Africa Mining: Côte d’Ivoire aims to double gold output by 2025

Africa Mining: Côte d’Ivoire aims to double gold output by 2025

Côte d’Ivoire plans to double gold production by 2025, its VP said on Monday, as the west African country strives to revive its long-neglected mining sector.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Tullow Oil awarded four licences in Cote d’Ivoire

Tullow Oil has acquired 90% stakes in four onshore blocks in Côte d’Ivoire. Petroci, the national oil company of Côte d’Ivoire, holds the remaining 10%. The four blocks – CI 518, CI519, CI301 and CI302 – cover 5,035 sq kms and located on the coastline of Côte d’Ivoire mostly to the west of Abidjan.

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Africa Oil Week 2017: Key countries in Africa Oil & Gas Industry

  With a shift towards the introduction of investor friendly legislation, economic reform, and infrastructure development, Africa in 2017 will provide a more stable environment for new green-field exploration, and additional investment in existing production assets.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Ophir Energy’s Ayame-1X well offshore Cote d’Ivoire disappoints

Ophir Energy has announced that the Ayame-1X exploration well in Block 513, Cote d’Ivoire, has reached total depth of 5,394m True Vertical Depth Sub Sea. The well was targeting a number of turbidite channel complexes of Santonian and Turonian age. The prospective reservoir intervals were encountered as prognosed. Oil shows were recorded in the target reservoirs, but significant hydrocarbons were not encountered.

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