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Cote d'Ivoire
Ity Mine

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 Location:
12 km SE from Zouan-Hounien, Cote d'Ivoire

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Route du Lycée Technique
Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2033
The Ity mine is one of Endeavour’s cornerstone assets.

Endeavour has accelerated the launch of the construction of a recyanidation circuit at the Ity mine as part of its optimisation initiatives. The additional circuit aims to optimise costs by reducing leaching and detox reagent consumption, improving the quality of the discharge water, and increasing production through higher recovery rates. The recyanidation process reduces cyanide consumption by capturing free cyanide from the plant tailings and recycling it back into the leach circuit while increasing recovery rates.

The recyanidation circuit is expected to be commissioned in mid-2023.


Owners

Source: p. 24
CompanyInterestOwnership
SODEMI 5 % Indirect
Government of Côte d’Ivoire 10 % Indirect
Endeavour Mining plc 85 % Indirect
Endeavour Mining owns 85% of the Ity mine, except 90% owned Le Plaque deposit, with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire owning 10% and SODEMI (a government-owned mining company) owning the remaining 5%.

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Deposit Type

  • Skarn


Summary:

The Ity gold district is located in a Lower Proterozoic – Birimian – domain (named the Ity-Touleupleu Klippe) wedged within the Archean Kenema-Man domain, that forms the southern half of the larger West African Craton. The Ity-Touleupleu Klippe forms a northeast-southwest-trending greenstone belt, approximately 100km long and up to 15km wide. This belt has been formed, deformed and metamorphosed during the Eburnean orogenic cycle. The Birimian formations comprise meta-sedimentary series (pelites, gresopelites and carbonates) and meta-volcanosediments (ranging from basic to acidic in composition), intruded by a series of granodioritic and dioritic bodies. These formations have been subjected to greenschist to lower amphibolite facies regional metamorphism. Skarns are developed along the contact between carbonate formations and granodioritic intrusive rocks. A thick lateritic profile is developed above the bedrock. Mineralization at Ity occurs in different geological settings, that can be grouped into at least two main types as identified today: > Skarns-hosted mineralization, developed as lenses within meta-carbonates proximal to felsic and mafic intrusions. > Shear zones-related mineralization, associated to moderately to steeply dipping structures impacting different lithologies including metasediments, volcanosediments, felsic volcanites (daaplite) and intrusive rocks (granodiorite and diorite). Deposits discovered to date in the Ity gold district display either one or ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

For CIL operations, the selected mining approach is conventional open pit excavator-truck operation with the production unit operations (drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and dumping) carried out by mining contractors. Contractor mining carried out by mining fleet which has capacity to move 25Mtpa. The mining fleet consists of larger capacity 90 t dump trucks and 120 t class backhoe excavators. The 40 t articulated dump trucks are utilized depending on pit and dump conditions, in particular, during the wet season. Ore and waste production rates are monitored, and material reconciliations are carried out continuously for the pit areas in production.

The production, drilling and blasting operations are carried out on 10 m benches. A quarter bench height (flitch) of 2.5 m is mined in ore to achieve a high degree of selectivity in loading and hauling operations. The highly weathered zone (clays and laterites) and transitional zone with a density below 2.0 t/m3 are amenable to free digging. Emulsion explosive is used in both wet and dry blasting for efficiency.

Various contracts were awarded following a competitive bidding process for parts of the mining operations, and prices are within the industry range and comparable to other operations in Côte d'Ivoire or West Africa. Endeavour contracts the supply of explosives and blasting accessories to an approved explosives supplier, who also provides product mixing equipment and technical blasting advice when ne ........


Crushing and Grinding
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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
Gold koz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required8559
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré. ^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Annual mining capacity  ......  Subscription required
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required5 Mt5 Mt
Stripping / waste ratio  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1.74 1.45 2.58 3.71
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required8,571 kt5,733 kt1,127 kt1,410 kt
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required14,898 kt8,320 kt2,901 kt5,237 kt
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required23,469 kt14,053 kt4,028 kt6,647 kt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required5.35 Mt3,693 kt1,307 kt1,194 kt
Annual processing rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required950 kt950 kt
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Cut-off grades for the resources are as follows: at 0.50g/t Au.

Cut-off grades for the reserves are as follows: oxide: 0.50g/t Au to 0.60g/t Au; transitional: 0.40g/t Au to 0.90g/t Au; fresh: 0.40g/t Au to 0.80g/t Au.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 11.4 Mt Gold 0.82 g/t 300 koz
Probable 46.5 Mt Gold 1.82 g/t 2,721 koz
Proven & Probable 57.9 Mt Gold 1.62 g/t 3,021 koz
Measured 11.7 Mt Gold 0.79 g/t 298 koz
Indicated 85.3 Mt Gold 1.7 g/t 4,673 koz
Measured & Indicated 96.9 Mt Gold 1.59 g/t 4,971 koz
Inferred 17.1 Mt Gold 1.59 g/t 873 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
Total cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 646 / oz   733 / oz  
Total cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 719 / oz   906 / oz  
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Operating Costs:

Units20222021202020192018201720162015
OP mining costs ($/t mined) USD 4.21  3.75  3.36  5  6.37  3.21  2.88  2.38  
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Financials:

Units2023202220212020201920182017
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ......  Subscription required
Sustaining costs M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 2.1   7.4  
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 107.5   75.1  
Operating Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 16.3   8.9  
Pre-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required 17.6   8.2  
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required 2.4   5.9  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of September 30, 2022:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantityLeased or
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Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 22 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 100 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
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Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
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Loader (FEL) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
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Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 100 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2023
Annual Information Form 2022
Annual Report 2022
Corporate Presentation 2022
Corporate Presentation 2022
Management Discussion & Analysis 2022
Other 2022
Sustainability Report 2022
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Corporate Presentation 2018
Corporate Presentation 2018
Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Press Release 2018
Corporate Presentation 2017
Corporate Presentation 2017
Management Discussion & Analysis 2017
Management Discussion & Analysis 2017
Annual Report 2016
Feasibility Study Report 2016
Corporate Presentation 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Other 2015
Technical Report 2015
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