The company will suspend ore processing there
while it remedies the situation.
SEMAFO
Inc. (SMF:TSX; SMF:OMX) reported in a news release that a Wona pit wall failed at the Mana mine
in Burkina Faso on Friday, but no one was injured and no equipment damaged as
a result.
Mining is currently taking place in the southern part of the Wona pit, not
in the northern portion, the area where the pit wall failed. However, the
company was set to mine 45,000 ounces (45 Koz) from Mana North starting later
this month and continuing until year-end 2019, according to this year's mine
plan.
"To mine securely and regain access to ore in Wona North, we will
have to push back the pit wall and mine approximately 6 million tons of waste
material," the release noted. This will delay mining of ore there until
Q1/20. Because the 6 million tons were part of the 2021 mine plan, the mining
of them does not represent additional tons or cost.
The lack of ore coming from Wona North throughout the rest of 2019 will
result in an insufficient amount of ore to feed the Mana mill for about 10
weeks. Therefore, SEMAFO plans to suspend processing at the mill between
mid-August and October's end.
In terms of the overall impact to the Mana operation, SEMAFO expects a
roughly 40–50 Koz decrease in production from it. As such, the company
lowered 2019 guidance for the project to 130–140 Koz from 170–190 Koz. The
all-in sustaining cost guidance for Mana, and all guidance for the Siou pit
remain the same.
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