On June 13 (Friday), according to information disclosed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Friday, it will provide a $400 million subordinated loan for the Reko Diq copper-gold mine in Pakistan. Previously, the IFC had already committed to financing $300 million for the copper-gold mine project, bringing the total financing scale for the project to $700 million. The estimated development cost for the mine is $6.6 billion. "The total estimated project cost is $6.6 billion, which will be financed through a combination of debt and equity." Other parallel lenders will provide the remaining debt financing. This type of loan, known as a subordinated loan, is typically repaid after other loans and helps absorb more risk. The Reko Diq copper concentrates, located in Balochistan, is one of the world's largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits. It is being developed by Barrick Gold, which holds a 50% stake in the mine, with the remaining shares held by the federal and local governments of Pakistan. The Reko Diq copper-gold mine is expected to commence production in 2028. Barrick estimates that the mine will generate free cash flow of up to $74 billion over its 37-year mining life.

According to a report on Mining News.net, diamond drilling at the Ouarigue South prospect within the Ferke gold project in north-east the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, operated by Many Peaks Minerals (MPM), has revealed an expansion of the orebody. The second phase of drilling included five holes with a total footage of 2,306 meters. Partial results from three holes indicate a thick orebody with mineralization starting from the surface and apparently extending at depth. The most significant intersection was 201 meters from the surface, with a gold grade of 1.12 g/t. Within this, a 19-meter intersection at 72 meters depth had a grade of 3.72 g/t, including a 6-meter section with a grade of 10 g/t. The second hole extended the down-dip orebody at Ouarigue South, intersecting 72 meters of ore at 234 meters depth with a gold grade of 2.1 g/t, including a 31-meter section with a grade of 3.9 g/t. Another hole intersected ore from the surface, with the final hole not penetrating the orebody. Partial samples indicate a 79-meter intersection at 29 meters depth with a gold grade of 1.233 g/t, including a 4.5-meter section with a grade of 5.05 g/t. The deepest hole visually inspected to date encountered a 217-meter felsic intrusive body between 230 and 448 meters, further extending the orebody downward by 188 meters. MPM is still attempting to understand the orientation of the Ouarigue South fault and vein trends and will need to test additional drill hole orientations to better understand the shape and width of the orebody at depth. Despite this, MPM manager Travis Schwertfeger stated that the felsic intrusive body increases in size downward, with gold grades also rising. High-grade feeder structures were intersected outside the intrusive body, as predicted. MPM has a significant amount of data pending. In addition to samples from eight diamond core drill holes, there are 5,774 meters of air core samples. Work at Ferke will involve 6,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling, with an additional 4,000 meters of diamond drilling. A second diamond drill rig will be mobilized to the site to expedite drilling efforts. The Ouarigue deposit extends at least 1.4 kilometers along strike and is associated with a regional shear zone. Schwertfeger stated that if MPM hopes to make an initial resource estimate for Ferke, it will need to accelerate exploration based on the success of the past four months. Additionally, the company has commenced reverse circulation drilling following the completion of the first air core program at its Odienne project in north-west the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. The target area at Odienne is along the Sassandra Fault Zone, with gold deposits in neighboring Guinea to the west, including Predictive Discovery's Bankan gold project.

According to a report on Mining.com, Newcore Gold encountered a 15-meter ore intersection at a depth of 122 meters in the Boin deposit of its Enchi project in southwestern Ghana, with a gold grade of 3.83 grams per metric ton (g/t). ◎Hole KBRC352 also intersected a 56-meter ore zone in the north-central part of the deposit, with a gold grade of 2.25 g/t. ◎Hole KBRC353 intersected a 24-meter ore zone from the surface, with a gold grade of 2.15 g/t. ◎Hole KBRC355 intersected a 29-meter ore zone at a depth of 26 meters, with a grade of 2.13 g/t. "The drilling at the Enchi project, which has covered 35,000 meters, continues to yield positive results, with the Boin deposit delivering the best ore intersections to date," said Luke Alexander, the company's President and CEO, in a press release. "The drilling has not only revealed encouraging widespread mineralization but also demonstrated excellent continuity of orebody distribution. However, the drilling has intermittently intersected ore zones with grades significantly higher than the average grade of the current resource estimate." The drilling results in the southeastern part of the Boin deposit have also been very positive. Hole KBRC344 intersected a 72-meter ore zone at a depth of 104 meters, with a grade of 1.16 g/t, including a 10-meter ore zone at 114 meters with a grade of 3.06 g/t, and a 38-meter ore zone at 190 meters with a gold grade of 1.74 g/t, including a 7-meter ore zone at 218 meters with a gold grade of 3.67 g/t. The above results are from the analysis of 17,592 meters of drilling in 142 holes at the Enchi project since the end of last year. The Enchi gold project, covering an area of 248 square kilometers, is located in the Bibiani shear zone in Ghana, where several gold deposits with multi-million-ounce resources have been discovered. These include the Chirano gold mine operated by Kinross Gold to the north and the Bibiani gold mine operated by Asante Gold to the northeast. The company stated that the current infill drilling is aimed at upgrading inferred resources to indicated resources ahead of a pre-feasibility study scheduled for later this year. The Boin deposit is one of five deposits in the Enchi project. Currently, the project has indicated ore resources of 41.7 million mt at a grade of 0.55 g/t and inferred ore resources of 46.6 million mt at a grade of 0.65 g/t. The Enchi project is located approximately 400 kilometers west of Accra, the capital of Ghana, near the border with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. In April last year, an updated preliminary economic assessment of the Enchi project indicated a net present value of $371 million, based on a gold price of $1,850 per ounce. The initial construction investment is estimated at $106 million. The mine is expected to have a 9-year life, with an annual ore production of 8.1 million mt from an open pit, processed through heap leaching.The full cost is $1,018 per ounce.

[Manara Minerals Plans to Acquire 10%-20% Stake in Reko Diq Copper-Gold Project] According to Mining.com, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia's mining fund company, Manara Minerals, is expected to purchase a 10%-20% stake in Pakistan's Reko Diq copper-gold project for $500 million to $1 billion.

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