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Orezone, Genser sign PPA for LNG-
to-power project in Burkina Faso
PROJECTS & US-BASED Genser Energy has agreed to set up a Under the PPA, Orezone said, Genser will
COMPANIES small-scale LNG-fuelled power plant in Burkina operate, own and secure all necessary permits
Faso to Orezone Gold Corp. (Canada) for use for the power plant. It will also be responsible for
at the Bomboré gold mine. The deal makes the the design, financing and installation of all the
Canadian company the first mining operation in equipment and infrastructure facilities needed
Burkina Faso to use LNG as a source of energy. to support the plant’s operations, including LNG
According to a statement from Orezone, the and diesel storage depots.
parties have signed a power purchase agreement Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso’s
(PPA) that provides for Genser to install a power Minister of Mines and Energy, hailed the signing
plant consisting of six LNG-fuelled genera- of the PPA and described LNG as a clean-burn- The deal makes
tors, each with a capacity of 2.5 MW, and four ing fuel. “Having the first LNG plant at a mining
back-up diesel generators, each with a capacity of operation is a great step forward for the industry, the Canadian
2.6 MW. These LNG-burning units will provide and we congratulate Orezone in this regard,” he
the majority of the electricity needed to power said. “As a government, we continue to support company the first
Orezone’s Bomboré gold mine, the statement clean energy alternatives that provide a plat-
said. form for sustainable growth and benefits our mining operation
Later, Genser will expand the plant’s total communities.” in Burkina Faso
capacity by 14 MW through the installation of Patrick Downey, the president and CEO
solar power units that will be installed in stages. of Orezone, pointed out that the use of LNG- to use LNG as a
These units will be connected to the LNG and fuelled power would help reduce Burkina
diesel generators via an 11-kV transmission Faso’s carbon emissions. “We are extremely source of energy..
line. excited to be the first mine in Burkina Faso to
The power plant’s configuration is “sized use a LNG and solar hybrid power supply,” he
for [Orezone’s] initial oxide operation and the said. “Besides being an excellent cost-effec-
planned sulphide expansion” of the Bomboré tive choice for Bomboré, we also see this new
mine, the statement noted. The PPA includes a power solution as being a very positive step for
“[fixed-rate] energy tariff [that] will apply over the Burkina Faso mining and electricity gen-
the life-of-mine (‘LOM’) oxide operation, with erating sectors. LNG power systems, coupled
a fixed-rate tariff to be negotiated for the addi- with solar, will enable energy-intensive indus-
tional energy demand upon commissioning of tries such as mining to reduce fuel consump-
the sulphide-processing circuit expected in year tion, decrease energy costs, and significantly
three of commercial production,” it added. cut greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions.”
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