Minbos Resources Ltd., Subiaco, Western Australia, reported that it has signed an Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) Agreement with Brazilian-based EPC Engenharia e Projetos de Infraestrutura Ltda (EPC Engenharia) to begin work on design and scheduling programs for the Cabinda Phosphate Fertilizer Project in Angola.
EPC Engenharia will subcontract to Dar Al-Handasah Consultants, an established EPCM contractor with a long history of working in Angola.
The work will be overseen by newly-appointed Implementation Manager Mauro Lopes and in-country General Manager Operations Thomas Brueckner, who recently joined CEO Lindsay Reed in Angola to oversee project development works. Minbos said Lopes is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years of mining industry, while Brueckner is an experienced logistics professional, previously serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Porto de Caio (Port of Cabinda).
Minbos, an ASX-listed exploration and development company, won an international tender for the Cabinda Phosphate Project in March 2020 (GM March 20, p. 30). Minbos and its in-country partner, Soul Rock Ltda, won the tender based on producing enhanced phosphate rock as a substitute for fertilizers currently imported by the Angolan government.