07:53 AM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Aya Gold & Silver ( AYASF ) on Wednesday started commissioning activities at its 2,000 tonnes per day (tpd) mill at the Zgounder Silver Mine in Morocco.

The Zgounder expansion is now more than 95% complete.

"Commissioning is proceeding to plan with all systems performing as expected," said President and CEO Benoit La Salle. "With physical completion at 95% and capital expenditures on the project winding down, we are approaching an exciting inflection point when we expect to see Zgounder investment begin to yield meaningful cash flow and shareholder returns."