Orezone completes Bombore PEA, targets 2015 production

TSX-listed Orezone Gold will aim to complete a feasibility study in the third quarter of 2012 for its Bombore gold project in Burkina Faso, and is targeting first production from the mine in 2015, the company said on Monday. Orezone has completed...

Essakane mine, Burkina Faso

An openpit mine, situated in Burkina Faso

Iamgold opens Essakane mine ahead of schedule

Canadian gold-miner Iamgold has started up its Essakane gold mine, in Burkina Faso, six weeks ahead of its previous schedule, with ore processing under way and the mill operating as planned. “With the start-up of our second flagship mine,...

Iamgold eyes 'significant' upside at Essakane

Canadian gold producer Iamgold believes there is a lot of potential to grow the reserves at its new Essakane project, in Burkina Faso, interim CEO Peter Jones said on Wednesday. Iamgold said a couple of weeks ago that it plans to begin production...

Iamgold pencils in 2013 production at Ecuador project

Gold-miner Iamgold could see first production from the firm's Quimsacocha project in Ecuador in 2013, company executives said on Friday, but warned that the timetable will depend on receiving the necessary approvals from local officials. All...

Iamgold brings Essakane start-up forward again

Toronto-based Iamgold is ahead of schedule again on its $443-million Essakane gold mine, in Burkina Faso, and will start processing ore through the mill as soon as next month, the firm announced on Monday. The June start-up will be between four...

Iamgold’s Essakane project on track for August start-up

Canadian miner Iamgold has affirmed that production from its Essakane gold project, in Burkina Faso, is on schedule to start in August.

Iamgold senior vice-president of African operations Brian Chandler said at the Mining Indaba 2010...

Daily podcast – February 18, 2010

Kinross Gold agrees to sell half of its 50% stake in the Cerro Casale project; and the Essakane gold project moves towards commercial production in August.

Iamgold nears the home stretch towards Essakane start-up

The Essakane gold project, in Burkina Faso, is moving towards commercial production in August ahead of schedule and within budget, Iamgold CEO Peter C Jones reported on Wednesday. Completion of the $443-million project, which Iamgold bought in...

Iamgold's Essakane project on track for August start-up

Canadian miner Iamgold affirmed on Wednesday that production from its Essakane gold project in Burkina Faso was on schedule to start in August. Iamgold senior vice-president of African operations Brian Chandler said at a conference in Cape Town...

Orezone announces C$10m equity financing

Orezone Gold, the exploration company spun out last year when Iamgold bought Orezone Resources for its Essakane project, will raise about C$10-million in a bought deal offering. Orezone will use the proceeds of the financing to fund exploration...

Iamgold chief Conway to exit on a high note

The announcement by Canada's Iamgold that CEO Joseph Conway will leave the company on January 15 has caught some pundits off guard, but market watchers agree that Conway will finish his time at the company in a strong position. “It's all fairly...