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Burkina Faso
Sanbrado Mine

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 Location:
20 km S from Mogtedo, Burkina Faso

  Regional Office:
Secteur 27, Quartier Ouayalghin, Parcelle 07, Lot 22, Section SL
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
06 BP 10772
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Longitudinal open stoping
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Cemented backfill
Production Start...
Mine Life13 years (as of Jan 1, 2022)
The estimates of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves for the Sanbrado Project includ the Toega Deposit. Toega Ore Reserves included in the Sanbrado processing schedule from 2024.


Owners

Source: p. 10,77,102
CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of Burkina Faso 10 % Indirect
West African Resources Ltd. (operator) 90 % Indirect
West African Resources Limited and its subsidiaries is the operator and 90% owner of the Sanbrado Gold Project in Burkina Faso. The government of Burkina Faso retains a 10% equity interest in Sanbrado.

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Deposit Type

  • Orogenic
  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

The majority of gold deposits on the West African Craton are orogenic-style deposits (Robertson and Peters, 2016). Orogenic-style deposits are sited proximal to major accretionary structures within, or at the boundaries of, composite metamorphosed volcanic- plutonic or sedimentary terrains. The majority of orogenic gold deposits occur within rocks that have been metamorphosed to greenschist facies, within a metamorphic pressure-temperature regime broadly corresponding to the brittle-ductile transition (McCuaig and Kerrich, 1998; Moritz, 2000).

The Markoye Fault is interpreted to be the main conduit for the gold mineralisation found at Sanbrado, accommodating large scale fluid migration. Sanbrado hosts shear zone type quartz vein gold mineralisation, similar to that found elsewhere in late Proterozoic Birimian terrains of West Africa. These orogenic type deposits exhibit strong relationships with regional arrays of major shear zones.

The structural environment can be described as brittle-ductile, coincident with a greenschist-amphibolite metamorphic facies. Arrays of transtensional features are apparent within a preferred S2 shear corridor and a strong shear controlled folding component is evident. Gold mineralisation is hosted in the sheared diorite and in the deformed mylonitic metasediment, and there is also a spatial relationship with the contact zones. It appears that the competency contrast caused by more brittle bodies of diorite within zones of mo ........


Mining Methods

  • Longitudinal open stoping
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Cemented backfill


Summary:

Open pit mining
Mining occurred at the M1 South, M1 North, M5 South and M5 North open pits during 2021. Open-pit mining in 2022 reconciled in-line with WAF’s 10-year production plan. With the completion of the high-grade M1 South open pit in Q1 2022, ounces mined from open pit mining decreased 44% . 2022 saw WAF cut back the M5 South open pit to the final design, resulting in a 24% decrease in ore tonnes mined and a 21% higher average strip ratio in the year. The M5 South cut back, which was completed in Q4 2022, opens access to higher grade ore in the pit and reduces the strip ratio for the remainder of the open pit mine life to an approximate average of 3 : 1 (waste: ore).

The Sanbrado open-pits employ conventional open-pit mining techniques using drill and blast with material movement by hydraulic excavator and trucks. The project scale and selectivity suit the operating mining fleet of 150 t class excavators in a backhoe configuration matched to 90 t class mine haul trucks. The Sanbrado operation is a multi-pit operation with ore being mined from the M5, M1 South, M1 North and M3 pits. All pits are within 2 km of the primary crusher location.

To suit this sized equipment a bench height of 5 m has been adopted. The benches will be excavated on 2 x 2.5 m high flitches, for blasted material this will be 2 x 3 m high flitches when swell is accounted for.

Underground mining
For most of 2020, M1 South underground ore was sourced from d ........


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020
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Operational Metrics:

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Reserves at August 3, 2022:
All open pit resources have been reported at a cutoff grade of 0.4 g/t Au.
For the underground portion at M1 South the resource has been reported at a lower cutoff grade of 1.5g/t Au.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 5,600,000 t Gold 2.57 g/t 460,000 oz
Probable 21,000,000 t Gold 1.853 g/t 1,200,000 oz
Proven & Probable 26,000,000 t Gold 2.005 g/t 1,700,000 oz
Measured 5,700,000 t Gold 2.9 g/t 530,000 oz
Indicated 50,000,000 t Gold 1.5 g/t 2,300,000 oz
Inferred 28,000,000 t Gold 2.3 g/t 2,000,000 oz
Total Resource 81,000,000 t Gold 1.9 g/t 4,900,000 oz

Commodity Production Costs:

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Heavy Mobile Equipment:
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Backhoe & Rock Breaker ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Proposed Leased Mar 25, 2019
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Excavator ....................... Subscription required Existing Leased Mar 22, 2023
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Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) ....................... Subscription required 17 t ....................... Subscription required Existing Leased Jun 10, 2022
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Truck (underground) ....................... Subscription required 50 t ....................... Subscription required Existing Leased Jun 10, 2022
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Corporate Presentation 2023
Annual Report 2022
Corporate Presentation 2022
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2022
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Corporate Presentation 2018
Feasibility Study Report 2018
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