22 July 2014
Hummingbird Resources plc
("Hummingbird" or the "Company") (AIM: HUM)
SENET Appointed for Development of Yanfolila
Hummingbird Resources, the multi asset gold exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that following a competitive tender process, it has appointed SENET (Pty.) Ltd. in Johannesburg, South Africa, by way of Letter of Intent ("LOI") to commence engineering of the Yanfolila processing plant and associated infrastructure. SENET has agreed to commence engineering services under the LOI until such time as the contract has been drafted and accepted by both parties, thus maintaining the fast track schedule.
Dan Betts, CEO of Hummingbird, said:
"After a competitive tender process where we received expressions of interest from a number of globally recognised consultancies, we are very pleased to have appointed SENET as consultant for our Yanfolila project. They have extensive experience in West Africa, as well as over three years working on the Yanfolila project for Gold Fields before Hummingbird acquired it, and will complement our Project Development team very well."
About SENET:
SENET is one of the leading project management and engineering firms in the field of mineral processing. For the past two decades, SENET has provided project management, detailed multidiscipline engineering, procurement, logistics management, and construction services to the mining, mineral processing, infrastructure and materials handling industries.
SENET has successfully designed and supplied processing plants and materials handling systems across the globe. SENET has an array of technical specialists and consultants with specialised knowledge across the full spectrum of process plant and materials handling systems design.
SENET has extensive project and construction experience in remote countries throughout Africa as well as in the Middle East, Asia, Central and South America. This global experience has enabled SENET to understand the requirements associated with cross-border logistics, freighting and construction activities required to successfully execute projects in countries with very limited infrastructure.
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Enquiries:
Hummingbird Resources plc
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Robert Monro, Head of Business Development |
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Nominated Adviser and Broker |
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Stewart Dickson / Jeremy Stephenson / Carrie Lun |
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Notes to Editors
About Hummingbird Resources Plc
Founded in late 2005, Hummingbird Resources is a West African gold explorer and developer (AIM:HUM), which listed on AIM in December 2010 with a maiden N143-101 compliant Resource of 0.8Moz gold in Liberia. Since IPO the Company has significantly grown its initial resource to 4.2Moz at its Dugbe 1 Project in Liberia, West Africa. With the recent acquisition of Gold Fields' gold assets in Mali, Hummingbird is now a multi-project, near-term producer with 6Moz of gold and 5,000 km2 of exploration ground.
For more information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk