MANA

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Longitudinal Plan - Wona (688kb)

Maoula Zone

Broyage en marche (Video)

Mana Project(Video 2008) (Video)

Operations

The Mana mine is SEMAFO’s newest mine. Construction of the Mana mine was completed in 14 months, with commercial production declared in the second quarter of 2008. The Mana plant is a highly computerized, technologically advanced facility.

As part of our commitment to limit our environmental footprint, construction of the site was carefully planned and executed. The main road was designed and built to serve as an airstrip and trees were conscientiously spared during the erection of housing for the local villagers and the mining camp.

During its first three months of operations, April, May and June 2008, Mana produced 17,200 ounces of gold using the 2,000 tonne-per-day ball mill.

SEMAFO successfully commissioned the new 4,000 tonne-per-day ball mill during the third quarter of 2008 and the design throughput was reached at the beginning of September.

2008

The year 2008 represents a series of achievements for the Mana project.

• Start-up of the plant on February 15th with the 2,000 tonne-per-day ball mill.
• First gold pour on March 31st
• Commercial production declared as at April 1st 2008 after a very smooth commissioning period.
• First quarter of production exceeded expectations with a gold production of 17,200 ounces.
• Commissioning of the 4,000 tonne-per-day ball mill during the third quarter and the attainment of the design capacity only one month after the commissioning.
• Second quarter of production of 26,800 ounces.
• Solid third quarter of production with a gold production of 29,900 ounces for a total production for the year of 74,000 ounces.

• The following table details the operating data pertaining to the ramp up:

  	Q-1	Q-2	Q-3	Q-4
  Ore processed (tonnes)	41,700	150,200	228,600	353,200
  Head grade (g/t)	2.29	4.18	4.32	3.10
  Recovery (%)	94	92	93	93
  Gold ounces produced	100	17,200	26,800	29,900

For the year ended December 31, 2008, a total of 902,100 tonnes of ore and 9,111,400 tonnes of waste material were extracted from the Wona and Nyafé pits, resulting in a stripping ratio of 10:1.

During the year 2008, the Company processed 773,700 tonnes of ore at an average grade of 3.62 g/t.

Cash operating cost for the year was $384 per ounce.

Detailed engineering studies to increase plant capacity were completed.

Exploration

The main objective of the 2008 exploration program was to increase reserves as well as measured and indicated resources and the further development of the two high potential Wona zones discovered in 2007. More specifically, we focused on the NE extension of the Wona deposit and its mineralization lode.

Our program was a success as the Company added over 50,000 ounces in reserves from the NE extension of Wona. Moreover, inferred resources from Wona at-depth were better defined enabling increased total Mana indicated resources to 11,297,000 tonnes at 2.52g/t from 2,709,200 tonnes at 2.13g/t last year. We have also added 18,000 ounces in reserves at an average grade of 3.6 g/t from the Filon 67 pit.

Overall in 2008, we executed over 8,500 meters of at-depth core drilling and 7,600 meters of RC drilling at Wona NE, and over 1,700 meters of RC drilling on the Filon 67 ore body.

Highlights of the intersections are as follows:

DDH INTERSECTIONS AT-DEPTH – WONA NE EXTENSION

1 Note: did not reach the main target
* All lengths are down-the-hole lengths; additional information is required to determine true widths.

Community Development

YEAR	DESCRIPTION	FORMAT	SIZE	VIEW
2008	Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives	PDF	741kb
2007	Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives	PDF	504kb