Newmont goldcorp’s ahafo mill expansion in ghana achieves commercial production

Newmont goldcorp corporation announced that the ahafo mill expansion in ghana achieved commercial production, on schedule and within budget for approximately $175 million. combined with the subika underground, which was successfully completed in november 2018, the mill expansion is expected to increase ahafo’s average annual gold production to between 550,000 and 650,000 ounces per year through 2024, while lowering life-of-mine processing costs. features and benefits of the mill expansion include: increasing mill capacity at ahafo by more than 50% to nearly 10 million tonnes per year with the addition of a crusher, grinding mill and leach tanks to the circuit. adding annual gold production of 75,000 to 100,000 ounces per year for the first five full years beginning in 2020. accelerating efficient processing of ore from stockpiles and the subika underground mine, as well as harder, lower-grade ore from ahafo’s existing pits. supporting profitable development of ahafo’s highly prospective underground resources, which continue to demonstrate considerable upside. ahafo is expected to deliver record production this year – with improved costs – driven by higher grades from the subika open pit, a full year of mining from the subika underground and the completion of the ahafo mill expansion. commercial production began at ahafo in 2006, and in 2018 the operation sold 436,000 ounces of gold at all-in sustaining costs of $864 per ounce. the company has the strongest and most sustainable portfolio of operations, projects and exploration prospects in the gold sector. these assets allow the company to sequence profitable projects in its unmatched pipeline to sustain six to seven million ounces of steady gold production over a decades-long time horizon.
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