Announcement Date: | 2022-03-23 |
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Announcement Type: | Deposit Estimation |
Announcement Code: | NI43-101 |
Company name: | B2Gold Corp. |
Project name: | Fekola |
Location: | Mali |
Commodities: | Gold |
Highlight: | Updated Resource Estimate for Deposit |
Resources: | only available to subscribers |
CP/QP: | only available to subscribers |
Announcement summary: | Vancouver, BC, March 23, 2022 – B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce an updated and significantly increased Mineral Resource estimate for the Anaconda area, comprised of the Menankoto permit and the Bantako North permit, located approximately 20 kilometres from the Fekola Mine, including initial estimates for oxide Indicated Mineral Resources and sulphide Inferred Mineral Resources. Based on the updated Mineral Resource estimate and B2Gold’s preliminary planning, the Company has demonstrated that an open pit situated on the Anaconda area could provide selective saprolite material (average grade of 2.2 grams per tonne (“g/t”)) to be trucked to and fed into the Fekola mill commencing as early as late 2022, subject to obtaining all necessary permits and completion of a final development plan. Updated and significantly increased Mineral Resource estimate (as at January 11, 2022) constrained within a conceptual pit shell at a gold price of US$1,800 per ounce includes an initial Indicated Mineral Resource estimate of 32,400,000 tonnes at 1.08 g/t gold for a total 1,130,000 ounces of gold, and Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 63,700,000 tonnes at 1.12 g/t gold for 2,280,000 ounces of gold |
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