Endeavour makes first gold output in Senegal

Endeavour announced its first gold pour in its the Sabodala-Massawa BIOX Expansion, two years after mine construction began.

Ian Cockerill, CEO, commented “We are proud to have achieved our first gold pour at the Sabodala-Massawa BIOX® Expansion with over 3.5 million man hours worked with no lost time injuries.

The beginning of operations marks the fourth capital project that the company have completed in the last 10 years, the company said.

The BIOX® Expansion is expected to achieve commercial production in late Q2-2024 and ramp up to its stable nameplate capacity of 1.2Mtpa, in Q3-2024