TOUBANI TO PURSUE OPTIMISED DFS UPDATE Toubani Resources, Inc (ASX: TRE) ("Toubani Resources" or the "Company") advises that the Board of Directors has approved the commencement of an update of the 2021 Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for its 3.1Moz Kobada Gold Project in southern Mali. Highlights - Toubani believes that Kobada is on the path to becoming the next West African gold mine of significant scale, underpinned by a substantive initial oxide phase operation
- DFS Update to assess the potential for a higher processing rate, and consequently increased annual gold production, with an initial oxide focussed project phase followed by the inclusion of fresh material later in the mine plan
- Toubani believes that a bulk tonnage oxide mining and processing operation represents a lower overall technical risk profile for the project as mining methods are not required to be highly selective, minimal drilling and blasting is required and crushing and grinding circuits are simplified and not as power intensive
- DFS Update to start in July 2023 to optimise both oxide and fresh rock project phases, including the significant stockpile balances built over the first 10 years of the 2021 DFS mine plan
- Targeted drilling program to convert Inferred Mineral Resources within the 2021 DFS pit design to Indicated category is planned
- DFS Update will identify the optimal execution approach for the project with engineering groups tendering proposals in the coming weeks and completion targeted by end of 2023
Chief Executive Officer, Phil Russo commented: "We are excited to commence the DFS Update workstream as we believe the full potential of Kobada as the next West African gold mine of scale has yet to materialise. The DFS Update will pursue the potential for the project to be reoptimized to a throughput level that more aptly supports a bulk mining and lower overall technical risk approach, which is further strengthened when considering the significant existing resources of oxide, free digging material at Kobada. We believe Kobada has all the attributes to distinguish itself from its other West African development peers, being free milling ore, a large oxide resource with attractive fresh rock optionality, while also permitted. We look forward to completing the update to the DFS later this year to aim to demonstrate the robustness and lower overall risk profile that a larger Kobada project could deliver." |
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