16 September 2016
Harvest Minerals Limited
("Harvest" or the "Company")
ARAPUA FERTILISER PROJECT UPDATE - APPOINTMENT OF MINING CONTRACTOR
Harvest Minerals Limited ("Harvest" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of DK Transportes, Demolição e Locação Eireli ("Eireli") as the principal contractor at its Maximus Phosphate Project, located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
Eireli's contract comprises two stages, namely:
· Stage 1 - relating to civil works including construction of site access and the stockpile areas and also including removal and stockpiling of the overburden from the planned open pit. This work is expected to take approximately 30 work days to complete; and
· Stage 2 - relating to the mining and stockpiling of an initial 50,000 tonnes of ore. This work will commence immediately once the Trial Mining permit has been granted. This stage is expected to take approximately 40 work days to complete.
Eireli is currently mobilising the required equipment and personnel and is expected to commence work at the project site within the next seven working days.
Executive Chairman of Harvest, Brian McMaster, commented: "The award of the Environmental License last week allows Harvest to commence the initial civil groundworks in preparation of mining. With the appointment of Eireli, we will now begin constructing the site access, preparing the ROM pads and stripping the overburden. The completion of this is expected to coincide with the award of the Trial Mining permit, allowing us to start production around the end of October, well ahead of schedule."
Enquiries:
Harvest Minerals Limited |
Brian McMaster, Chairman |
Tel: +61 8 9200 1847 |
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser) |
Rory Murphy James Spinney Ritchie Balmer |
Tel: +44 20 7409 3494 |
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Broker) Beaufort Securities Ltd (Joint Broker) Buchanan (Financial PR) |
Rory Scott Jon Bellis Bobby Morse Anna Michniewicz |
Tel: + 44 20 7878 3360 Tel: + 44 20 7382 8300 Tel: +44 20 7466 5000 |
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
