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Gold

B2Gold 2nd quarter output stable

B2Gold’s Otjikoto mine near Otjiwarongo produced 36,172 ounces of gold in the second quarter of 2016, almost in line with budget forecast of 37,426 ounces and production in last year’s 2nd quarter of 36,963 ounces. The goldminer states in its latest production update that gold production was largely unaffected despite the …

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Miners find 500-year-old shipwreck filled with gold coins in Namibian desert

The haul is believed to be one of the most significant archaeological finds ever in Namibia Dieter Noli The wreckage of a 500-year-old Portuguese ship filled with gold coins has been unearthed by miners in a Namibian desert. The haul was discovered by diggers from diamond company De Beers and …

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Otjikoto Gold Production Exceeds Targets

Gold production at B2Gold’s Otjikoto mine for the first quarter of 2016 was 35 703 ounces against a budget of 35 653 ounces, exceeding budget by 50 ounces and 4 569 ounces higher than the same period of the previous year. The figures are contained in B2Gold’s Quarterly Gold Production …

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Despite Otjikoto slope failure, B2Gold gold output on course for another record year

Canadian gold producer B2Gold has exceeded its first-quarter production guidance by 8 966 oz of gold, for company-wide output of 127 844 oz of the yellow metal, an increase of 10% over the same period in 2015. Despite a slope failure on the pit access ramp at the Otjikoto mine, …

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Ondundu B2Gold’s next project

Vancouver based B2Gold will in the foreseeable future set its focus on the development of the Ondundu project which could be B2Gold Namibia’s next project according to its president and CEO, Mr. Clive Johnson who was recently in the country to share the developments the mining company had made. High …

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Otjikoto Gold Mine delivers 4% more in Q3 of 2015

B2Gold’s Otjikoto Mine continues to perform strongly according to a release issued by B2Gold recently. According to the Company, Otjikoto produced 38,252 ounces of gold in the third quarter of 2015, approximately 4% (or 1,361 ounces) above budget. “Gold production exceeded budget mainly due to better than expected mill throughput …

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Otjikoto gold output to rise again

Mining magnate B2Gold Corporation achieved record second quarter and first quarter first-half gold production output which saw production increases by 42%. This is the combined effort of three mines in Africa, one of them in Namibia. According to the Canadian mining outfit last week, the 2015 second quarter highlights included …

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