Tongon action plan to deliver performance upturn JERSEY,

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 26, 2014) - Randgold Resources ( LSE : RRS ) ( NASDAQ : GOLD )

 

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
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ACTION PLAN ON TRACK TO DELIVER PERFORMANCE UPTURN AT TONGON


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Saturday 25 October 2014 -The remedial
measures implemented to overcome the technical problems that have
impacted Tongon are starting to produce the desired results with the
mine's performance improving, says Randgold Resources chief executive
Mark Bristow.

Speaking at a briefing for local media here today, Bristow said mill
throughput and the recovery rate, the main challenges faced by the
mine, were both being turned around by a determined effort on the part
of the Tongon management team. Their action plan also includes the
replacement of the faulty crushers, which has now been completed with
the new crushers currently being integrated into the larger circuit,
and the expansion of the flotation circuit, which will start when the
necessary equipment arrives on site next month."By early next year Tongon
should have achieved its targeted
performance levels, but the improvement is already evident, and despite
the setbacks and challenges the management team has had to contend
with, the mine should come within 10% of its production guidance of
260000 ounces for 2014, with costs well contained," Bristow said.

In the meantime, he said, infill drilling in the mine's south pit had
confirmed the potential for increasing the resource and the mineable
reserve to replace ounces depleted during the year. More details of
this will be provided with the group's third quarter results next
month.

Elsewhere in Cote d'Ivoire, Randgold has acquired two new permits while
more are pending. Thanks to the confidence inspired by the country's
new mining code, Bristow said, Randgold was stepping up its investment
in exploration there. It was also rolling out its sustainability
programmes in line with the code.

Bristow said Randgold was working closely with the Ivorian ministry of
health and local authorities to ward off the potential threat posed by
the Ebola outbreak elsewhere in West Africa. "Although the Ebola
infestations are not present in Cote d'Ivoire, we believe in being
prepared and so does the government, and we are implementing extensive
measures to protect the health of our employees as well as our
surrounding communities," he said.

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