The Bissa and Bouly gold deposits all occur within an approximate 90 km NW-SE zone, comprising Birimian volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Boromo greenstone belt. The belt consists of mafic volcanic rock, minor felsic volcanic rock and extensive sedimentary units, intruded by Eburnean granitoids, all of which have undergone incipient to low greenschist facies metamorphism (Huot and Sattran, 1987).

The Bissa Hill, SW, IOSE, Z51, Z52 and Boken Zandkom deposits all fall within an approximate 9km NE-SW oriented corridor (“the Bissa-Zandkom corridor”) in the northeastern portion of the Boromo greenstone belt. This corridor comprises a series of interbedded argillaceousarenaceous sediments, alongside sequences of mafic volcanic rock. The thick metasedimentary sequence represents the principal host to mineralisation. Structurally, the lithological assemblage at Bissa-Zandkom appears to be tightly folded, with a broad NE to ENE trend, and is offset by several large-scale faults that trend NW-SE. At least two phases of deformation can be identified at the mine-scale, including an earlier D1 and later D2, resulting in a re-folded fold sequence.

Mineralisation at the Bissa and Bouly deposits is primarily orogenic and structurally controlled, with a secondary lithological control. The most significant mineralised zones are associated with anastomosing networks of quartz and quartz-carbonate veins (or stacked, parallel “arrays” of veins) developed within major brittle- ........

The operation envisages open pit mining, utilising drill & blast with a truck and shovel approach to ore and waste haulage. Mining operations at Bissa are focused on a number of different open pits. Bissa gold mine operates a typical modern open pit operation with drilling and blasting followed by load and haul allowing for selective mining of the ore. The material lithologies are divided into four main categories: Laterite, Saprolite, Transition, and Fresh. Fleet capacity is sufficient, with only rebuilding and some replacement capital necessary during the LoM. There are currently 39 trucks with a payload of 100 t that are used for production from the open pits. Assumed cycle times average 24 minutes. The mine has several significant opportunities to extend the LoM but this will depend on the exploration program and the gold price. The ramps have been designed at a gradient of 10% at 23 m width. The mining benches are between 8 m and 16 m high and are loaded out in 4 m fletches.

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