Excellent to see the commencement of drilling on these multiple targets now scheduled for next quarter .
Northern Star just awarded (6th March 2019 )a $30 mill contract to BGC Mining to start to develop Ramone , an initial 81k oz open pit resource .
Echo's tenements to the immediate north and south of Ramone would be high on management and Board's target list to start work.
Leading Australian mining and construction firm BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has been awarded a A$30 million contract as part of Northern Star Resources Ltd’s development of the Ramone Gold Project, located 35 km south east of the Jundee Gold Mine. “Earmarking BGC Contracting’s first gold mining contract in Western Australia for ten years, the 18 month open pit mining project will commence in March 2019 with BGC Contracting delivering both the initial infrastructure and mining services for this greenfield site.”
Under the contract, BGC Contracting services include the installation of site facilities, drill and blast, load and haul mining, and dewatering services. Additional site works will include the construction of internal haul roads, the establishment of the site workshop, explosive compound and magazines, associated earthworks and site preparations. BGC Contracting is mobilising the mining fleet including a 250 t class excavator and five Komatsu 785 dump trucks.
