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West African set to kick more golds at Kiaka development

STANDOUT gold company West African Resources has outlined a circa 20-year, 7 million tonne per annum mining operation at Kiaka in Burkina Faso costing US$430 million to get up and running and producing 220,000-230,000 ounces per annum at all-in-sustaining-costs of around $1000/oz.

 Sanbrado, Burkina Faso

Sanbrado, Burkina Faso

Production in the first five years at the 90%-owned project will average 233,000ozpa at AISC of $953/oz. Kiaka, located 45km from WAF's outstanding Sanbrado development, has been calculated to have...

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