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historical core samples as well as    Metallica locks down
                                                      provide cased drill holes for future  bauxite promotor
                                                      down-hole surveying.
                                                                                              Metallica Minerals Ltd has contracted
                                                        A short drilling campaign is also   the services of Hong Kong-based baux-
                                                      planned to test the strike extents    ite marketing specialists Bigbites Ltd to
                                                      of mineralisation at the Balla Balla  boost the profile of its Urquhart bauxite
                                                      prospect.                             project in Far North Queensland.

                                                        Tando’s geologists have also be-      Bigbites, an associate of the CM
                                                      gun work to assess the potential for  Group, is widely regarded as a leading
                                                      conglomerate-hosted gold miner-       provider of bauxite market intelligence.
                                                      alisation within the company’s Pil-
                                                      bara tenure, given its proximity to     CM Group has associations with the
                                                      recent “nugget patch” discoveries     likes of Rio Tinto Alcan, Alumina Ltd, Al-
                                                      by others in the region.              coa Inc, South32 Ltd, Norsk Hydro and

                                                      Thiess continues                      Vedanta plc.
                                                                                              Bigbites will provide expert advice on

                                                      stocking up on coal                   the bauxite market and will undertake
                                                                                            marketing and sales exclusively for ma-

                                                      CIMIC Group’s global mining ser- terial sourced from Cape York.

                                                      vices provider Thiess has

                                                      secured contracts at BHP

                                                      Mitsubishi Alliance’s Caval

                                                      Ridge and Peak Downs

                                                      coal mines in Queensland’s

                                                      Bowen Basin, with expected

                                                      combined revenue of $440

                                                      million.

                                                      Thiess will deliver mining

                                                      services for specific com-

                                                      ponents of work, including

                                                      the services required for the

              DDH1 will oversee a number of drilling  Caval Ridge Southern Cir-
programmes for Tando Resources in the Pilbara         cuit, for the next three years.

                                                        Work at Caval Ridge was

DDH1 to drill first holes                due to start before the end
                                  of 2017.

for Tando                           Thiess was also recently award-
                                  ed an additional $300 million con-

DDH1 Drilling Pty Ltd has been con- tract by Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC)

tracted to carry out the maiden drilling to expand operations at the San-

programmes at Tando Resources Ltd’s gatta coal mine in East Kaliman-

suite of projects in Western Australia’s tan, Indonesia.

Pilbara region.                   It is an extension of the current

A drill rig and other equipment were life-of-mine contract and will see

mobilised to the Quartz Bore prospect coal production at the Melawan pit
in mid-November to begin work following increase by 12mt and overburden Metallica has teamed with marketing specialists
                                                                                            Bigbites to boost the profile of the Urquhart
completion of a heritage survey.  reduced by 130 million bcm over

Drilling will look to verify results from the next four years.                              bauxite project

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