{"id":1162836,"date":"2020-01-30T16:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1012586"},"modified":"2020-01-30T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:57:14","slug":"loulo-gounkoto-beats-2019-guidance-pioneers-barricks-first-solar-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1162836","title":{"rendered":"Loulo-Gounkoto beats 2019 guidance, pioneers Barrick\u2019s first solar power project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barrick Gold\u2019s (NYSE: GOLD TSE: ABX) Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali exceeded its 2019 guidance with<br \/>\nproduction of 714,802 ounces of gold, the Toronto-based miner said Thursday. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\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>Barrick\u2019s chief executive Mark Bristow told media that the complex performs consistently to plan and had replaced depleted reserves through successful brownfields exploration and resource conversion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the development of the complex\u2019s third underground mine scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of this year, and an intensive exploration program in the Kenieba region, Loulo-Gounkoto has significant growth potential and is well-placed to meet all the targets of its 10-year plan,\u201d Bristow said in a press release. <\/p>\n<p>In line with Barrick\u2019s clean energy strategy, Loulo-Gounkoto is pioneering the group\u2019s first solar power project. It is being developed in four phases, with the first scheduled for commissioning at the end of the first quarter and the last in the fourth quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p>It will add 20MW to the complex\u2019s grid, reduce the unit cost of its power and cut carbon emissions by 40,000 tonnes per year, Barrick said.<\/p>\n<p>Bristow said it would serve as a model for the introduction of<br \/>\nsolar power elsewhere across Barrick, particularly at its North American<br \/>\noperations.<\/p>\n<p>Also being implemented at present is the Ramjack Newtrax<br \/>\nproject, which is setting the foundation for the automation and monitoring of<br \/>\nthe complex\u2019s underground mines through a fiber network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will add 20MW to the complex&rsquo;s grid, reduce the unit cost of its power and cut carbon emissions by 40,000 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2849,369,2640],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1162836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162837,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162836\/revisions\/1162837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1162836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1162836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1162836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}