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Endeavour's Ity now running full speed ahead

Just weeks after recording its first gold pour, Endeavour Mining’s Ity carbon-in-leach (CIL) complex in West Africa’s Ivory Coast has quickly ramped up and is now at nameplate capacity

Endeavour's Ity in Ivory Coast

Endeavour's Ity in Ivory Coast

Ity, which began processing ore on February 20, successfully completed performance trial testing with all key metrics meeting their targets: a processing rate of over 11,100t per day, an overall plant availability of 96% and gold recovery rate of 94%.

Endeavour said Ity should produce between 160,000oz and 200,000oz this year thanks in part to the expedited ramp-up - it confirmed its achievement four months early - and the plant actually producing above nameplate.

Company president and CEO Sébastien de Montessus called the commercial production milestone "transformational" for Endeavour's history.

The Ity CIL project, located 480km north-west of Abidjan, commenced construction in September 2017. It is 85% owned by Endeavour, with the remaining held by the government of Ivory Coast (10%) and SODEMI (5%).

Endeavour operates four mines across the Ivory Coast (Agbaou and Ity) and Burkina Faso (Houndé, Karma).

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