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Nyanzaga gold project, Tanzania – update

Location map of the Nyanzaga project

Photo by Perseus Mining

31st July 2026

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Nyanzaga gold project (NGP).

Location
Lake Victoria Goldfields region, north-west Tanzania. The project is located on the north-eastern flank of the Sukumaland Greenstone Belt. 

Project Owner/s
Perseus Mining owns an 80% contributing interest in the Nyanzaga gold project. The government of Tanzania holds a 20% noncontributing interest. 

Project Description
The NGP comprises the adjacent Nyanzaga/Tusker and Kilimani deposits. Perseus is developing the project as a large-scale, openpit mining operation, after opting not to proceed with the smaller openpit and underground mining concept considered by the project’s previous owners. 

In February 2026, Perseus completed a revised ore reserve estimate of 90.9-million tonnes grading 1.38 g/t gold, containing 4.0-million ounces of gold. This represents a 73% increase on the 2.3-million-ounce ore reserve reported in April 2025. The project’s measured and indicated mineral resource is estimated at 110.4-million tonnes grading 1.33 g/t gold, containing 4.7-million ounces of gold, with a further 6.5-million tonnes grading 1.6 g/t gold, containing 343 000 oz, classified as inferred resources. 

Total gold production over the 16-year mine life is estimated at 3.5-million ounces, with production expected to exceed 200 000 oz/y from the 2028 to 2041 financial years. 

Potential Job Creation
The construction workforce, mostly local, had increased to more than 3 162 people as at March 31, 2026. 

Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
Based on Perseus’s assumed long-term gold price of $3 000/oz, the project has an estimated after-tax net present value, at a 10% discount rate, of $864-million and an internal rate of return of 28.8%. 

Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditure remains estimated at $523-million. As at March 31, 2026, $220.3-million had been incurred and $124.9-million committed, representing 66% of the approved budget. 

Planned Start/End Date
First gold is targeted for January 2027. 

Latest Developments
Perseus Mining’s continues to advance the project towards first gold production in the first quarter of 2027, with construction milestones recently achieved.

These include good progress on prestripping the mining area, while all carbon-in-leach tanks are at full height and hydrostatic testing is under way.

Mill installation has started, two tailings storage facility embankments have been completed and are ready for lining, and camp brick-and-iron accommodation has been completed.

The resettlement programme institutions have now been completed, with the Sotta East and Sotta West schools completed.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Lycopodium (engineering, procurement and construction management contract).

Contact Details for Project Information
Perseus Mining, tel +61 8 6144 1700. 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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