Gold exploration company, Aurum Resources, has engaged Côte d’Ivoire-based environmental and social specialist, Envitech CI Sarl (Envitech), to undertake an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (in Côte d’Ivoire referred to as an EIES - Etude d’impact environnementale et social) at its Boundiali Gold Project in north-west Côte d’Ivoire for the purpose of potential open pit gold mining and gold ore processing.
Envitech’s EIES will cover six gold deposits/prospects and a central processing facility within three of the four exploration tenements comprising the Boundiali Gold Project:
- BDT1 deposit (on BD tenement)
- BDT2 deposit (on BD tenement)
- BDT3 prospect (on BD tenement)
- BM1 deposit (on BM tenement)
- BM3 deposit (on BM tenement)
- Nyangboue deposit (on BST tenement)
Central processing facility (location to be selected as part of the ongoing technical feasibility study).
Aurum’s management team has a track record of working with Envitech, having delivered a successful EIES for Tietto Minerals Limited’s Abujar Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020. The environmental permit at the Abujar Gold Project was granted on the basis of that EIES, which in turn provided for the grant of the mining exploitation licence.
Envitech will commence EIES field investigations for Boundiali in April 2025. Utilising Envitech further strengthens Aurum’s team of highly regarded specialist consulting firms engaged to deliver Boundiali’s Pre-Feasibility Study, due for completion by end of CY2025.
Aurum currently has eight self-owned and operated diamond rigs operating at Boundiali, and expects to complete 100,000m of diamond holes at the project in CY2025. This in turn will support two MRE updates for Boundiali in CY2025 to grow the maiden gold resource of 1.59Moz and support the studies required for the future application for a mining permit over the Project.
Aurum’s strategy is to simultaneously conduct ongoing exploration focussed on gold resources growth, technical and economic feasibility studies and permitting studies for the Boundiali Gold Project with the objective of receiving all mining exploitation permits when a DFS is completed, currently targeting the second half of 2026.
Aurum is well-funded for continued exploration success at its Boundiali and Napié projects, which host a combined 2.5 moz gold.
