AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi redevelopment project has completed its first week of underground development blasting, as the work to pour first gold by the end of the year gathers momentum.
The first blast, on February 1, advanced development by around 4.2 m on the 2 700-level, which is accessed through the Obuasi Deeps Decline from surface, and is just over 700 m vertically below the decline portal.