Project Description:
The Akyem Gold Project is located in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region of Ghana; 133 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Accra.
Scope of Work:
An EPC contract for the design, engineering, construction of Newmont’s Stages 4 and 5 of the Akyem Project. Stage 4 involved performing option studies and other studies to determine Akyem’s economic viability and optimising a single option to develop the project to Stage 5. Stage 5 of Akyem was the full development of the project including detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, start-up and preliminary operations. Primary crusher commissioning was completed in July 2013. First gold pour was achieved on 4 October 2013 with Newmont announcing the safe and successful commercial production delivered on budget and on schedule.