Loulo gold mine

Loulo commenced operations in November 2005 and began as two open pit mines. Subsequently, two underground mines have been developed at the Gara and Yalea deposits. The Yalea mine utilises sub-level open stoping and Gara utilises the reverse Avoca mining method. The process plant comprises a conventional carbon-in-leach (CIL) circuit designed to process an average of 4.8Mt/a. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.