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Roscan Gold Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Kandiolé Gold Project in Mali
Robust economics with after-tax NPV 5% of US$498 M, IRR of 43%- and 2.8-year payback under a...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Roscan Gold Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Kandiolé Gold Project in MaliRobust economics with after-tax NPV5% of US$498 M, IRR of 43%- and 2.8-year payback under a base case gold price of US$3,100/oz. This further improves toUS$836 M NPV5% and 62% IRR under a long-term consensus gold price of US$4,000/ozUS$1,293 M NPV5% and 85% IRR under a spot gold price scenario of US$5,280/ozAttractive production profile with average annual production of 92,786 oz Au over the first four years, with all-in-sustaining costs (AISC) averaging US$1,200/oz AuLife-of-mine production of 834,858 oz over an ~13 year mine life with AISC averaging US$1,568/oz31.1 Mt ore mined LOM with 3.8:1 strip ratio; average processed grade of 0.89 g/t Au; This represents a subset of an updated mineral resource estimate: 1.283 Moz Au indicated resource (58.2 Mt at 0.68 g/t) and 0.09 Moz Au inferred resource (5.6 Mt at 0.52 g/t) Approximately 97% of scheduled mill feed is sourced from Indicated material.Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2026) - Roscan Gold Corporation (TSXV: ROS) (FSE: 2OJ) (OTCQB: RCGCF) (\"Roscan\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the results of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (the \"PEA\" or \"Study\") for the Kandiolé Gold Project in Mali. \"The PEA highlights a robust US$1.29 B NPV5% and 85% IRR under prevailing gold prices, reaffirming our confidence in the Kandiolé project's potential,\" said Nana Sangmuah, President & CEO of Roscan Gold. \"We have a high degree of confidence in this study, which is based on straightforward parameters including a conventional contract-mined open-pit operation feeding a centralized CIL plant, with almost all the ore processed sourced from indicated resources. Importantly, most of the planned mill feed comes from only three of the six deposits included in the resource estimate, highlighting meaningful upside through additional drilling.\"\"While we see significant potential for further value enhancement, we believe the current scope limits initial capital requirements and represents an opportunity to finance and fast-track the project to production, taking advantage of the robust prevailing gold price and positive capital markets sentiment. This approach should allow us to optimally unlock value from the project and minimize s...