ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM ENDEAVOUR MINING CORPORATION
ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM ENDEAVOUR MINING CORPORATION
ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM ENDEAVOUR MINING CORPORATION
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Deposit<br />
1.6 Mineral Reserves<br />
Mineral Reserves are constrained within specific pit designs that are based on Measured and<br />
Indicated Mineral Resources only and take into consideration all appropriate modifying factors<br />
including metallurgical parameters, geotechnical parameters, infrastructure requirements and<br />
permitting requirements. The modifying factors used to determine the Mineral Reserves for the<br />
project are detailed in Section 15 of the technical report.<br />
This Mineral Reserve estimate has been determined and reported in accordance with Canadian<br />
National Instrument 43-101, ‘Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects’ of June 2011 and the<br />
Definition Standards adopted by CIM Council in November 2010.<br />
The Mineral Reserves were based on the various cut-offs derived from various gold<br />
recovery/process costs for the different material types and haulage distance from each specific<br />
deposit to the process plant.<br />
Table 1.3 provides a summary of the Mineral Reserves, determined as of 31st December 2012.<br />
Table 1.3: Nzema Gold Mine Mineral Reserves, as of December 31, 2012 using $1350/oz gold<br />
price<br />
Proved Probable Proved and Probable<br />
‘000t Au g/t Koz ‘000t Au g/t Koz ‘000t Au g/t Koz<br />
Adamus (Anwia) 6,359 1.9 391.3 1,914 2.2 132.7 8,273 2.0 524.0<br />
Salman 2,339 1.5 111.2 238 1.2 9.3 2,577 1.5 120.4<br />
Bokrobo 580 3.3 61.4 252 4.6 37.2 832 3.7 98.6<br />
Nfutu 321 1.4 13.9 312 1.2 12.4 633 1.3 26.4<br />
Aliva 523 1.3 22.0 40 1.2 1.6 563 1.3 23.6<br />
Total In-Situ Mineral<br />
Reserves 10,122 1.8 599.8 2,756 2.2 193.2 12,878 1.9 793.0<br />
Stockpile 151 0.9 4.2 0 0.0 0.0 151 0.9 4.2<br />
Total Mineral Reserves 10,273 1.8 604.0 2,756 2.2 193.2 13,030 1.9 797.2<br />
The following notes should be read in conjunction with Table 1.3 above:<br />
1. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.<br />
2. Tonnage of waste to be mined is 60.2Mt. This waste amount includes 506kt of Inferred Mineral resources at an<br />
average grade of 2.2g/t. The strip ratio over life of mine is 4.6 to 1.<br />
3. The Lerchs-Grossmann pit shells on which the open pit designs are based, were defined using an overall pit slope<br />
of 37 to 45 degrees (depending on geotechnical settings of each of five deposits, details provided in Section 15 of<br />
the technical report), a commodity price of US$1,350/oz Au, process recovery based on mineralization type<br />
(details provided in Section 15) and selling cost of US$67.5/oz of Au sold.<br />
4. Tonnages are rounded to the nearest 1,000 tonnes; gold grades are rounded to one decimal place; ounces are<br />
rounded to the nearest 100 ounces. Rounding may result in apparent summation differences between tonnes,<br />
grade and contained metal.<br />
5. Tonnes and grade measurements are in metric units; contained gold is in troy ounces.<br />
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