Tavşan Mine8 Oct 2025 07:58
Tavşan Mine is now Fully Operational
Ariana Resources plc (AIM: AAU, ASX: AA2, "Ariana" or the "Company"), the mineral exploration, development and production company with gold project interests in Africa and Europe, is pleased to announce that final operational permitting for the Tavşan Heap-leach Project in Türkiye is complete and loading of ore onto the heap-leach pads has commenced.
Highlights:
o The Tavşan Heap-leach Project in Türkiye has received the final permit from the Turkish authorities, allowing loading of the heap-leach pad to commence.
o Gold production from the heap-leach is expected to start in the current quarter, once sufficient ore is loaded and leaching has commenced.
o Approximately 800,000 tonnes of ore is currently stockpiled and awaiting loading, with crushing having been underway since August.
o Trucking operations of high-grade ore will continue to the Kiziltepe CIL processing plant and will benefit from the higher gold recovery inherent to the CIL plant.
o Tavşan Mine has been built by Zenit Madencilik San. ve Tic. A.S. ("Zenit"), of which Ariana owns 23.5%.