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The Ma’aden Gold and Base Metals Company (MGBM) has awarded the procurement and construction contract of the Stage 02 Mansourah-Massarah Gold Project to Darkstone Arabia, with the engineering assigned to ATC Williams, which will assist in designing the tailings and water management system.
ATC Williams will assist in designing the tailings and water management system
As part of the $28 million contract, Darkstone will carry out several assignments, taking in:
- Construction of the waste management system, including floor and perimeter embankment, piping, mechanical works, and HDPE geomembrane
- Waste distribution system
- Water management system
- Conducting laboratory tests
- Carrying out a variety of related activities.
The Mansourah-Massarah Gold Project is an open-pit mine to be found in the Central Arabian gold region of the Kingdom, around 500 kilometers southeast of Riyadh. The project was instigated by MGBM, the largest mining company in Saudi Arabia, with an anticipated production of 250,000 ounces of gold every year over a projected life of 12 years.