{"id":1154405,"date":"2019-12-09T09:07:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1008770"},"modified":"2019-12-09T09:07:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:07:21","slug":"b2golds-drilling-results-for-fekola-mine-in-mali-show-room-to-grow-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1154405","title":{"rendered":"B2Gold\u2019s drilling results for Fekola mine in Mali show room to grow north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mid-tier Canadian miner\u00a0B2Gold (TSX:BTO)(NYSE: BTG) has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b2gold.com\/news\/2019\/index.php?content_id=876\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">year-end exploration results for the Fekola property and\u00a0Anaconda\u00a0are<\/a>a in Mali that continue to support the conversion of Inferred Mineral Resources to Indicated Mineral Resources\u00a0within the resource pit boundary.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Vancouver-based company, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com\/b2gold-pours-first-gold-fekola-mine-mali\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">poured first gold at Fekola<\/a>\u00a0in late 2017, noted that work has shown the mine can be extended to the north, adding that an updated resource model is expected to be completed in about three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Fekola drill program, B2Gold completed this year over 45,000 metres of combined aircore, diamond and reverse circulation drilling in the\u00a0Anaconda\u00a0region. <\/p>\n<p>The area, the company said, has an initial Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 767,000 ounces of gold at 1.1 g\/t in near-surface mineralization over 4.5 kilometres and up to 500 metres wide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drilling focused on increasing the known saprolite resources<br \/>\nat the Adder and Mamba zones and further testing the underlying sulphide<br \/>\nmineralization in the Mamba zone, B2Gold said.<\/p>\n<p>The company is in the midst of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/b2gold-to-begin-50m-expansion-of-fekola-mine-in-october\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">a $50-million expansion at the Mali mine<\/a>, which could take the operation\u2019s processing throughput to 7.5-million tonnes a year, up from the current 6 million tonnes it generates.<\/p>\n<p>The project will also extend the life of the mine, located<br \/>\nnear Mali\u2019s border with Senegal, and about 520 km from the country\u2019s capital,<br \/>\nBamako, to 2030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plan, B2Gold has said, is to have Fekola churning out<br \/>\n600,000 ounces of gold by 2020, helped by an enhanced mine plan and a larger<br \/>\nfleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company has 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