PRECIOUS METALS

Kibali heads for full production

Randgold Resources’ Kibali gold mine’s underground operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will significantly increase production, is on track to start commissioning in the September quarter of this year, according to the company’s chief executive Mark Bristow

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The Kibali gold mine’s underground operation is on track to start commissioning in the September quarter of this year

The Kibali gold mine’s underground operation is on track to start commissioning in the September quarter of this year

The mine is forecast to deliver approximately 610,000oz of gold this year, up from 585,000oz in 2016, but annual production is scheduled to rise to around 750,000oz from 2018, when the underground operation...

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