The Kansai Tailings comprise three historic tailings storage facilities (1a, 2a and 3a) located approximately 2km from the Kansai processing plant in northern Tajikistan. These anthropogenic deposits were generated from previous milling of gold-silver ore and represent a near-surface, previously processed source of mineralised material.

Although grades are lower than the primary hard rock deposits, the material is readily accessible and has historically been used to commission and supplement plant feed.

Recent sampling, metallurgical testing and recovery data indicate that gold and silver can be effectively recovered through cyanide leaching. A drilling and sampling programme has been designed to systematically test all tailings areas for grade, density and volume, supported by updated topographic surveys.

The Kansai Tailings provide operational flexibility, lower mining risk and potential short-term feed to the processing plant while hard rock exploration and validation programmes progress across the broader portfolio.