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Decmil adds to Sahara Mining Services is completing a third drilling campaign at Birimian’s
WA iron ore Goulamina lithium project in Mali
portfolio
Equity mobilises for Birimian keeps the faith
Decmil Group Ltd has won a AVZ at Manono with Sahara
$75 million contract to expand
the Mulla Mulla village which Equity Drilling Ltd has been contracted Sahara Mining Services Ltd will un-
supports BHP Ltd’s current Pil- to complete an initial 20,000m at AVZ dertake a third auger drilling programme
bara iron ore operations at Min- Minerals Ltd’s Manono lithium project in for Birimian Ltd at the Goulamina lithium
ing Area C and the future South the DRC. project in southern Mali.
Flank mine.
The contract covers the first 50% of a The objective of the upcoming pro-
The contract is part of a $105 planned 40,000m drilling programme to gramme is to define the Sabali geochem-
million overall upgrade at Mulla test, define and report resources for the ical anomaly.
Mulla and comes after Decmil Kitotolo and Manono deposits within the
successfully delivered contracts project tenements. Sahara will complete about 5,250m of
at other major West Australian exploration drilling to an average depth
iron ore sites in recent times, One multi-purpose and three diamond of 8m. The campaign is expected to run
including a $13 million civil and rigs will be deployed in early December for 6-8 weeks.
initial works contract in August. to complete the programme.
The first two auger drilling programmes
Work on the Mulla Mulla con- AVZ has set an exploration target of at Goulamina were also completed by
tract was due to start at the end 1-1.2bt @ 1.25-1.5% lithium oxide for the
of November. entire Manono project. Sahara.

NRW steps up as
Dalgaranga
contractor

NRW Holdings has been selected as
the preferred mining contractor for Gas-
coyne Resources Ltd’s Dalgaranga gold
project in Western Australia’s Murchison
region.

The $300 million contract, which re-
mains subject to finalisation of terms and
conditions, is for open pit mining and drill
and blast operations over six years.

About 160 personnel will initially be
required on site, rising to 200 at peak
times, with NRW to leverage off existing
plant and equipment.

Meanwhile, NRW subsidiary Action
Drill & Blast Pty Ltd has been awarded
$57 million of contract work across five
Australian coal mines.

The contracts include a mix of new
awards and contract extensions.

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