05:52 AM EDT, 03/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Fortuna Silver Mines ( FSM ) said Monday it had promising prospects in finding profitable quantities of gold and other precious metals at exploration sites at its recently acquired Diamba Sud Gold Project in Senegal and Ivory Coast's Seguela Mine.

The mining and exploration company had an "impressive run-rate of discoveries" at Seguela and was satellites to determine optimal mining locations after completing several drilling tests at Diamba Sud, Fortuna Senior Vice President of Exploration Paul Weedon said in a statement.