2013 Processing & Mining Performance
Bouroum negotiations
•
Bouroum is the group of pits located in 50 km from
Taparko. Inferred Resources at the beginning of
2013 were 281koz.
• Before starting developing Bouroum pits the
management faced a problem of illegal miners
which have been acting on Bouroum's territory.
They were supposed to leave the future mine by.
the end of August because of the rain season, but
the situation has gotten much worse. The total
amount of illegal miners increased from 2000 to
10 000 during the summer.
•
⚫ The start of pits development was planned for
September 2013 and this problem could delay the
planned launching of works relating to
construction, fencing off the territory, etc.
Joint efforts of local administration, legal and
security departments, Taparko's communication.
department and Nordgold's management have
solved the problem with illegal miners in one
month.
•
During September the successful negotiations
with local authorities and communities were held.
As the result the territory of Bouroum was purged
from the illegal miners, the fence was installed and
the illegal production was stopped.
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After
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