OREANDA-NEWS. Endeavour Mining Corporation announces with regret that a fatal accident has occurred at its Tabakoto Mine in Mali.

An employee fell into a slot raise while working in the underground mine at approximately 2:30pm on Friday July 8th, 2016, and passed away in a Bamako hospital on Saturday evening, July 9th. Local authorities in Mali have been notified and have launched an investigation. Endeavour is cooperating fully with authorities and is also conducting its own investigation to determine the root cause of the accident.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss and our sympathies and thoughts at this time are with the individual's family, friends and colleagues," said S?bastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour. "This incident is a terrible reminder why safety is our top priority, every day and every shift. We will thoroughly investigate this incident so we can work to prevent such a tragedy from re-occurring."

Endeavour Mining is a TSX-listed intermediate gold producer, focused on developing a portfolio of high quality mines in the prolific West-African region, where it has established a solid operational and construction track record.

Endeavour is ideally positioned as the major pure West-African multi-operation gold mining company, operating 5 mines in C?te d'Ivoire (Agbaou and Ity), Burkina Faso (Karma), Mali (Tabakoto), and Ghana (Nzema). In 2016, it expects to produce between 535koz and 560koz at an AISC of US$870 to US$920/oz, excluding Karma which is in the commissioning stage. Endeavour is currently building its Hound? project in Burkina Faso, which is expected to commence production in Q4-2017 and to become its flagship low-cost mine with an average annual production of 190koz at an AISC of US$709/oz over an initial 10-year mine life based on reserves. The development of the Hound? project is expected to lift Endeavour's group production +900kozpa and decrease its average AISC to circa $800/oz by 2018, while exploration aims to extend all mine lives to +10 years.