Asante Gold

The Project is managed and operated by Asante Gold Chirano Limited, a wholly-owned Ghanaian subsidiary of Asante Gold Corporation. Asante is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE: ASE); the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE: ASG); the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE: 1A9) and the United States (OTC: ASGOF) with headquarters at 615-800 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.

All concessions carry a 10% free carried interest in favour of the Ghanaian government under Section 8 of the Ghanaian Mining Act.

The Chirano Gold Mine comprises a granted mining lease in the Western North Region of Ghana encompassing a multi-deposit complex, within which fourteen gold deposits have been identified, quantified, and reserves estimated.

Identified mineralised deposits have been historically mined from both open pit and underground operations over a long period of time. The EPA permit has been granted and formal permission to mine is in place. The Mine is located at 697,000N, 568,000E (UTM, WGS84, Zone 30N). AGCL also holds approximately 600km² of Prospecting Licenses approved and in process of approval. These are detailed in Item 4.



History



Date Interested Party Activity
1930’s Two concessions held by Gold Coast Selection and Anglo-African Goldfields Limited No reports of work
1980’s Billiton International Metals BV Regional reconnaissance
1990’s Johnsons Limited (Private Ghanaian businessman) and Chirano Goldfields Company Limited Current phase of exploration initiated
1993 Agreement with Placer Outokumpu Exploration (POE) Limited Several phases of exploration
1997 Reunion Mining Company Continues exploration after Government imposed moratorium on exploration
1998 Red Back Mining formed Chirano Gold Mines Limited Extensive exploration and drill programmes for open pit development. BFS completed in 2003.
2004 Red Back Mining Decision to develop Chirano Mine. First gold pour in October 2005. 2009 plant expanded to 3.5Mtpa. First underground deposit mined in 2008
2010 Kinross Buys out Red Back Mining for ownership of CGML
2022 Asante Gold Corporation August 2022, Asante acquires Kinross’ 90% interest in Chirano Gold Mine and CGML becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Asante.




2023 Performance


Gold Produced in 2023

138

Koz



Reserves & Resources


Measured and Indicated Gold Resources

2.088

Gold Koz

Inferred Gold Resources

1.031

Gold Koz

Proven and Probable

1.059

Gold Koz