Maaden starts commercial ops at Mansourah-Massarah gold mine

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) announced today, Jan. 18, starting commercial operations at Mansourah-Massarah gold mine, according to a statement to Tadawul.

The financial impact is expected to be realized starting from Q1 2024.

In 2021, Maaden inked a contract with a major global consortium for providing mining services. It came as part of the development and implementation phases of Mansourah-Massarah mine and factory, the Kingdom's largest gold mine, Argaam earlier reported.

In July 2019, Maaden announced that its wholly-owned unit, Maaden Gold & Base Metals Co. (MGBM), had awarded a SAR 2.27 billion ($606 million) contract to Outotec and Larsen & Toubro consortium to develop the Mansourah-Massarah gold mine.

Mansourah-Massarah gold mine runs with a production capacity of nearly 250,000 ounces per annum.