Iamgold adding low-cost marginal ounces with quick return projects

Canadian miner Iamgold will have two new plants, both low-capital, short payback period projects, fully operational next month, recovering at least an additional 7 000 oz/y from its operations in Suriname and Burkina Faso.

At the Rosebel mine, in Suriname, the company has completed the construction of a new carbon-in-column plant, which will passively treat tailings decant water to recover residual gold that is present in the solution