SearchGold Provides Bakoudou Gold Mining Project Technical Update and Expected Mine Start-Up
November 23 2010 - 9:30AM
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SearchGold Resources Inc. ("SearchGold") (TSX VENTURE: RSG)
(FRANKFURT: S1O) is pleased to provide a technical update on the
Zone A mining project of the Bakoudou-Magnima Gold Project located
in Gabon, Africa.
The NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve
estimate for Zone A of the Bakoudou-Magnima Gold Project was
released on August 13th 2008, one month before the fall of the
Lehman Brothers bank in the midst of the worst financial crisis of
the past 70 years (see news release dated August 13th 2008). The
prevailing economic climate had hindered the financing of the
project since then. Additionally, following the death of Omar Bongo
in June 2009, Gabon successfully accomplished a positive democratic
transition.
The year 2010 has proven to be much more beneficial for the
project and SearchGold is pleased to report the following
highlights.
-- April 2010 : Order placed for ball mill,
-- May 2010 : Final mining convention signed with the Gabonese state,
-- July 2010 : Initiation of site deforestation,
-- September 2010 : Commencement of civil engineering,
-- November 2010 : Signature of US$20 million credit facility with Chaabi
International Bank.
As of today, approximately US$20 million has already been firmly
committed towards project construction, 75% of that amount being
for general infrastructures, mining equipment and process equipment
for the treatment plant. Managem has so far supported the costs
towards project development.
SearchGold expects the following projects milestones over the
next 8 months :
-- December 2010 : Commencement of Zone A pre-stripping,
-- January 2011 : Arrival on site of primary crusher,
-- February 2011 : Arrival on site of Falcon concentrators, grizzlys and
cyclones,
-- March 2011 : Commencement of equipment erection and treatment plant
construction,
-- April 2011 : Arrival on site of main ball mill and completion of
tailings pond,
-- June 2011 : Plant commissioning,
-- July 2011 : Official Bakoudou Zone A mine start-up.
The project will certainly benefit from current gold prices that
have recently hit all time highs, briefly surpassing the US$ 1,400
per ounce mark. Additional updates regarding project economics as
well as technical updates will be provided as construction ramps up
and the project nears completion. Photographs of the on-going
construction will be made available on SearchGold's web site.
Philippe Giaro, P. Geo., President and CEO of SearchGold
Resources Inc. and Qualified Person for SearchGold, has reviewed
and approved the content of this release.
About Managem and Bakoudou-Magnima
In July 2005, SearchGold signed a strategic $4,200,000 joint
venture agreement on the Bakoudou-Magnima Gold Project with
Managem, a well established African-based mining company
(www.managem-ona.com). Through its subsidiaries, Managem operates 6
mines in Morocco and was also involved in the development of two
gold mines in West Africa.
The Bakoudou-Magnima Gold Project covers a surface area of 2,934
km2, is located in south eastern Gabon and is accessible by road.
The 2008 NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve
estimate for Zone A outlined Reserves of 155,000 ounces of gold
(Proven Reserves of 0.58 MT @ 2.54 g/t Au and Probable Reserves of
1.12 MT @ 2.98 g/t Au) contained in Total Resources of 230,000
ounces of gold (Measured Resources of 0.53 MT @ 2.84 g/t Au and
Indicated Resources of 1.87 MT @ 3.06 g/t Au). Bakoudou's Zone A
mining project foresees the construction of an open pit gold mine
with a projected mine life of 3.5 years that is expected to produce
approximately 42,000 ounces of gold per year. As of today,
SearchGold owns 27% of REG, the local Gabonese subsidiary, as part
of the Managem-SearchGold Joint Venture Agreement.
About SearchGold Resources Inc.
SearchGold is a Canadian-based mining exploration company whose
primary mission is to target, explore and develop gold deposits in
Africa. The Company is currently involved in Burkina Faso, Gabon
and Guinea; SearchGold has recently been evaluating mining projects
in new African jurisdictions, which are geographically accretive
with its current position. Through innovative corporate
transactions, SearchGold has been able to retain an interest in all
the important assets it has acquired and developed during its
existence as a public company and intends on leveraging its long
established presence in Africa to pursue its development.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: SearchGold Resources Inc. Philippe Giaro President
& CEO +32-473-52-30-29 phgiaro@skynet.be
http://www.searchgold.ca
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