Wood won an EPC contract in Mauritania

Wood will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to Kinross Gold for the Phase Two expansion of the Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania.
The award follows Wood’s early involvement in the project executing the feasibility study for the Phase Two expansion and reinforces the company’s longstanding global leadership in the development of gold mines. The project is expected to increase mill capacity to 30,000 tonnes per day to produce an average of approximately 812,000 gold ounces per year for the first five years, and is Kinross Gold’s second of a planned two-phase expansion.
Wood’s scope of work includes engineering, procurement and construction management for the addition of a new downstream processing plant fed by milled product from the semi-autogenous grinding mill installed during the initial expansion. Commercial production for Phase Two is expected in Q3 2020.