Robex completes initial gold pour at Guinea’s Kiniéro project

Robex Resources, a West African golden shaper and developer, has announced the completion of the archetypal golden determination astatine the Kiniéro task successful Guinea, achieving the milestone connected clip and wrong budget.

The archetypal on-site smelt astatine Kiniéro yielded a 2.64kg (85 ounces (oz)) golden bar.

This accomplishment comes aft astir 5 cardinal hours without a lost-time wounded (LTI).

The operation squad was deployed successful July 2024 and completed the physique successful 17 months, marking Robex’s sixth palmy task successful 15 years, with each task delivered connected docket and wrong budget.

Commissioning and ramp-up astatine the Kiniéro processing works is advancing arsenic scheduled, with mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems operating to specification.

Ore provender to the mill began earlier this month, and the works is delivering recoveries successful enactment with feasibility survey expectations.

Robex anticipates the Kiniéro works volition execute nameplate capableness successful the archetypal 4th (Q1) of 2026.are

Robex managing manager and CEO Matthew Wilcox said: “This is simply a large milestone for Robex, and each subordinate of our squad should beryllium arrogant of what we person accomplished unneurotic astatine Kiniéro. Completing operation and commencing golden accumulation is the culmination of 17 months of dedication and hard work, delivered safely and responsibly with astir 5 cardinal hours worked without a mislaid clip injury.

“Pouring archetypal golden astatine Kiniéro reflects the calibre of our people, the spot of our execution and is the sixth palmy physique successful the past 15 years by this operation team, each connected clip and connected budget.”

With Kiniéro present successful production, Robex has 2 operating assets, alongside Nampala successful Mali, which is expected to nutrient 46,000-48,000oz annually.

The on-time transportation of Kiniéro reinforces the logic down Robex’s projected merger with Predictive Discovery, up of processing Predictive’s Bankan golden project, situated wrong 25km of Kiniéro.

The merger aims to found West Africa’s adjacent tier-one golden hub by combining Kiniéro and Bankan, targeting an yearly output of implicit 400,000oz by 2029 and a consolidated assets of astir 9.5 cardinal ounces (moz) of gold.

Wilcox added: “This exceptional way record, combined with caller Guinea operation experience, gives america implicit assurance that this is the champion squad successful the manufacture close present to bring Bankan into accumulation and present different world-class West African golden project.

“We are looking guardant to completing our merger with Predictive, and the combined institution is positioned to go West Africa’s adjacent mid-tier golden shaper and found a tier-1 golden mining hub successful Guinea.”