The scope of the contract will include the refurbishment, optimisation and recommisisoning of the existing 1.2-million-tonne-a-year processing plant, borefield and associated infrastructure.

Work will start immediately and will be completed by the first quarter of 2021.

Ora Banda has previously told shareholders that first gold pour at the newly restarted Davyhurst project is targeted for the first quarter of 2021. The project is expected to produce some 81 000 oz/y of gold over a mine life of an initial five years, and would require a capital investment of A$45-million.