Highlights: - Phase 1 construction 43% complete and on schedule for first gold in Q1 2016. - Mining activities at Nkran pit commenced in February and now operating 24hrs/day - Pit dewatering on track, water levels reduced by approximately 11 metres. - Ball and SAG mills delivered to site, ahead of schedule. - Project spend on budget with US$214 [...]
Highlights: - Numerous high priority targets identified on current tenement package following completion of prospectivity mapping exercise in late 2014 - Recent acquisition of contiguous tenements from Midlands Mineral Corporation expected to provide additional targets - Initiation of near-mine exploration program, initially focused on airborne [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb 11, 2015) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal financing of 22,770,000 common shares, which includes shares issued upon full exercise of the over-allotment option, at a price of C$2.02 per [...]
Asanko is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters pursuant to which they agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 19,800,000 common shares at a price of C$2.02 per share for gross proceeds to the Company of approximately C$40 million. The Offering will be conducted through a syndicate of [...]
Highlights: - Phase 1 construction 24% complete and on schedule for first gold in Q1 2016. - Project spend on budget with US$170 million of the US$295 million capital cost committed. - Mining contractor mobilized to site and pre-stripping of the main Nkran pit underway. - Ball and SAG mill concrete foundations poured prior to Christmas contractor [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov 13, 2014) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG) (NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce an optimized mine plan and associated operating costs for Phase 1 of the Asanko Gold Mine ("AGM" or the "Project") in Ghana, which confirms the robustness of the Project's economics. These [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov 12, 2014) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce it has awarded the mining contract for the fully funded and permitted Phase 1 of the Asanko Gold Mine ("AGM" or the "Project") in Ghana. Project construction commenced in August and has been [...]
Highlights: - Phase 1 construction project 12% complete overall and on track for first gold in Q1 2016 - Contractor activity ramping up with approximately 375 contractors on site - First concrete poured in October with bulk earthworks and civil work continuing - Mining contract to be awarded in November, pre-stripping the Nkran pit to commence in [...]
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 10, 2014) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce the Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE") for Phase 1 of the Asanko Gold Mine ("AGM" or the "Project") in Ghana, including a maiden resource for the newly discovered Dynamite Hill deposit. This follows [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 26, 2014) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) announces that it has entered into a settlement agreement ("Agreement") with a private Ghanaian company, Goknet Mining Company ("Goknet"), to eliminate Goknet's claim for a 2% net smelter return ("NSR") royalty on Phase 1 [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 20, 2014) - Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce that the main construction work has commenced on Phase 1 of the Asanko Gold Mine ("AGM" or the "Project") in Ghana. Phase 1 is expected to produce 200,000 ounces of gold per annum at steady state [...]
