Discussions underway with local population OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 27, 2015) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) ("the Company") is pleased to announce that a mining permit application has been submitted to the government of Burkina Faso for the construction and operation of its wholly owned Bomboré gold project. The application is based upon the recently announced positive Feasibility Study (April 28 [...]
Mine Life Increased to 11 Years, 24.4% After Tax IRR and AISC of US$678/oz OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2015) - Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce the highlights of the independent Feasibility Study (the "Study") for its wholly owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The study envisions a shallow open pit mining operation with a processing circuit that combines [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov 24, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) The Company is pleased to provide the following update on the feasibility study work at its 100%-owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso. "The technical work is progressing well and we are pleased with the continued positive results that reinforce our preliminary testwork, guidance and designs," said Tim Miller, Chief Operating Officer for Orezone. "We are on schedule to complete the study in Q1 2015 and apply for a mining permit to develop the project in Q2 2015." Metallurgical Testing Kappes Cassiday & Associates (KCA) in Reno, Nevada has provided the company with highlights from the ongoing scrubbing and leaching tests performed on 2.2 tonnes o... [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov 10, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to report that regular operations are progressively resuming in Burkina Faso. Normal office activities in Ouagadougou and Bomboré site environmental monitoring resumed on November 4 and November 6, respectively. Work is underway at the Bomboré field camp to fully assess the damages and clean up and repair broken windows and office furniture. No major items were materially affected such as the building structures, stored drill core, drilling equipment, generators and the fuel depot. Some members of the community living near the site, acted on their own, to defend the camp and prevented more extensive damage. The vandals consisted of artisanal miners who have b... [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov 3, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) has temporarily halted its activities in Burkina Faso until the political situation in country has stabilized. All personnel are safe and accounted for. Although the area around Bomboré has been relatively calm during the recent events, minor vandalism occurred at the Bomboré camp over the weekend. Our staff and the local community at Bomboré, including the police and local representatives, have been very supportive with respect to the safety or our employees, camp security and our efforts to continue to develop the project; for that we are grateful. The majority of the field investigations required for the ongoing feasibility study have been completed. Socia... [...]
Joseph Conway Joins the Board of Directors OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct 14, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce that Joseph F. Conway has joined its board of directors. Mr. Conway is currently the CEO and a director of Primero Mining and has nearly 30 years of mining and financial industry experience. Previously, he was the President and CEO of IAMGOLD, a corporation that grew from a [...]
Additional Positive Metallurgical Test and Drill Results OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sep 8, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to provide an update on the feasibility study work and drill program at its 100%-owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso. 21,000 m Infill Drill Program Completed Orezone completed a 310 hole, 21,293 m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program initiated in May. The $750,000 program was completed in 72 days (297 m/day) and was designed to infill and to upgrade the oxide resource in the northern half of the deposit. Since the July 10, 2014 press release, all remaining results have been received including the last 168 holes (11,734 m). Highlights of all the drill results not inc... [...]
Scrubbed coarse ore column test yields recovery of 88% Drilling of a New Sulphide Zone to the South averages 2.65 g/t OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jul 10, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce an update of the ongoing feasibility work and 21,000 m drill program at its 100%-owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Scrubbed Ore Column Test Results Final results for the initial coarse ore column test of the scrubbed saprolite ore have now been issued by Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) in Reno, Nevada. Overall gold recovery has been calculated at 88%, with all size fractions showing excellent percolation rates and gold extraction in the 80 and 90 percent range. The leach curve follows the signatur... [...]
Process Modified to Increase Recoveries to 87% and Remove HL Agglomeration OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce positive metallurgical test results from its ongoing feasibility work at its 100%-owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso. The Heap Leach (HL) column test results indicate that overall gold recoveries can be increased from 79% to 87% and potentially eliminate any requirement for cement agglomeration with the addition of an agitated leaching circuit (ALC) to treat 50-65% of the oxide ores. With the addition of an upfront scrubber and screen, a fine fraction (-212 microns) can be easily separated and sent directly to the ALC without grinding to yield gold recoveries of 87-92% d... [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 23, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce the results by proxy that were confirmed by a show of hands for its board of directors that were confirmed at its Annual General Meeting on May 22, 2014. Name of Nominee Votes For Percent ...
21,000m Infill/Expansion Drill Program Underway OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 21, 2014) - Orezone Gold Corp. (TSX:ORE) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Tim Miller as Chief Operating Officer to oversee and complete its ongoing feasibility work for its 100% owned Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Mr. Miller's background includes over 30 years of construction and management experience with major heap leach and agitated leach operations in the United States, South America and Africa. He spent many years with Glamis Gold Ltd. and Goldcorp as Vice President for their Central American Operations where he was intimately involved with the construction and development of their operations. Prior to that, he sp... [...]