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Calidus revels in next

producer status

by Dominic Piper

fter the intensity of project finance negotiations, Calidus “I’m actually sleeping like a baby,” Reeves said when asked
AResources Ltd managing director Dave Reeves is feeling what was keeping him awake at night. “The phone is ringing a
little stress as he does what he knows best – building gold lot less than it was a few months ago and we see nothing which
mines. looms as a major hurdle.
Calidus is at the beginning of construction on its 90,000 ozpa “We have been very meticulous since the early feasibility study
Warrawoona project in the Pilbara with first gold scheduled to stage and that comes with the fact that we have all built projects
be poured in Q2 2022. For Reeves, the simplicity of the project, before. An enormous amount of work has been done and now it
capabilities of the development team and experience of board is about the execution.”
and management should ensure a smooth transition from Aiding that execution are GR Engineering Services Ltd on the
developer to producer. plant construction and Macmahon Holdings Ltd on the bulk

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