Mincor Resources has announced Pit N Portal has been awarded a five year contract for its Cassini Nickel Mine as well as a 3-year contract (plus one 2-year option) at the Northern Operations. Early works at Cassini have been completed and on budget. These works incorporated excavation of the box-cut, construction of the site office pad, magazine and waste areas and construction of the surface settling dams and haul road.
Pit N Portal was acquired by Emeco earlier in 2020 and has since helped propel Pit N Portal into a nationwide company and a key driver in hard rock underground and open pit, working with companies from juniors to international renowned miners.
According to Mincor’s Managing Director David Southam, “We selected Pit N Portal based on a wide range of criteria including safety, performance, contract cost, experience and capability, ability to meet our mobilisation timelines and the size and quality of their contract fleet,” he said. “Their equipment fleet suits our proposed style of mining and, as one of Australia’s largest hard-rock underground mining equipment solutions providers, we will have access to a large range of equipment options and high-class maintenance and rebuild capacity – giving us significant operational and strategic flexibility, which is important when operating a number of underground mines.”
Mr Southam also added “The award of this contract fulfils another commitment we made to shareholders as part of our capital raising last year and puts us in a strong position as we move into the advanced stages of project financing.”
The importance of supporting local was also a point Mr Southam mentioned as he seeks to fulfil Mincor’s commitment to maximise local content and local communities.