The Yaouré Deposit is a structurally controlled, greenstone hosted gold deposit similar in nature to many exploited elsewhere in the Birimian terranes of West Africa. Yaouré may be described as orogenic lode-style gold mineralisation. The Yaouré project comprises several neighbouring gold deposits, including Yaouré and CMA, that occur near the south-eastern flank of the Bouaflé greenstone belt in central Côte d’Ivoire. Mineralisation is hosted by Paleoproterozoic aged metabasalts and felsic intrusive rocks of the Birimian Supergroup. The rocks are metamorphosed to lower greenschist facies and only locally feature penetrative deformation fabrics. Gold mineralisation is accompanied by traces of molybdenum, tungsten, antimony, bismuth and tellurium indicating that the mineralisation may have affinities with the reduced intrusion-related gold systems (IRGS). The predominance of structural controls and association with carbonatisation, sericitisation and silicification, however, are characteristics that more clearly point to its classification as an orogenic, mesothermal gold deposit. Govisou and Angovia 2 deposits are hosted by Palaeoproterozoic Birimian Supergroup rocks of the Bouaflé Greenstone Belt. Govisou gold deposit is hosted by a diorite intrusion surrounded by metabasalts. Mineralisation is thought to be associated with both NE and NW striking, subvertical structures but forms a diffuse volume that is almost circular in plan view, about 90m in diameter and plunging ........

Ore and waste will be mined from the CMA pit, Yaouré pit, Govisou pit, Angovia 2 pit and the small Y-pits, complimented with the remaining stocks of previously heap leach ore stacked as part of previous decommissioned mining operations. The CMA and Yaouré pits currently provide the bulk of the ore feed sources throughout the life of mine, as currently envisaged. The chosen method of mining is conventional open pit mining utilising hydraulic excavators and trucks, mining bench heights of 5 m with 2.5m flitches to minimise ore loss and waste rock dilution. Inter-ramp pit slopes are 40 to 60 degrees varied by material weathering level and wall sector. Inter ramp slopes are excluding ramp but including berms spaced at between 10 and 20 metres vertically and berm widths of 5 to 7 metres. Pit ramps have been designed for a 100-tonne payload truck fleet and are set at 24 metres (dual lane) to 16 metres (single lane). Minimum mining width of 40 m was generally applied to the pit designs. Perseus is mining the CMA orebody at the Yaouré Gold Mine in Côte d’Ivoire using conventional open pit mining methods. The CMA is a tabular zone of mineralisation 2-20 metres thick which generally grades at 3-7g/t gold and generally dips to the east at 20-35 degrees but can be shallower or steeper locally. In FY2022, the main ore source will continue to be stages 1 and 2 of the CMA pit with additional ore being sourced from the newly added smaller pits on the mining lease. The following 3 ye ........

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