Resolute Mining Limited announced that the Syama Underground Mine in Mali has achieved commercial rates of ore production having mined and hauled in excess of 80% of nameplate mine capacity. The Syama Underground Mine will be the world's first fully automated underground gold mine and at full capacity will produce approximately 46,000 tonnes of ore per week, or 2.4 million tonnes per year, using a fully integrated automated mine fleet. All key aspects of the mine are now operational with daily ore haulage rates regularly above 5,000 tonnes per day. Over the last week more than 38,500 tonnes of ore were mined and hauled. This level of mined and hauled tonnage is expected to be sustainable on a quarterly basis. Following commencement of sublevel caving in December 2018, the key elements of the ramp up of the Syama Underground Mine consist of infrastructure, development, and the automation implementation program. Ore Production: The June 2019 quarter has seen substantial progress in development rates, drill and blast performance and sublevel cave drawpoint availability. This has resulted in total blasted ore tonnage mined for the current quarter increasing significantly and is expected to total almost 600,000 tonnes. Based on current performance, ore hauled to the run-of-mine (ROM) pad during the current quarter will total approximately 320,000 tonnes. This represents more than double the hauled tonnes achieved in the March 2019 quarter (152,000 tonnes). The haulage improvement has been achieved by the successful development of additional production slots which has allowed the number of active stoping areas (drawpoints) to be increased from six to twelve over the course of the current quarter. As current stoping activity is occurring on the first production levels of the cave, a significant quantity of the ore blasted in the stopes is retained in-situ in order to create an ore blanket against future hanging wall dilution. These ore tonnes will be recovered from the lower levels of the mine. Consequently, the blasted ore tonnage for the June 2019 quarter will exceed mined (hauled) tonnage by more than 250,000 tonnes.