Commodity Online JOHANNESBURG: Cluff Gold announced that it has successfully produced around 12,890 ounces of gold from its Kalsaka gold mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa during the first quarter in 2009.
Algy Cluff, chairman of the firm, stated that the successful commissioning of the processing plant at Kalsaka meant that it is on target to produce 100,000 ounces of gold this year from the property and its Angovia mine.
"We expect that the Kalsaka operation will be fully commissioned by the end of this month and that we will achieve the current production estimate of 60,000 ounces in 2009 at this operation," he stated.
Trade commodities or equities from across the globe. Join Now The company has also commenced a new 7,000m drilling programme at its flagship Baomahun gold project in Sierra Leone and production rates are improving at the Angovia Mine in Cote d'Ivoire as a result of the increased mining fleet.
Cluff Gold is focused on the identification, acquisition and development of gold deposits in west Africa and has a portfolio of interests at various stages of development in Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Mali and Ghana.
