Overview
Stage | Pre-Feasibility |
Mine Type | Open Pit & Underground |
Commodities |
|
Mining Method |
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Longhole open stoping
|
Mine Life | 11 years (as of Jan 1, 2019) |
Source:
p. 96
Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) has a 100% interest in the current Bea Mineral Development Agreement, which was signed with the Liberian Government in November 2001. Bea Mountain Mining Corporation is a 100% owned subsidiary of Avesoro Resources Inc., dual listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London (LSE) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Avesoro Resources was delisted at TSX in January 2020.
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Summary:
The property hosts a typical Upper Archean to lower Proterozoic style of metallogeny, characteristic of greenstone-hosted lode gold mineralisation, where deposits are often referred to as orogenic, and characterised by the presence of gold-quartz veins and disseminated mineralisation. Gold mineralisation is hosted in moderate to steeply dipping quartz-dominated shear zones with associated extensional vein systems. This model is consistent with Archean orogenic gold deposits described by Hagemann and Cassidy (2000), Richards and Tosdal (2001), Goldfarb et al. (2001) and Roberts et al. (1989).
New Liberty
Within the ultramafic unit, silicification is found proximal to the mineralisation, within the immediate hangingwall and rarely in the footwall gneisses. Other alteration styles associated with the mineralisation include the presence of phlogopite as well as chlorite within the mineralised zone, and an associated sulphidic bleaching of the rocks linked with the destruction of magnetite.
These features point to a pathway for the mineralising fluids which was active over a long period of time. The deposit shows the classic signs of sulphidation, with iron sulphides (mainly pyrrhotite) replacing the magnetite and it has a low sulphide content with sulphides forming between 0.1% and 1% of the mineralised zones.
Multi element analyses of cores have highlighted a clear association between gold and arsenic, sulphur, nickel and t ........

Mining Methods
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Longhole open stoping
Summary:
Mining activity for the combined project will include:
- open pit mining of the New Liberty deposit until the breakeven cut-off for underground mining is reached, which corresponds to pitshell 33;
- a transition to underground mining by long- hole open stoping methods (LHOS) and mining of reserves by underground methods;
- open pit mining of the reserves at the Ndablama deposit and direct shipping of Ndblama ore to the New Liberty mill later in the life of the project.
Flow Sheet:
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Projected Production:
Commodity | Units | Avg. Annual | LOM |
Gold
|
oz
| 114,500 | 1,259,400 |
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.
Operational Metrics:
Metrics | |
Annual milling rate
| 1.8 Mt * |
Tonnes milled, LOM
| 17,069 kt * |
* According to 2019 study.
Reserves at December 31, 2018:
Reporting cut-off for New Liberty is 0.80 g/t Au for Open Pit.
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Proven
|
0.3 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.13 g/t
|
21 koz
|
Probable
|
16.769 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.49 g/t
|
1,344 koz
|
Proven & Probable
|
17.069 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.49 g/t
|
1,365 koz
|
Measured
|
0.37 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.32 g/t
|
27.3 koz
|
Indicated
|
20.1 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.66 g/t
|
1,721 koz
|
Measured & Indicated
|
20.47 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.66 g/t
|
1,748 koz
|
Inferred
|
3 Mt
|
Gold
|
2.8 g/t
|
271 koz
|
Corporate Filings & Presentations:
Document | Year |
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2019
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