Mineralization at the Wahgnion Gold project is structurally controlled and is widely associated with hematite, iron carbonate, sericite, pyrite and locally, with albitic alteration. Higher gold grades are commonly associated with stylolitic laminated quartz veins or pyrite veinlets. Coarse- grained gold is found in fractures within pyrite veins or in quartz-carbonate vein selvages. Mineralization is predominantly of a lode-style gold type, associated with discrete structures. The mineralization is interpreted to have formed from the same mineralizing system, with variations in style reflecting the difference in local lithological and structural settings.

Nogbele Deposit
Basement exposure in the Nogbele area is generally poor, with outcrop information limited to occasional exposure in shallow creek beds, shallow mining pits, road cuts, and quartz vein outcrop. Surficial regolith varies from a shallow residual granitic profile to a competent laterite ferricrete ridge that traces the contact of the Nogbele pluton and the host rocks in the Nogbele North area.

The Nogbele area is underlain by a package of metamorphosed and variably deformed volcano- sedimentary units and three distinct suites of intrusive rocks. A foliation or lineation is well developed in the oldest of the granitoids and the sedimentary rocks but is absent from the two younger granitoids.

Extensive packages of variably deformed and metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary rocks ar ........

The Wahgnion Mine is a conventional open pit mine, with several pits of varying sizes. The operations consist of five main regions: Nogbele North, Nogbele South, Fourkoura, Stinger, and Samavogo. Gold mineralization occurs in the laterite, saprolite, transition, and primary weathering horizons. Laterite and saprolite are assumed to be free digging material, whereas transition and primary material will be mined via drill and blast cycles.

Mining is by way of conventional open pit mining techniques using drill and blast as required with material movement by hydraulic excavators and trucks. The mine scale suits 90 tonne class excavators in a backhoe configuration matched to 50 tonne payload class mining haul trucks and 40 tonne payload articulated haul trucks. An extensive RC drill program is conducted to supplement the production blast hole sampling as part of the grade control strategy. WGO own and operate a significant portion of the mining fleet, which has been supplemented by contractor mining utilizing SFTP for the satellite deposits, commencing with Foukoura. Due to the nature of the mineralisation, there are multiple small pits which require careful planning and consideration for aspects such as sequencing (of pits), staging (of cutbacks), waste dump location and potential for backfilling of depleted pits.

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