Asante Announces Project Update for the Sulphide Recovery Plant at the Bibiani Gold Mine
13 Juni 2024 - 1:15PM
Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE | GSE:ASG |
FRANKFURT:1A9 | U.S.OTC:ASGOF) (“Asante” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that the principle, long lead
equipment for the Sulphide Recovery Plant planned for installation
at the Bibiani Gold Mine (“Bibiani”) are expected to be shipped mid
August 2024.
This facility is key to the
Company’s plans to grow gold production at Bibiani to more than
250,000 ounces per year, with cumulative production of 1.2 million
ounces of gold over the next five years, with lower all-in
sustaining costs (“AISC”), as detailed in the 2024 Bibiani
Technical Report (“Technical Report”). Installation of the Sulphide
Recovery Plant is expected to improve gold recovery and have
significant impact on the all in sustaining cost per ounce produced
(AISC) and profit margins at Bibiani. Gold recovery from sulphide
ore is expected to increase from 70% to approximately 92%.
The Company has made substantial progress toward
completion of the Sulphide Recovery Plant with 50% of the civil
works for the project completed. Fabrication of the long lead
equipment has been completed and the items are currently being
prepared for shipment to the Bibiani site, with arrival expected
mid August 2024.
When the Sulphide Recovery Plant is completed,
Asante expects to be producing approximately 20,000 ounces of gold
per month at Bibiani, which is in line with the Company’s long-term
plan for the mine. Asante looks forward to the completion of the
Sulphide Recovery Plant as the Company works to improve and
optimize its operating mines.
Qualified Person Statement
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
David Anthony, P.Eng., Mining and Mineral Processing, President and
CEO of Asante, who is a "qualified person" under NI 43-101.
Non-IFRS Measures
This news release includes certain terms or
performance measures commonly used in the mining industry that are
not defined under International Financial Reporting Standards
(“IFRS”), including “all-in sustaining costs” (or “AISC”). Non-IFRS
measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed under
IFRS, and therefore they may not be comparable to similar measures
employed by other companies. The data presented is intended to
provide additional information and should not be considered in
isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared
in accordance with IFRS and should be read in conjunction with
Asante’s consolidated financial statements. Readers should refer to
Asante's Management Discussion and Analysis under the heading
"Non-IFRS Measures" for a more detailed discussion of how Asante
calculates certain of such measures and a reconciliation of certain
measures to IFRS terms.
About Asante Gold
Corporation
Asante is a gold exploration, development and
operating company with a high-quality portfolio of projects and
mines in Ghana. Asante is currently operating the Bibiani and
Chirano Gold Mines and continues with detailed technical studies at
its Kubi Gold Project. All mines and exploration projects are
located on the prolific Bibiani and Ashanti Gold Belts. Asante has
an experienced and skilled team of mine finders, builders and
operators, with extensive experience in Ghana. The Company is
listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the Ghana Stock
Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Asante is also exploring
its Keyhole, Fahiakoba and Betenase projects for new discoveries,
all adjoining or along strike of major gold mines near the centre
of Ghana’s Golden Triangle. Additional information is available on
the Company’s website at www.asantegold.com.
About the Bibiani Gold Mine
Bibiani is an operating open pit gold mine
situated in the Western North Region of Ghana, with previous gold
production of more than 4.5 million ounces. It is fully permitted
with available mining and processing infrastructure on-site
consisting of a newly refurbished 3 million tonne per annum process
plant and existing mining infrastructure. Asante commenced mining
at Bibiani in late February 2022 with the first gold pour announced
on July 7, 2022. Commercial production was announced November 10,
2022.
For additional information relating to the
mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates for the Bibiani Gold
Mine, please refer to the 2024 Bibiani Technical Report filed on
the Company’s SEDAR profile (www.sedarplus.ca) on April 30,
2024.
For further information please
contact:
Dave Anthony, President & CEOFrederick
Attakumah, Executive Vice President and Country Director
info@asantegold.com+1 604 661 9400 or +233 303
972 147
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Statements
Certain statements in this news release
constitute forward-looking statements, including but not limited
to, production and all-in sustaining costs forecasts for the
Bibiani Gold Mine, exploration results and potential, development
programs, expansion and mine life extension opportunities, and
completion of plant upgrades. Forward-looking statements involve
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of
any mineral deposits that may be located, the Company’s inability
to obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations
required for its planned activities, the Company’s inability to
raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its
business strategies, and the price of gold. The reader is referred
to the Company’s public disclosure record which is available on
SEDAR (www.sedarplus.ca). Although the Company believes that the
assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on
these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news
release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur
in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except as required by
securities laws and the policies of the securities exchanges on
which the Company is listed, the Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
LEI Number: 529900F9PV1G9S5YD446. Neither IIROC
nor any stock exchange or other securities regulatory authority
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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