Sissingué Mineral Resources comprise three components:
• Remaining in situ mineralisation at the Sissingué mine;
• In situ mineralisation at the Fimbiasso East and West deposits;
• In situ mineralisation at the Antoinette, Juliette, and Veronique deposits at Bagoé Project.

The Bagoé Gold Project is located in the West African Craton and covers Palaeoproterozoic (Birimian) rocks of the southern extension of the Syama Greenstone Belt and the western margin of the Senoufo Greenstone Belt. Gold deposits at Bagoé are of the orogenic, greenstone-hosted type. Exploration has located several gold occurrences, including the Antoinette and Juliette, probably located within the Syama Belt, and Veronique, located within the Senoufo Belt. Mineral Resources have been delineated at Antoinette, Juliette, and Veronique deposits.

Antoinette gold deposit is hosted by a fine-grained, siliceous and, in places, carbonaceous metasediment unit within a sequence of felsic volcaniclastic rocks and porphyritic dioritic dykes. Mineralisation is subvertical, extends over about 800m strike, with three principal mineralised zones that very from 5m to 45m in width. Weathering extends to 50-60m depth.

Juliette gold deposit is located 3.5km SW of Antoinette and is hosted by the extension of the Antoinette sequence/structure. Mineralisation is subvertical, extends over about 470m strike and generally comprises a single lens 5- 15m wide. Weathering extends to 30-40m depth.

Veronique gold deposit is located 16km SSE of Antoinette. Mineralisation extends over 800m strike and s generally comprises a single NW-striking quartz vein 1-2m thick that dips at 45 degrees to the SW. The vein is hosted by an extensive granodiorite stock. Alteration selvages extending 2-3m either side of the vein result, in places, in 6-8m true thickness of mineralisation. Weathering extends to 50-60m depth.

At Antoinette and Juliette, gold is associated with veinlets and disseminations of pyrite and arsenopyrite. Cyanide leach testwork indicates that gold is partially refractory in materials below the base of oxidation. At Veronique, gold occurs as native gold and in association with small quantities of pyrite. Cyanide leach testwork indicates high gold recoveries from fresh rock material.

Antoinette mineralisation strikes NE over approximately 800m strike, comprising three principal mineralised zones that vary from 5m to 45m in width. Drilling extends to a maximum of about 180m below surface however the stated Mineral Resources is constrained to an optimal pit shell that extends to a maximum of 85m below surface (320RL).

Juliette mineralisation strikes NE over about 470m strike and comprises a single mineralised domain 5 to 15 metres wide. Drill coverage extends to 80m below surface however the stated Mineral Resource is constrained to an optimal pit shell that extends to a maximum of 30m below surface (345RL).

Veronique mineralisation strikes NW over approximately 800m strike and, for most mineralisation, comprises a single structure 2 to 10 metres horizontal wide. Drill coverage extends to a maximum of about 80m below surface. The stated Mineral Resource is constrained to an optimal pit shell that extends to 60m below surface (310RL).

The chosen method for the Open Pit Ore Reserves is conventional open pit mining utilising hydraulic excavators and trucks, mining bench heights of 5 metres with 2.5 metre flitches to minimise ore loss and waste rock dilution.

Overall pit slopes are 30 to 50 degrees inclusive of berms spaced at between 5, 10 and 20 metres vertically and berm widths of 4 to 7 metres.

Pit ramps have been designed for a 40 tonne ADT truck fleet and are set at 17 metres (dual lane) to 11 metres (single lane). Minimum mining width of 40 metres was generally applied to the pit cutback designs.

Ore from Fimbiasso pits will be trucked to Sissingué with a maximum limit of 40 kt/month and from Bagoé pits will be trucked at a maximum limit of 50 kt/month.

Crushing:
* Primary crushing: Metso C120 Jaw Crusher;
* Dead COS/Surge Bin.

Grinding
* Metso 6.1 X 6.1m SAG Mill in Closed Circuit;
* Forged steel 105mm balls.

SCATS Crusher
* 1 x METSO HP 200 (Fresh rock only).

Average annual processing throughput rate of ore is nominally 1.2Mtpa of combined ore from all deposits, with throughput rates variable by material type. The processing circuit involves single stage crushing, semi-autogenous grinding, gravity recovery and CIL.

The process metallurgical recovery for gold is fixed by material type in each deposit. Gold recovery rates range from 94% for oxide ore to 91% for fresh ore. Recovery variation is a function of differing metallurgical properties of different material type of ores from each deposit.

Process equipment:

Gravity Circuit
* Knelson Concentrator/Gekko ILR/Dedicated EW Cell.

Thickening
* 15.0m High Rate Autotec.

ADR
* CIL: 1 x Pre-leach, 6 x CIL Tanks.
* Equipment: 7 x 1,041m3 Tanks, Residence Time 20hrs Oxide, 38hrs Fresh.
* 2t/Day PSA Oxygen Plant;
* 4t Zadra Elution Circuit;
* 2 x EW Cells;
* Calcining Oven/Diesel Fired Furnace.