The Kouri Gold Project (“Kouri Project”) is located in north-eastern Burkina Faso, approximately 230 km northeast of the capital city, Ouagadougou.
Project Area
229 sq km
50 million tonnes at 1.3 g/t containing 2 Moz of Gold (as of October 2020)
14% of the resource classified in the Indicated category, representing 310,000 oz at 1.4 g/t of Gold
Mineral Resource spread across three key zones: Central, West, and East Lodes
Approximately 95% of the total resource is concentrated in the Central Lodes
Material Type | Measured | Indicated | Inferred | Total | |||||
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Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Gold Ounces |
|
Oxide | --- | --- | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 130,000 |
Transitional | --- | --- | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 140,000 |
Fresh | --- | --- | 5.9 | 1.4 | 38 | 1.2 | 43 | 1.2 | 1,700,000 |
Total | --- | --- | 7.0 | 1.4 | 43 | 1.2 | 50 | 1.3 | 2,000,000 |
Deposit | Indicated | Inferred | Total | ||||||
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Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Gold Ounces |
Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Gold Ounces |
Tonnes Mt |
Gold g/t |
Gold Ounces |
|
West | --- | --- | --- | 1.5 | 1.7 | 80,000 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 80,000 |
Central | 7.0 | 1.4 | 310,000 | 41 | 1.2 | 1,600,000 | 48 | 1.2 | 1,900,000 |
East | --- | --- | --- | 0.5 | 3.2 | 48,000 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 48,000 |
Total | 7.0 | 1.4 | 310,000 | 43 | 1.2 | 1,700,000 | 50 | 1.3 | 2,000,000 |
1. Totals may differ due to rounding to significant figures to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate. Round may cause some computational discrepancies. Mineral Resource estimates are not precise calculations, being dependent on the interpretation of limited information on the location, shape and continuity of the occurrence and on the available sampling results.
2. Mineral Resources reported on a dry in-situ basis at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off and constrained to the limit of an optimised USD 1,900/oz consensus forward Gold price pit shell, based on a gravity/CIL processing route and typical West African open pit mining costs.
3. Reporting cut-off grade within the pit shell was selected by RPM based on the parameters defined by a high level mining study conducted by independent consultants and updated in 2020 plus recent test work by Golden Rim which supports reasonable expectations of processing via carbon-in-leach (CIL) route. The selected economic cut-off grade for the Kouri Mineral Resource was 0.5 g/t Au. It is based on a CIL processing route, assumed metallurgical recoveries of 95%, Base mining cost of USD 3.68/t for fresh waste and USD 4.21/t for ore. Processing, GA and additional (to waste dump disposal) costs of USD 18.80/t and a consensus forward Gold price of USD 1,625/oz.
4. The Statement of Estimates of Mineral Resources has been compiled by Mr David Allmark who is a full-time employee of RPM and a Member of the AIG. Mr Allmark has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he has undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code (2012).
5. All Mineral Resources figures reported in the tables above represent estimates at 19 October 2020.
6. Mineral Resources are reported in accordance with the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (The Joint Ore Reserves Committee Code – JORC 2012 Edition).
7. The Indicated Mineral Resource was defined within areas of close spaced diamond and RC drilling of equal or less than 50m by 50m, and where the continuity and predictability of the lode positions was good. The Inferred Mineral Resource was assigned to areas where drillhole spacing was greater than 50m by 50m and up to a maximum spacing of 100m by 50m; where small isolated pods of mineralisation occur outside the main mineralised zones, and to geologically complex zones.