Chaarat Gold inks new contract for Tulkubash project

Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd – Gold miner, which has an operating mine in Armenia and assets in Kyrgyzstan – Says that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chaarat Zaav CJSC, has entered into binding conditional agreements for the construction and operation of its wholly-owned Tulkubash gold project in the Kyrgyz Republic. The contract, which was signed with Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd, include: a USD82.8 million engineering, procurement, and construction ceiling price contract; a USD160.1 million for a five-year mining contract; and a USD7.2 million for a five-year operation and maintenance contract. Revised capital costs are now expected to be USD104.2 million, which is USD11.2 million lower than originally thought in the company’s bankable feasibility study.