Avocet Mining PLC Update on Events in Burkina Faso (9944R)
September 27 2017 - 9:20AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9944R
Avocet Mining PLC
27 September 2017
Update on Events in Burkina Faso
Avocet Mining Plc (the 'Company') regrets to announce today that
a convoy carrying fuel to the Inata Mine was subject to a security
incident which resulted in two fatalities and two wounded from
among the gendarme escort.
Initial reports indicate that the gendarme escort was itself the
target of the attack.
The Company will be reviewing its security measures and continue
to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the mine and its
employees.
The Company will update the market as appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Avocet Mining PLC Blytheweigh J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Financial PR Corporate Broker
Boudewijn Wentink, CEO Tim Blythe Michael Wentworth-Stanley
Yolanda Bolleurs, CFO Camilla Horsfall
Megan Ray
+44 20 3709 2570 +44 207 138 3204 +44 20 7742 4000
NOTES TO EDITORS
Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company") is an unhedged
gold mining and exploration company listed on the London Stock
Exchange (ticker: AVM.L) and the Oslo Børs (ticker: AVM.OL). The
Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in
West Africa.
In Burkina Faso the Company owns 90 per cent of the Inata Gold
Mine. The Inata Gold Mine poured its first gold in December 2009
and produced 72,485 ounces of gold in 2016. Other assets in Burkina
Faso include five exploration permits surrounding the Inata Gold
Mine in the broader Bélahouro region. The most advanced of these
projects is Souma, some 20 kilometers from the Inata Gold Mine.
The Company also holds an interest in the Tri-K project in
Guinea. On 22 May 2017, the Company announced that it had completed
its agreement to dispose of 40 per cent of the project to Managem,
a Moroccan group listed on the Casablanca stock exchange, which
will increase upon completion of a bankable feasibility study for a
CIL plant at the site, the incurring of expenditures of at least
US$10 million, and the enlarging of the ore reserve, to 70 per cent
(in the event of an increase of the reserve to 1 million ounce or
more) or 60 per cent (if less than 1 million ounces).
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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