Orezone Essakane Gold Mine, Burkina Faso
Key Data:
Producer Of
Gold
Location
Oudalan province, Burkina Faso
Ownership
Essakane Sarl
Geology Type
Volcano-sedimentary sequence in a greenstone belt
Mineral Type
Saprolite, saprock and fresh ores
Reserve Base
Total indicated resources of 4Moz Au at an average grade of 1.58g/t, and inferred resources of 1.3Moz Au of at a 0.5g/t cut-off
Annual Production
About 2.5Moz of gold in total over expected 8.6-year life of the mine
Mining Method
Open pit
Processing Method
Crushing and milling, then gravity concentration and intensive cyanidation
Employment
Maximum of about 215
Key Equipment:
Open Pit
120t and 290t Terex excavators, 140t (nominally) Caterpillar trucks and Atlas Copco drill rigs
Processing Plant
MMD mineral sizers, FL Smidth SAG and Ball mills, Multotec cyclone clusters, Falcon concentrators, Gekko intense cyanidation reactor, Kemix agitators and carbon screens, Outokompu tailing thickener and Linde pressure-swing-adsorption unit
Engineering Contractor
GRD Minproc
