{Jan 1 Mali produced 50 tonnes of gold in 2015 to consolidate its position as Africa’s third-largest producer and expects to increase output this year, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said in a New Year’s speech.}<\/p>\n
Production is due to start at the Kofi Nord facility run by Canada’s Endeavour Mining, part of its Tabakoto mine west of the capital Bamako in southwestern Mali.<\/p>\n
Kofi Nord will produce an average of around 1.8 tonnes per year, Keita said.<\/p>\n
The Fekola mine owned by B2Gold, which has reserves of 3.15 million ounces, will also begin production this year, he said.<\/p>\n
“Despite the timid pick-up of the global economy, Mali has this year (2015) produced 50 tonnes of gold of which 46 tonnes are industrial production and four tonnes are artisanal,” Keita said.<\/p>\n
The West African nation’s gold production could rise to around 60 tonnes a year by the end of 2017, the mining minister said in November. Production was 49.865 tonnes in 2014. The sector contributes around a quarter of the government’s revenue. (Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo; writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; editing by Jason Neely)<\/p>\n
Source:Reuters:[Mali produces 50 T of gold in 2015, expects more in 2016->http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/mali-gold-idUSL8N14L0C420160101]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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