The sulphide restoration facility, with civil works 50% accomplished, is essential to Asante’s formidable plan to extend gold manufacturing at Bibiani to over 250,000 ounces per 12 months. The purpose for a cumulative output is to achieve 1.2 million ounces of gold over the subsequent 5 years, Asante mentioned.
When the sulphide restoration plant is accomplished, the corporate expects to be producing 20,000 ounces of gold monthly at Bibiani, according to its long-term plan for the mine.
Individually, Asante additionally mentioned the Bibiani-Goaso freeway had been rerouted following the latest completion of two detour roads. This is able to permit for the additional growth of the open pit and the underground portion of the Bibiani mine.
The Vancouver-based firm has a high-quality portfolio of tasks and mines in Ghana, the place it operates Bibiani and Chirano mines and continues with detailed technical research at its Kubi gold challenge.
Ghana reclaimed in 2022 its standing as Africa’s prime gold miner, because of 32% surge in manufacturing. Gold output rose to three.7 million ounces in 2022 from 2.8 million ounces the earlier 12 months, when South Africa took the crown because the continent’s prime bullion producer.