Sabodala Lot-A 245.6 square km (also Sabodala Perimeter), Sabodala Lot-B 45.6 square km (also Gora Perimeter). Exploration permits in surrounding area. The Sabodala Mining Concession, located at 13°11'5"N latitude, 12°6'45"W longitude, was originally granted on May 2, 2007 pursuant to a Mining Agreement (the “Sabodala Mining Agreement”) executed on March 23, 2005. On April 7, 2015, the Sabodala Mining Agreement was amended and restated to reflect the incorporation of a larger mining concession area. This included the adjacent and former Golouma mining concession, and the Gora project area that had been elevated from an exploration permit into a mining concession. On July 29, 2015, a Presidential Decree was issued confirming the perimeters for the new Sabodala Mining Concession comprised of a total area of 245.635 km2 (the Sabodala Perimeter) and 45.6 km2 (the Gora Perimeter), to be collectively referred to as the Sabodala Mining License. The dimensions of the current mining concession are approximately 23 km north-south by 11 km east-west within the Sabodala Perimeter and approximately 10 km by five km within the Gora Perimeter.

Sabodala Lot-A 245.6 square km (also Sabodala Perimeter), Sabodala Lot-B 45.6 square km (also Gora Perimeter). Exploration permits in surrounding area. The Sabodala Mining Concession, located at 13°11'5"N latitude, 12°6'45"W longitude, was originally granted on May 2, 2007 pursuant to a Mining Agreement (the “Sabodala Mining Agreement”) executed on March 23, 2005. On April 7, 2015, the Sabodala Mining Agreement was amended and restated to reflect the incorporation of a larger mining concession area. This included the adjacent and former Golouma mining concession, and the Gora project area that had been elevated from an exploration permit into a mining concession. On July 29, 2015, a Presidential Decree was issued confirming the perimeters for the new Sabodala Mining Concession comprised of a total area of 245.635 km2 (the Sabodala Perimeter) and 45.6 km2 (the Gora Perimeter), to be collectively referred to as the Sabodala Mining License. The dimensions of the current mining concession are approximately 23 km north-south by 11 km east-west within the Sabodala Perimeter and approximately 10 km by five km within the Gora Perimeter. Massawa and Sabodala Gold. Since March 4, 2020 In line with its strategy of focusing on Tier One assets, Barrick Gold Corporation has completed the recently announced transaction of combining its Massawa gold project in Senegal with Teranga Gold Corporation’s Sabodala gold mine. Another source says the intended size is 124000 ha. The shapefile uploaded indicates an area in operation of 1910 ha.

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Teranga Gold acquires Massawa project for nearly $380 million (http://reussirbusiness.com/actualites/exploitation-aurifere-teranga-gold-absorbe-massawa/).

In 2021 Endeavour purchased Teranga. It is understood that the previous contract signed in 2007 remains in force.

Change of ownership in 2020 when Teranga Gold bought out Barrick Gold but original contract retained. In 2021 Endeavour Mining took over Teranga Gold It is understood that the previous contract signed in 2007 remains in force.

Open pit mining commenced in the Sabodala pit in 2009 and continued until halted in June 2015. Additional open pit mining started at Masato in September 2014 and at Gora in July 2015. Mining of the Masato Phase 1 pit was completed in March 2016 and the Masato Phase 2 pit was completed in January 2016. Mining commenced at Golouma South and Kerekounda in 2016, and at Golouma West in 2017. In 2018, mining commenced at Koulouqwinde and at the last phase of Sabodala. Mining was completed at Gora and Golouma South in 2018, and at Kerekounda and Koulouqwinde in 2019. Mining at Maki Medina commenced in 2019. Sabodala, Golouma West, and Maki Medina mining is ongoing. Mining of the last phase at Masato will commence in future.

Open pit mining commenced in the Sabodala pit in 2009 and continued until halted in June 2015. Additional open pit mining started at Masato in September 2014 and at Gora in July 2015. Mining of the Masato Phase 1 pit was completed in March 2016 and the Masato Phase 2 pit was completed in January 2016. Mining commenced at Golouma South and Kerekounda in 2016, and at Golouma West in 2017. In 2018, mining commenced at Koulouqwinde and at the last phase of Sabodala. Mining was completed at Gora and Golouma South in 2018, and at Kerekounda and Koulouqwinde in 2019. Mining at Maki Medina commenced in 2019. Sabodala, Golouma West, and Maki Medina mining is ongoing. Mining of the last phase at Masato will commence in future. The Massawa and Sabodala mining permits are on contiguous ground. Massawa contains historical mineral reserves of 2.6 Moz expected to be 20.9 Mt at 3.94 g/t Au(6) and Sabodala contains mineral reserves of 2.4 Moz expected to be 55.7 Mt at 1.35 g/t Au(7). Currently, between 35 and 40 million tonnes of material are extracted from Sabodala and more than 4 million tonnes of ore are processed per year. Teranga plans to integrate the ore at grade.

The mine has a work force of 2604 employees, where 1603 are Endeavour employees and 1541 are contractors. 43% of the senior managers are foreign nationals while 57% of senior managers are nationals, 52 promotions in 2021, 8% female workforce representation with initiatives to increase amount.

43% of the senior managers are foreign nationals.

52% are national positions while 43% are local employees

There are eleven villages on the Sabodala Lot-A Mining Concession. The Sabodala village is approximately two kilometres south of the Sabodala pit and is in part is located above the Niakafiri deposit. Faloumbo village is to the north-northeast of Sabodala pit and is close to the Faloumbo workings. Medina Sabodala is located less than one kilometre south of Sabodala. Eight other villages located on the Mining Concession but further from the mine each house 500 to 2,500 people. Subsistence gardens and a scattering of small fields including sorghum and maize surround the villages. All villages have essential public infrastructure such as elementary schools, health posts or health huts, and a water supply consisting of a water tower at Bransan or water wells.

There are eleven villages on the Sabodala Lot-A Mining Concession. The Sabodala village is approximately two kilometres south of the Sabodala pit and is in part is located above the Niakafiri deposit. Faloumbo village is to the north-northeast of Sabodala pit and is close to the Faloumbo workings. Medina Sabodala is located less than one kilometre south of Sabodala. Eight other villages located on the Mining Concession but further from the mine each house 500 to 2,500 people. Subsistence gardens and a scattering of small fields including sorghum and maize surround the villages. All villages have essential public infrastructure such as elementary schools, health posts or health huts, and a water supply consisting of a water tower at Bransan or water wells. The Project will impact two villages, Bambaraya in Bambaraya commune (3000 inhabitants), and Tinkoto in Sabodala commune (7641 inhabitants).

Economic activity displacement of 14 households and a loss of 33.1 ha of agricultural land. Habitat and biodiversity loss, loss of wetland areas, potential reduced quantity of groundwater levels, deforestation of 928ha, potential influx into the local area, relocation of sacred sites, increased greenhouse gases emissions, air and noise pollution. The villages of Sabodala and Falombo were the first to lose their gold panning deposits when the multinationals settled. The industrial exploitation of the precious metal has considerably reduced the cultivable surfaces while polluting the rivers and the environment

Economic activity displacement of 14 households and a loss of 33.1 ha of agricultural land. Habitat and biodiversity loss, loss of wetland areas, potential reduced quantity of groundwater levels, deforestation of 928ha, potential influx into the local area, relocation of sacred sites, increased greenhouse gases emissions, air and noise pollution. The villages of Sabodala and Falombo were the first to lose their gold panning deposits when the multinationals settled. The industrial exploitation of the precious metal has considerably reduced the cultivable surfaces while polluting the rivers and the environment. Beyond artisanal mining, other common land uses in Massawa’s surroundings are subsistence agriculture, animal rearing and vegetable gardening. There are two artisanal mining corridors officially recognized by the State in the project area. The first is the Tinkoto corridor, which is located outside the mine permit, while the second, the Makhana corridor, is located inside the permit. The impacts will be limited to the Makhana corridor, which will be relocated outside the Massawa Mining License perimeter,as the corridor will lose its official status when being on an allocated mining permit. A relocation will be proposed for this site that the government will validate and recognize as a new official corridor.

The funds fed by TGC for the Social Mining Program have been delayed for a long time while the technical council in charge of its implementation has not been endowed with the necessary means to carry out its mission

Resettling 418 households and building community infrastructure including potable water, electricity and improved housing standards in consultation with local community, in compliance with the International Finance Corporation and Responsible Gold Mining Principles The funds fed by TGC for the Social Mining Program have been delayed for a long time while the technical council in charge of its implementation has not been endowed with the necessary means to carry out its mission

Electrification project to connect six villages to the grid Supported industrialisation of a women’s cereal cooperative Built processing centre and provided equipment Funded construction of a Health Centre in Bambaraya Supplied ambulance and medical equipment Improving healthcare for 2,000 people in the district $0.9m direct into community projects $3.3m to Local Mining Development Fund (0.5% of revenue) Built 18 schools and funded scholarships Built 7 health centers, 6 maternity wards and provision of medicines plus support for vaccination campaigns Rehabilitation and equipment for sports facilities 12 market gardens, tractors, 6 chicken coups 25 water boreholes set up for clean water Electrification of 6 local villages underway

Artisanal mining

The Massawa is in a largely undeveloped rural area surrounded by informal (artisanal) mining activities. Artisanal mining

The land was for pasture and forest land

Using processing facilities in Sabodala

Gold processing facility

Water for Sabodala is sourced from two fresh water dams and via a 42 km pipeline from the Faleme River in the event of an emergency. To date, water sources from the Faleme River have not been required.

Sabodala-Massawa is located in an area of high water stress, operation uses a series of water harvest dams that are sufficient to meet all of the current and future water requirements. Water for Sabodala is sourced from two fresh water dams and via a 42 km pipeline from the Faleme River in the event of an emergency. To date, water sources from the Faleme River have not been required.

They have constructed dams that harvest water. The harvested water cover all water needs of the mine

0.04 ML/tonne Water withdrawal intensity in 2021

8% of the employees are females and males cover 92%

Endeavour Mini Corporation is operating the mine in Senegal