I-Aya Gold and Silver (TSX: AYA) ivale uxhaso oluthengiwe lwemali engu-C$70 million ($55.3m), idayisa ingqikithi yamasheya ayizigidi ezingu-6.8 ngentengo engu-C$10.25 lilinye.Izimali zizoya ikakhulukazi ocwaningweni lokuthi kungenzeka yini ukunwetshwa kwemayini yesiliva i-Zgounder e-Morocco.
U-Aya uthuthukisa ucwaningo lokunwebeka ukuze kukhuliswe ukukhiqizwa kufinyelele ku-5 million oz.isiliva minyaka yonke kusukela kusilinganiso samanje esingu-1.2 million oz.Lolu hlelo lubandakanya ukukhuphula izinga lokumbiwa kwezimayini nokugaya libe ku-2,700 t/d lisuka ku-700 t/d.Ucwaningo luzophuma ekupheleni konyaka.
Le nkampani isanda kunikezwa izimvume ezintsha ezinhlanu zokuhlola esifundeni sase-Zgounder futhi isimba amamitha angu-41,000 kulo nyaka kulindeleke ukuthi i-100 million oz.yesiliva equkethwe ingase ichazwe emthonjeni owandisiwe.
Itholakala ezintabeni ezimaphakathi ze-Anti-Atlas, i-Zgounder yaqala ukukhiqizwa kwezentengiso ngo-2019. Ukukhiqizwa kwesiliva ngo-2020 kwaba ngu-726,319 oz.futhi isiqondiso sango-2021 siyizigidi ezingu-1.2 oz.eyesiliva.Imayini engaphansi komhlaba kanye nezigayo kuyingxenye yebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-Aya (85%) nehhovisi likazwelonke lase-Morocco lama-hydrocarbons nezimayini (15%).
Imayini ye-Zgounder ilinganise futhi yabonisa izinsiza zamathani ayizigidi ezingu-4.9 okwenza isilinganiso esingu-282 g/t sesiliva sezigidi ezingu-44.4 eziqukethwe oz., kanye nezinsiza ezicatshangelwayo zamathani angu-59,000 ngo-2.09 g/t wesiliva ngo-395,000 oz., ngokuvumelana nesilinganiso sangoMeyi 2021.
NgoJuni, u-Aya wamemezela imiphumela yokumba okuhlanganisa nebanga layo lesibili eliphezulu - isiliva elingu-6,437 g/t ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-6.5, okuhlanganisa no-24.613 g/t, 11,483 g/t kanye no-12,775 g/t phezu kobude obuhlukene obungamamitha angu-0.5.Ukubhoboza kuphinde kwanweba eduze nangaphezulu, ukumbiwa kwesiliva kwezinga eliphezulu ngamamitha angama-75 ukuya empumalanga.Imiphumela engaphansi komhlaba yandisa ukumbiwa kwezimbiwa ngamamitha angama-30 ngaphansi kwezinga eliphansi kakhulu.
Umnikelo wenziwa ithimba lababhali abangaphansi abaholwa ngokuhlanganyela yi-Desjardins Capital Markets kanye ne-Sprott Capital Partners no-Desjardins esebenza njengomqaphi wezincwadi oyedwa.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-16-2021