Ariana Resources plc managing director Dr Kerim Sener talked with Proactive about the company’s revised Pre-feasibility Study for its 100%-owned Dokwe Gold Project in Zimbabwe, outlining a long-life, low-capital-cost and high-margin development opportunity.
Sener said Ariana Resources is “very pleased to have been able to complete the updated pre-feasibility study” for Dokwe, which now envisages a 20-year project life. This includes an initial 12-year open-pit mining and processing phase, followed by an eight-year stockpile processing phase. The project is expected to average around 80,000 ounces of gold per year during the Life of Mine phase, with peak production of up to 100,000 ounces per year.
The revised PFS showed Dokwe North’s Ore Reserve increasing by around 42% to 1.13 million ounces of gold, while the wider Mineral Resource Estimate for Dokwe North and Dokwe Central increased to 1.6 million ounces. Sener also highlighted a pre-tax Life of Project NPV10 of just over US$1 billion at a US$4,250 per ounce gold price, alongside a post-tax NPV10 of US$740 million, a low pre-production CAPEX estimate of US$164 million and an approximate one-year payback period from commissioning.
Sener discussed Ariana’s technology-led approach to exploration, the company’s low historical discovery costs, Zimbabwe’s geological potential, and the next steps toward the Definitive Feasibility Study, which is due for delivery in Q1 2027.
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