Mining

Côte d’Ivoire: Awalé Resources gets a new gold mining license

Friday, 13 April 2018 18:39

The TSXV-listed Awalé Resources announced this week, it has obtained a new gold prospective license in Comoé district (South-Eastern Côte d’Ivoire).

The “Nianda” permit which is the second license granted to Awalé out of its three applications for Abengourou project, allows the company to hold a domain of 718 km².

The granting of our second permit enhances our strategy of acquiring and advancing prospective permits to form project areas with significant exploration scale and potential,”the CEO Glen Parsons, said.

The company operates several projects in Côte d'Ivoire at various stages of exploration, with the Bondoukou Project (near Abengourou) currently being the most advanced and the most important.  The projects include the Odienné project which covers 397 km².

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