Reuters reported that gold production at Banro’s (AMEX:BAA) DRC mine is about to begin.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Twangiza, high in the hills of eastern Congo, is the first of four mines the company plans to open on a 200 km gold belt, with a total production target of 400,000 ounces per year by 2014, Gary Chapman, the company’s vice president of operations, told Reuters during a presentation at the site.

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