Yaouré is located in a rural area in central Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, on the southern edge of Lake Kossou, 35 km north-west of the capital city of Yamoussoukro.
Perseus Mining poured first gold at the Yaouré Gold Mine in December 2020, becoming its third operation. Perseus declared commercial production at Yaouré in March 2021. Since 2020, ore at Yaouré has primarily been mined from the CMA open pit, with some contributions from minor satellite pits. CMA open pit stage 2 and stage 3 cutbacks are due to be completed during FY24 and FY25 financial years respectively, whereafter mining will move on to satellite pits and the recently expanded Yaouré open pit.
Perseus recently completed a CMA UG feasibility study, proving the technical and economic viability of underground mining of the CMA orebody, down dip and down plunge of the stage 3 CMA open pit. Underground mining of the CMA orebody is expected to begin in early FY26, once all related approvals have been received. |