Avion Gold announces that it continues to monitor the situation and is keeping watch on events in Mali where members of the national army have mounted a coup. Avion's management team, Board of Directors and the Forbes & Manhattan advisory team have spoken to and continue to have communications with Avion's management team at site in Mali. The [...]
Avion announced that it is monitoring and keeping watch on events in Mali where it has been reported that members of the Army have mounted a coup attempt. John Begeman, President & CEO commented "After speaking with our management team at Tabakoto, which is approximately 350 kilometers away from the capital city of Bamako, there appears to be [...]
Avion Gold announces its plan to file its interim financials and MD&A, for the period ending December 31, 2011 with SEDAR after the markets close on March 27, 2012, they will be available on SEDAR by 7:00 AM Wednesday March 28, 2012. Following the release, Avion plans to host a conference call at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2012. To participate in the [...]
Avion Gold Corporation is pleased to announce new drill results for the area just north of the Tabakoto Pit and for the Tabakoto South zone. The holes drilled to the north of the pit were designed to better define gold mineralization in known and new cross-structures and the holes drilled into the Tabakoto South zone were drilled to extend the zone [...]
Avion Gold is pleased to announce that a technical report in respect of its updated mineral resource estimate at the Kofi Project in Mali, as announced on January 17, 2012 has been filed on SEDAR in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects requirements. The report was prepared to provide a technical [...]
Avion Gold is pleased to announce that production operations have started at its newly developed underground mine at the Tabakoto gold deposit in Mali, West Africa. The first stope blast from the Tabakoto Northwest 1 orebody was fired on February 9, 2012, and ore is currently being extracted from the stope. The entire stope is estimated to contain [...]
Avion Gold is pleased to announce results for an additional 11 holes drilled in 2011 in the Vindaloo zone area, Houndé Project, Burkina Faso (see Figure 1), and the results of new geophysical data and preliminary metallurgical results for the Vindaloo zone. Drill hole intercepts continue to demonstrate the open-ended nature of the mineralized [...]
Avion Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that a technical report in respect of its updated mineral resource estimate at the Houndé Project in Burkina Faso, as announced on December 21, 2011 has been filed on SEDAR in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101“) requirements.
Avion is pleased to announce the results of an updated mineral resource estimate for the Kofi Property. Highlights of Avion's current mineral resources for the Kofi Property at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off are as follows: Indicated Open Pit Mineral Resources: 6.9 million tonnes grading 2.25 g/t Au totaling 500,000 ounces
Avion Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that Mr. Alex Dann has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 9, 2012. Mr. Dann is a Chartered Accountant with over 18 years of experience leading the financial operations and strategic planning for multinational companies primarily in the mining sector. Mr. Dann has held senior [...]
Avion Gold Corporation is pleased to announce fourth quarter 2011 production of approximately 23,445 ounces of gold from its Tabakoto/Ségala operations in Mali. Total annual production for 2011 was approximately 91,228 ounces of gold. During the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company milled 233,100 tonnes of ore at an average grade of 3.48 g/t Au [...]
Avion Gold today announced its updated mineral resource estimation for the Houndé Project, that includes all exploration drilling completed to date. A summary of the current estimated mineral resources at the Houndé Project are as follows: Open Pit Indicated mineral resources of 13.41 million tonnes at 2.07 g/t Au for a total of 893,000 ounces of [...]