3rd Apr 2013 07:00
Annual Report and Accounts 2012
Avocet Mining PLC has today published its 2012 Annual Report and Accounts on its website - www.avocetmining.com.
The Annual Report and Accounts, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2013 and related Form of Proxy, has also been mailed to those shareholders who have elected to receive it in hard copy.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Avocet Mining is a gold mining and exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: AVM.L) and the Oslo Børs (ticker: AVM.OL). The Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in West Africa.
In Burkina Faso the Company owns 90% of the Inata Gold Mine. The deposit at Inata currently comprises a Mineral Resource of 4.7 million ounces and an Ore Reserve of 0.9 million ounces. The Inata Gold Mine poured its first gold in December 2009 and produced 135,189 ounces of gold in 2012.
Other assets in Burkina Faso include eight exploration permits surrounding the Inata Gold Mine in the broader Bélahouro region. The most advanced of these projects is Souma, some 20 kilometres from the Inata Gold Mine, where there is a Mineral Resources estimate of 0.8 million ounces, with exploration ongoing to grow this figure further.
In Guinea, Avocet owns exploration licences in the north east of the country. Mineral Resource development has been ongoing since 2005 and the Tri-K project is the most advanced, which currently has a Mineral Resource estimate of 3.2 million ounces and a feasibility study is underway.
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