Forrestania Resources (ASX:FRS) awarded an estimated AU$27 million open-pit mining contract for its Tycho gold project in Western Australia to Mega Resources, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.
The contract covers drill and blast operations, excavation, loading and haulage of ore and waste, ore delivery to the run-of-mine stockpile, haul road construction and maintenance, pit services and associated mining support activities over a roughly seven-month duration, per the filing.
Forrestania selected Mega following a competitive tender process, it said.