Endeavour owns three operating mines in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso that are currently producing gold at a combined rate of over 300,000 ounces per year, growing to 450,000 ounces per year through the construction of our fourth mine (Agbaou) and expansion of our Tabakoto mine. We also have a number of advanced projects in West Africa.
TABAKOTO GOLD MINE (80%), MALI
The Tabakoto Gold Mine is located is southwestern Mali, close to the Senegal border. Production was restarted in 2009 and in 2012 Tabakoto produced 110,301 ounces. Mining in 2013 is from one open pit as well as the Tabakoto underground mine. Ore is processed through a 2,000 tpd plant that has been expanded to 4,000 tpd with ramp-up during Q2/2013 and gold is recovered through a standard gravity-CIL process. Development has begun on a second underground mine, Segala, which represents approximately half of mineral resources. Underground drilling is ongoing to convert resources into reserves. In addition, there are numerous opportunities to target additional resources on the Tabakoto property as well as the nearby Kofi project.
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NZEMA GOLD MINE (90%), GHANA
The Nzema Gold Mine is located in south-western Ghana, approximately 280km west of Ghana's capital city, Accra. Nzema began full scale production in April 2011 and produced 109,447 ounces during 2012. The Nzema mine consists of open pit contractor mining from a chain of shallow oxide pits along the Salman trend plus the Adamus pits 8km west of the plant. Ore is processed at the 1.6 Mtpa to 2.1 Mtpa plant (depending on ore type) and gold is recovered through a standard gravity-CIL process. The processing plant is connected to the national power grid. Exploration is currently underway to explore additional oxide resources with the objective of increasing mine life.
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YOUGA GOLD MINE (90%), BURKINA FASO
The Youga Gold Mine is located approximately 180km southeast of Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Youga has been in production since 2008 and produced 91,030 ounces of gold in 2012. Ore is processed through a conventional gravity-CIL plant with a design capacity of 1.0 Mtpa. Youga is a hard rock, drill and blast open pit operation that employs contractor mining. Grid power is delivered to site from Ghana via a 21 km transmission line. In early 2013, Endeavour completed a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Ouaré deposit which is located 40km to the northeast of Youga to explore the economics of trucking the Ouaré material to the Youga plant to add three years to Youga's mine life.
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