed a $A130M two‐tranche placement to accelerate the development with no debt towards production of 260,000oz gold in 2023.
It has also entered a binding placement agreement with Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining to raise $49.3M via the issue of 85M shares.
An updated LOM production plan due this month assessing higher mill throughput and gold prices includes a scoping study into a heap leach operation at its lower-grade APG deposit.