
[miningmx.com] – MALI produced 50 tonnes of gold in 2015 to consolidate its position as Africa’s third-largest producer and expects to increase output this year, said Reuters citing a speech by the country’s president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
New production will come from the Kofi Nord facility run by Canada’s Endeavour Mining, and the Fekola mine owned by B2Gold, said Reuters.
“Despite the timid pick-up of the global economy, Mali has this year (2015) produced 50 tonnes of gold of which 46 tonnes are industrial production and four tonnes are artisanal,” Keita said.
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