Engineering consultant to bulk up Ghana office

Consulting engineers and scientists, SRK Consultanting opened an office in Ghana last year and now plans to further expand its services through the acquisition of a local geologist in April, SRK Consultanting Ghana country manager John Kwofie...

Avocet beats production guidance

West African miner Avocet increased gold output at its Inata mine in Burkina Faso by 20% to 166 744 oz in 2011, topping its production guidance. The London-listed miner lifted production nearly 40% to 46 102 oz in the fourth quarter, from 33 256...

Avocet expects 165 000 oz/y from Burkina Faso gold mine

Aim- and Oslo Stock Exchange-listed Avocet Mining has increased the forecast gold production at its Inata mine, in Burkina Faso, to 165 000 oz/y up to 2016, up from the previously anticipated 120 000 oz/y up to 2018. The gold miner on Friday...

Avocet says Burkina Faso mine to produce 100 000 oz in 2010

Aim-listed Avocet Mining said on Monday that it aimed to reach a steady rate of production of over 10 000 oz a month of gold at its Inata project, in Burkina Faso, by next month. Inata has produced nearly 20 000 oz since its first gold pour on...

Daily podcast – March 1, 2010

Avocet Mining exports the first gold shipment from its Inata mine to the Rand Refinery for refining; and Hillgrove Resources aims to complete construction at its flagship Kanmantoo copper/gold project early next year.

Avocet sends first gold from Inata to SA for refining

Aim-listed Avocet Mining has exported the first gold shipment from its Inata mine, in Burkina Faso, to the Rand Refinery, in South Africa, for refining. About 11 000 oz of gold had been sent to the Rand Refinery, with which Avocet’s subsidiary...

Avocet’s half-year gold output rises 1%

Gold-miner Avocet Mining’s first-half production from its two operating mines increased by 1% to 56 297 oz. Gold output jumped by 4% in the six-month period ended September 30, when compared with the second half of last year, owing mainly to a...

Avocet gold output up 1% in Q1

Aim-listed gold-mining company Avocet Mining boosted its production for the first quarter of the 2010 financial year to 27 563 oz. This was 1% higher than the 27 374 oz produced in the last quarter of the 2009 financial year, Avocet said in a...