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Cote d'Ivoire to Launch Its 'World-Class' Gold Deposit in 2028, Press Service of President Says

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In November 2023, the Ivorian Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, estimated national gold production in 2024 at 55 tonnes, compared to 41.8 tonnes in 2021.
Cote d'Ivoire is going to launch its "world-class" gold deposit in 2028, the press service of the country’s President Alassane Ouattara said.
The deposit is named "Tanda-Iguela," the site was discovered in 2022. According to Ian Cockerill, the CEO of Endeavour Mining, the company operating the deposit, its production is estimated at around 11 tonnes of gold per year.
In addition, it is planned to produce a total of 150 tonnes of gold within 15 years. The development of the deposit will create around 4,000 job vacancies, 530 billion CFA francs ($851 million) are expected to be invested in the project.
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