The contaminated liquid “didn’t leak into the Cavally River,” she stated. The corporate, which took “fast steps” to forestall the leak from polluting the river, is doing extra analyses to establish the scope of the injury, stated Gadegbeku-Ouattara.
Cyanide is a toxic chemical used to extract gold from ore. The Cavally River takes its supply from Mount Nimba in Guinea earlier than flowing by way of Ivory Coast and into the Gulf of Guinea.
Native authorities have warned residents within the space to abstain from consuming fish or ingesting from the river till additional discover. No human deaths have been reported, stated Abdallah Toikeusse Mabri, the president of the Tonkpi area.
Endeavour, whose shares are traded in Toronto and London, the place its the largest listed miner, has all its belongings in West Africa, with operations in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Its Ivorian mine is anticipated to supply 260,000-290,000 ounces (8.1 to 9.1 tons) of gold this yr.
The corporate’s Ivorian output is anticipated to extend within the second half of the yr with the ramp-up of its Lafigue mission within the nation’s east.
Endeavour’s shares rose 0.1% Monday in Toronto and a pair of.1% in London.
(By Baudelaire Mieu)