West Africa-focused gold exploration company Cora Gold has appointed independent consultancy Wardell Armstrong International (WAI) to undertake a preliminary metallurgical test work programme at the company’s Sanankoro gold discovery, in southern Mali. The test work programme has been designed to assess the amenability for cyanide leach extraction of gold from oxide mineralisation at Sanankoro, which has an exploration target of between one-million and two-million ounces of gold with significant upside, as independently determined by consultants SRK Consulting.