Leighton bags Martabe mining contract
Monday, July 26 2010 - 02:10 AM WIB
Australian mining contractor Leighton Group announced on Monday that its unit has been awarded A$172 million contract to carry out mining services at the Martabe Gold Mine in North Sumatra Province for 5 years.
Martabe Gold Mine, which contains a resource base of 6.5Moz gold and 66Moz silver is part of Hong-Kong-based G-Resources Group Ltd?s (G-Resources) operations.
PT Leighton Contractors Indonesia, a division of Leighton Asia, has been awarded a contract to undertake the mining activities, including mine haul road construction, topsoil removal, drill and blast, mining of waste and the construction of mine infrastructure.
Production will ramp up to 10 Mtpa once at full production and PT Leighton Indonesia has commenced mobilization and the first equipment is due on site in early August 2010, it said.(kanthi)