Kokoyah

The Kokoyah Gold Mine started as an open pit operation in 2016 and progressed underground in 2020. Underground mining stopped in 2022 until the gold price becomes more favourable.
- Acquired from Amlib Holdings Plc in April 2014 at PFS stage.
- Mine designed, constructed and in operation approximately 2 years after acquisition, with production commencing in May 2016
- Three stage primary jaw, rod mill and ball mill
- Ball mill design - 65 tph - 1.3 MW drive
- Mill Capacity 0.75 Mtpa crushed ore.
- Conventional gravity circuit with Knelson concentrator
- CIL circuit
- 92 - 95% recovery overall
- TSF - Fully lined and waste rock perimeter walls.
Kokoyah UG Mine (Aug-2020 to Dec-2022)
- First Underground Mine operation for Republic of Liberia
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Two different Main Mining methods is applying at Kokoyah UG;
- Cut & Fill Method (Arhavi Gold vein)
- Transverse and Longitudinal Sublevel Stopes and Drift &Fill Method (İstanbul Gold Vein)
- Total Lateral Development has reached about 10.3 km
- The underground portal has reached the final vertical depth (244 m)
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Project-to-date production:
- Total mined: 0.91 M tonnes
- Total ore: 0.54 M tonnes
- Average ore grade mined: 3.81 g/t gold
- Total waste: 0.38 M tonnes
Kokoyah Open Pit Mine (Jan-2016 to Dec-2021)
- Three different Open pits are located at Kokoyah Gold Mine
- Pits Width Lengths are: Arhavi: 244 m, İstanbul: 288 m, Ankara: 140 m
- Length of Pits: Arhavi: 483 m, İstanbul: 536 m, Ankara: 195 m
- İstanbul Open pit has reached the final depth (145m)
- Arhavi Open pit has reached the final depth (135m)
- Ankara Open pit has reached the final depth (55m)
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Project-to-date production:
- Total mined: 37 M tonnes
- Total ore: 2 M tonnes
- Average ore grade mined: 4.24 g/t gold
- Total waste: 35 M tonnes
Key Facts
Mine Type
OP / UG
Deposit Type
Orogenic Gold
Production Type
Surface Mining at OP / CAF, DAF and Sublevel Stope Mining at UG
Process Type
CIL (Average Recovery %94.88)
Remaining Life Of Mine
Completed
2023 Production Physicals
35kt @3.89 g/t, 4KOz