Orezone has declared commercial production at Bomboré based on achieving 30 consecutive days of mill throughput exceeding 70% of nominal nameplate capacity of 14 250 t per day (tpd) and recovery reaching design levels of 90%. During November 2022, the mill processed 364 123 ore t (12 137 tpd) at a recovery rate of 91%.
Patrick Downey, President & CEO commented:
“Commercial production at Bomboré is a significant milestone and transforms the company to producer status. We congratulate the Bomboré team for their excellent execution in achieving this goal. With our power supply issues now firmly behind us, we are focused on optimising plant performance and steadily increasing throughput and availability with the objective of exceeding design capacity.”