The Bisha Mine has received continuous support from the Eritrean government, who granted the Company's mining license in January 2008. The project is the first modern mine in Eritrea. After two years of low cost gold production from oxide ore, the Bisha Mine transitioned to low-cost, high-grade copper production in 2013.

According to an Eritrea mining overview produced by mining consultancy AMC, Eritrea joined the ranks of mining producers in 2010 with the commissioning of the Bisha Project. This project is owned by the Canadian company Nevsun Resources Ltd and started as a gold producer but shifted to copper production in 2013 with the commissioning of an ...

The mines, a five-hour drive from the capital Asmara towards the Sudanese border, are Eritrea's first mines in full production and the authorities hope they can …

The only mines currently in production are China SFECO's Zara (gold) from and Zijin Mining Group's Bisha (copper-zinc). The latter company acquired the site in 2019 from Canadian Nevsun Resources, which had been implicated in cases of forced labour and human rights violations ( Africa Intelligence, 24/03/20 ).

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The Arabian-Nubian shield is known for its VMS (volcanogenic-massive sulphide) occurrences, such as Nevsun Resource's Bisha deposit and Sunridge Gold's Emba Derho deposit on the Asmara Project.

Bisha Project is located at about 150km west of Asmara in Eritrea, East Africa. The mining project is a major deposit of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) …

At least two media outlets confirmed the report, including Tigrai Online, an Ethiopian daily news site which stated that the Bisha mine, located 150 kilometres from Asmara, Eritrea, was a target ...

In August 2017, Nevsun decided to reduce the mine life at Bisha due to the operational risk of the original large open-pit cut-back. Since that time, Bisha has increased mining rates and significantly improved metallurgical performance, while metal prices have remained strong, leading the Company to re-visit the larger cut-back option.

The Bisha mine opened in 2011 and has produced hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of gold, copper and zinc. For years, the mine was the only major source of revenue for the regime of President ...

Zara Mining Share Company | 1,285 followers on LinkedIn. Zara Mining Share Company is a Mining and Metals company located in Eritrea. Zara Mining Share Company | 1,285 followers on LinkedIn. Zara Mining Share Company is a Mining and Metals company located in Eritrea. ... Bisha Mining Share Company Mining ... Mako Gold Mining …

A general view shows the gold, copper and zinc mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company, northwest of Eritrea's capital Asmara, February 17, 2016.

A truck ferries excavated gold, copper and zinc ore from the main mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC) in Eritrea, then owned by Canadian company Nevsun Resources, Feb.17, 2016 ...

President and CEO for Nevsun Resources, taking the Company in to Eritrea and the discovery of the Bisha Mine. ... Tewelde has worked in the Adola gold belt in Ethiopia and the Koka gold field in Eritrea (Zara gold mine) and has been a lecturer at Asmara University. SCOTT McKEAG. ADVANCED PROJECTS MANAGER. BSc (Earth …

The Zijin Mining Group ultimately owns 55% equity interest in Bisha through Nevsun Eritrea, while Eritrean National Mining Corporation owns 45% equity interest in Bisha Mining Share Co. Source Deposit type

Canada's Nevsun Resources (TSX, NYSEMKT:NSU) is extending the life of its flagship copper-zinc Bisha mine in Eritrea to the end of 2022 — 18 months later than …

China's Sichuan Road & Bridge Mining Investment Development Corp. is gearing up to kick off copper, zinc, gold and silver production in Eritrea next year, following the country's recent end to ...

The Bisha Mine is a large precious and base metal-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit located 150km west of Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. Deposit …

Eritrea focused on development of the Bisha Mine, a high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc mine in western Eritrea. According to Blair (2017) the Bisha gold min e alone has reportedly

Brief History: Bisha started commercial production of gold in February 2011, which allowed an early payback of gold-phase capital and funding for the copper and current zinc-phase expansion. The ...

"The extension of the Bisha mine life, combined with the planned ramp up of the Timok Upper Zone in 2022 and the longer-term potential of the Timok Lower Zone, gives us confidence that Nevsun will continue to produce strong operating cash flows for many years to come."

Nevsun owns 60% of the Bisha mine, which has nine years of reserve life and generates revenue from both copper and zinc concentrates containing gold and silver by-products. The State of Eritrea owns a 40% stake in the mine through the Eritrean National Mining Company (ENAMCO), with 30% of this bought from Nevsun before …

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE BISHA MINE IN ERITREA The Bisha Mine is a gold-copper-zinc mine located approximately 150 kilometres west of the Eritrean capital city of Asmara. The Bisha Mine is owned and operated by the Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC), a company incorporated under Eritrean law.

Bisha gold mine is a large, high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit located 150km west of Asmara, Eritrea. It is mined using conventional drill and blast open pit mining techniques to remove waste and deliver ore to the run-of-mine stockpile.

Bisha Mine, Eritrea Effective Date: 31 December 2016 Release Date: 09 August 2017 Prepared for Prepared by Nevsun Resources Ltd. 760–669 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6C 0B4 ... commodity prices for zinc, copper, gold and silver of $1.20/lb Zn, $3.00/lb Cu, $1,265/oz Au and $21/oz Ag respectively using blocks of all Resource categories. The ...

The Bisha project is located 150km west of Asmara in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, East Africa. It includes mining licences covering 16.5km², a mining agreement covering 39km² and an exploration licence for another 71km². Two other mining sites – Bisha main and the north-west zone – …

It's worth noting that Bisha is unique in another way — it began as a gold mine, but transitioned to being predominantly a copper operation in 2013 and will shift again to zinc-copper mining ...

Alpha Exploration's listing on the TSX would signal the return of Eritrean mining projects to the Canadian stock exchange. Nevsun Resources, the former operator of the Bisha gold, copper and zinc mine, was on the TSX until its takeover by China's Zijin Mining Group in December 2018. Nevsun's last years on the exchange were not happy …

Bisha Mining is an Eritrean company formed for the development and operation of the Bisha Mine in western Eritrea. It is owned by Zijin (55%) and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO ...

It isn't always easy to do business in Eritrea but the Bisha mines, a joint Eritrean-Canadian operation, are an exception. ... the mines first produced gold and are now yielding copper and zinc ...