Nice21 Nov 2018 22:32
Engineering Procurement Construction and Financing (EPCF) Contract
An EPCF contract to develop the mine at Monchetundra is already in place with Sinosteel, a state owned Chinese engineering group focused on mining, which was signed in October 2016 (see announcement dated 10 October 2016). The contract provides for Sinosteel to undertake the mine and processing plant construction and commissioning on a turnkey, commercial arms-length basis. 85 per cent (or US$149,600,000) of the contract value has been arranged as debt-based by Sinosteel - this element of plant construction costs will remain on the Sinosteel balance sheet until such time as the plant is operating at full capacity and to designed specification.
The EPCF also includes a sub contract to be awarded to Eurasia's subsidiary Terskaya Mining Company, to cover initial development work at the Loipishnune open pit. This sub-contract, in the amount of US$50m can be drawn down on award of the mining permit.
Other assets and interests.
Work continues at the Semenovsky Tailings Project, Republic of Bashkiria, where a bulk sample has recently been collected for testing at a nearby gold plant. The Company also maintains an active interest in development at the Kamushanovsky Uranium Project which has recently secured new investment. Further updates on these projects will follow when a commercial interest for Eurasia is secured.