Barmico has been awarded a three year development and production mining contract for the Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture (Bluestone) Renison Tin project in Tasmania as well as renewing its contract with Western Areas to deliver underground mining services at the Flying Fox Nickely mine in Western Australia. Bluestone is a 50:50 JV between diversified mining group Metals X and Yannan Tin Parksong Australia Holdings, a subsidiary of Yunnan Tin. The project will have a workforce of 130 personnel and will utilise 3 Development Jumbos, 2 Longhole Rigs, 4 Boggers and 3 Trucks.

Peter Stokes, Barminco CEO said “ The award of Renison marks a strong start to the new year for Barmico as we focus on aligning the company with clients that we can build strong and long term partnerships with.” Ross Cook, General Manager of Bluestone added “Barminco is a leader in its field and the commitment to the delivery of value is important to us. With this, we look forward to our partnership at Renison.”

Barmico has also renewed its contract with Western Areas. The two year extension will continue to employ 175 people. Barminco began operations at Flying Fox in 2004 and the contract extension will involve 7,800 m of jumbo development and 740,000 t of ore production.

Stokes said “The renewal of our contract at Flying Fox signifies our ability to deliver performance outcomes and demonstrates the strong and valued partnership that we have built with Western Areas. Across all our projects, we are committed to delivering the highest standards in safety and quality of service.”