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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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