Robex Progresses Kiniero Toward First Gold in Q4 2025

April 02, 2025

 Highlights:

  • Construction at Robex’s Kiniero Gold Project, Guinea, remains on schedule and budget - first gold pour on track for Q4 CY25.
  • Project remains LTI free (lost time injury).
  • Grade control drilling phase 1 contract awarded; drilling has commenced.
  • SMP (Structural, Mechanical & Piping) contract for process plant construction awarded; contractor to mobilise in May 2025.
  • Process plant engineering and detailed design are complete.
  • The first four power station engines and generators are nearing completion, with testing scheduled for mid-April at Hyundai’s factory.
  • Purchase orders raised for key mechanical and electrical equipment including Train B CIL agitators, pebble crusher and conveyor drives.
  • Primary crusher ROM wall completed, and ROM pad backfilling has commenced.
  • SAG and Ball mill concrete foundations are 100% complete.
  • Structural steel and platework fabrication at 55% complete, with four shipments of structural steel collected and in transit to Kiniero. Platework deliveries will commence next month.
  • Concrete work for the process plant is progressing on schedule, with 85% (7,065m3) of concrete poured to date. Concrete work for the power station and fuel storage has commenced.
  • Tank structures are 42% complete, with all six tanks for the CIL Train A circuit at full height.
  • Clearing for the tailings storage facility (TSF) is complete and the TSF base is being progressively prepared. Lining (HDPE) commenced with more than 90,000m2 laid in March.

QUEBEC CITY, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West African gold producer and developer Robex Resources Inc (“Robex” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: RBX) is pleased to provide a March 2025 project construction update for its Kiniero Gold Project in Guinea, West Africa. Robex is on track to deliver first gold at Kiniero in Q4 CY25. Robex expects to produce 155,000oz gold at Kiniero in 2026.


Figure 1: Overall view of the process plant looking southwest (22 March 2025).

Figure 2: Kiniero overview showing completed mill foundations and CIL tanks (28 March 2025).


Figure 3: Tailings storage facility showing the extent of lining completed (22 March 2025).

Robex’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Matthew Wilcox said:
“Kiniero continues to progress to schedule and budget and we remain on track to achieve first gold pour at the project in Q4 2025. It is exciting to see this project taking shape, and our teams working together in a safe and responsible manner to achieve this deadline. It continues to be incredibly busy on site with many key aspects of the project now coming into play. We are keeping a close eye on our targets to ensure they remain achievable as we work towards first gold by the end of the year.”

Construction Activities

Construction continues to track well against the schedule, with the SAG and ball mill foundation completed. The primary crusher ROM wall is now complete, and backfilling of the ROM pad has commenced. Lining of the tailings storage facility commenced in March. Power station concrete works commenced with excavation and blinding of the engine bases. The following figures show a snapshot of the progress achieved on site during March 2025.


Figure 4: Primary crusher ROM wall and chamber