• The Besra is a bird of prey found throughout Southeast Asia. It's tenacious, agile & fast, with powerful vision. As a gold mining company, we strive to embrace these qualities in all we do.
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ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Besra is a gold mining company focused on exploration and development of the Bau Goldfield in East Malaysia. Besra currently controls, directly and indirectly, a 98.5% interest (93.8% on an equity-adjusted basis) in the Bau Gold Project located in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
The Bau Gold Project contains multiple projects, and hosts a combined JORC 2012 Resource  spread across a number of Measured 3.4 Mt @ 1.5g/t Au for 166.9koz, indicated 16.4 Mt @ 1.57g/t Au for 824.8 koz and Inferred 47.9 Mt @ 1.29 g/t Au for 1,989 koz. . The region is well serviced by infrastructure including ready access to deep water ports, international airport, grid power, communications and a multitude of service providers.

Visit the Besra Gallery with photos of our 2021-2024 Landmark Drilling Program

We have a premium gold asset in the Bau goldfield in East Malaysia. Besra also opened Vietnam’s first modern gold mine at Bong Mieu, followed five years later by the plant at Phuoc Son. At the time, they formed the largest gold mining operation in the country until Besra divested its interests there in July 2017. Read more →
The Bau Project is Besra’s flagship gold asset, with which it has been associated since 2010. The Bau Project contains JORC 2012 and NI 43-101 compliant Resources exceeding over 3 Moz (on a 100% basis). In addition, it has a JORC 2012 defined Exploration Target for a further 4.9 – 9.3 Mil Oz. In January 2014 Besra released the Stage 1 Feasibility Study. Read more →
Our company is founded on five core values: vision, speed, agility, drive and respect. Read more →