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Tietto Minerals impressed the judges with their entry: Fast-tracking the development of the Abujad Gold Project, and emerged as the 2020 champion. The project is located 30km from the major regional city of Daloa in central Côte D’Ivoire and the current resource stands at 45.5Mt @ 1.5g/t Au for 2.15Moz of contained gold.
Commenting on the win, Mark Strizek, MD acknowledged the strength of the competition and said it would give the company a chance to raise their profile and gain new investors and shareholders.
If you missed the pitch live at Mining Indaba or missed the CNBC Africa coverage then now is your chance to read up about the company who's making waves in the junior mining space. Read their profile feature in the April edition of Gold Mining Journal.

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