Mine Development

PYBAR to provide underground mining services at Challenger gold mine

PYBAR has signed a Letter of Intent with WPG Resources, the manager of the Challenger gold mine in South Australia, for the provision of underground mining services at the project. The Challenger Joint Venture, a 50/50 partnership between WPG Resources and Diversified Minerals intends to re-start underground mining in late May 2016. Works were temporarily […]

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PYBAR and Exterra Resources to jointly develop Second Fortune gold mine in WA

PYBAR is pleased to announce that it has signed a Binding Term Sheet with mineral exploration company Exterra Resources for the joint profit share-based underground development of the high grade Second Fortune gold mine within the Linden gold project, 230km northwest of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The agreement gives PYBAR the exclusive right to a […]

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PYBAR enters co-marketing agreement in Africa

PYBAR Mining Services has entered into a three year agreement with London Stock Exchange-listed drilling services company Capital Drilling Limited for the co-marketing of underground hard rock mining services in Africa. Founded in 2004, Capital Drilling is headquartered in Mauritius and provides exploration, development, grade control and blast hole drilling services to mineral exploration and mining companies. The company […]

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PYBAR wins first international contract with new raise bore rig

PYBAR Mining Services has been awarded its first international contract for the provision of rapid underground development and raise boring services at Oceania Gold’s Didipio high-grade gold-copper mine in the Philippines. The contract will utilise PYBAR’s newly acquired RBR600-VF raise bore rig, the second largest in Australia, which is currently mobilising and due on site […]

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Deep South’s underground expansion on schedule

The underground development of Saracen Mineral Holding’s Deep South gold mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields is on schedule with stoping to commence as planned in the June quarter 2016. Development is being undertaken by PYBAR Mining Services, which was awarded the nine month development contract in August 2015. PYBAR is also contracted at Saracen’s Red […]

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Glencore CSA Copper Mine, NSW

PYBAR’s scope of works at Glencore’s CSA copper mine in New South Wales encompassed mine development and intensive ground support regimes (up to four passes), load and haul of development waste to stope fill areas, and loading of development ore into client trucks as required. The contract commenced in March 2012 with the rapid mobilisation […]

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BULK HAUL TRUCK TRIAL AT OSBORNE

Evaluating Sandvik’s claims that the TH663 is the best bulk haul truck on the market To determine the truck’s performance against its competitors, we’re putting it to the test against Caterpillar’s AD60. In recent years, Sandvik has been unable to offer the contract mining market a viable alternative to the Atlas Copco and Caterpillar underground […]

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PYBAR wins mining contract at Kidman Resources’ Burbanks project

PYBAR is pleased to announce that we have been awarded the underground mining contract at Kidman Resources’ Burbanks gold project located near Coolgardie in Western Australia. Our appointment is a key step in Kidman’s strategy to ramp-up production at the mine and unlock its full potential. We will initially focus on developing the un-mined Dahmu […]

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CHINOVA OSBORNE AND STARRA MINES CONCLUDE PRODUCTION

Working hard and safely to the very end In August 2014, the Starra mine concluded production mining activities on exhaustion of the economic reserve. In 2015, the Osborne mine also exhausted its ore reserve. PYBAR was awarded the development mining contract at the Osborne mine in early 2011. In December 2012, we were awarded the […]

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PYBAR mobilises to A1 Gold Mine

PYBAR has commenced rapid mobilisation to A1 Consolidated Gold Limited’s A1 Gold Mine in north-eastern Victoria where we have been contracted to provide underground mining services to bring the project into production by end March 2016. PYBAR CEO Paul Rouse said: “Mobilisation commenced swiftly following the announcement of our contract with A1. “Four PYBAR teams […]

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