Endeavour Mining Corporation was incorporated on July 25, 2002 under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Corporation's corporate head office is located at Suite 3123, 595 Burrard Street, Three Bentall Centre, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1J1 and its registered office is located at the offices of Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands.

Endeavour's ordinary shares ("Endeavour Shares") are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbol "EDV" and quoted in the United States on OTCQX International under the symbol "EDVMF". Endeavour Shares also trade via CHESS Depositary Interests ("CDIs") quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") under the symbol "EVR". Each CDI represents a beneficial ownership interest in one Endeavour Share.

Endeavour is an intermediate gold mining company with four mines currently producing at a combined rate of approximately 500,000oz per year in West Africa. As of December 31, 2014, Endeavour's producing gold mining properties were comprised of the Agbaou mine in Côte d'Ivoire ("Agbaou"), which was completed during the fourth quarter of 2013 and achieved commercial production on January 27, 2014, the Nzema mine in Ghana ("Nzema"), the Tabakoto mine in Mali ("Tabakoto"), and the Youga mine in Burkina Faso ("Youga"). The Corporation has the potential to add an additional 190,000oz per year by advancing the Houndé project in Burkina Faso ("Houndé"), which obtained a mining permit on February 5, 2015. Endeavour also has an extensive exploration portfolio in highly prospective regions of Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Ghana with a land package totalling over 6,529km².

In 2009, Endeavour launched a gold acquisition strategy, targeting complementary producing or near-term producing gold assets and/or companies. The objective of creating an intermediate-sized gold company has been achieved and the continued growth of Endeavour's gold operations has occurred through the completion of construction of the Agbaou mine in late 2013.