Namoya Mine Project
NAMOYA MINE OVERVIEW
Location: Namoya is a gold mine located in a remote area of the Maniema Province,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), approximately 195km west of Lake
Tanganyika, near the provincial border of the South Kivu Province. Bukavu, the
nearest business district, lies over 200km northeast of the Namoya mine. Mine is
accessed by a 540 km road from Bukavu via Uvira and Fizi on the shore of Lake
Tanganyika, which takes 2-3 days.
• Tenement title: the Namoya Project covers 174km2 under Exploitation Permit (PE
No.18, CAMI/CE/923/2004), signed on 9th November 2004 with a validity of 30 years,
subject to renewal for consecutive 15 year periods.
• Mine life: approx. 9 years based on reserves at annual production capacity of 120,000
oz Au.
• Mine type: Open pit with blasting, Mining operations are based on conventional drill
and blast, load and haul mining techniques.
• Resources and Reserves (2018)
• Resources: Measured (M) 1.70 Moz Au, 35.43Mt @ 1.49 g/t,
Inferred (I): 0.85 Moz Au, 17.85Mt @ 1.49 g/t
Total Resource: M & I 2.55 Moz Au, 53.28Mt @ 1.49 g/t
Reserves (Proven and Probable): 1.17 Moz Au, 20.51Mt @ 1.77g/t
• Production: FY2016 93 000 oz
FY2017 69 000 oz
FY2018 37 000 oz
FY2019 25 000 oz
FY 2020 -2024 Care and Maintenance Jan 2024 – Sept 2024
Cumulative Production: 2016 – 2019 +/- 224 000 oz
• Processing capacity: 2.6 Mtpa;
• Infrastructure: Operation with low power requirements (~4.8 MW) with six diesel
generation sets; Water supplied by creek 1.2 km west of plant; pumped to holding pond at the plant.
NAMOYA RESOURCES AND RESERVE REPORT
RESOURCES AND RESERVE
The most recent N43-101 Resources and Reserve declaration for Namoya dates back to May 2014, based on 31st December 2013 data. • An update to a current N43-101 Reserve and Resources declaration by a competent person is to be obtained. There is no recent block model available, which implies that the Mining schedule is likely to be outdated and may not be representative of the remaining Resources and Reserves in the 6 known pits. • World renowned mining consultants Riaan Herman Consulting, hereinafter referred to as RHC, will be commissioned to commence work to update the Competent Persons Resources and Reserve declaration' report for Namoya. This report will be to the JORC standard. This will include data validation, wireframing, geostatistical analysis, resource estimation, validation and reporting. An optimised mining schedule and associated costing is required to inform the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), taking into account the mining and plant’s technical constraints. This report is key to provide the necessary confidence in the production plan and to give comfort to investors and financiers. • A realistic timeline to deliver the revised Reserve and Resources declaration for Namoya’s restart, including the mining schedule, is August 2024. • With the Mining schedule in hand, Namoya should be in good position to recommence mining based on the endorsed mine plan towards the end of Q3 2024. Mining will be restarted based on the optimised mine plan. • A preliminary Measured and Indicated Resource for Namoya was compiled by Riaan Herman Consulting, albeit not to an international reporting standard.
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