Canadian gold mining company Guyana Goldfields, which is advancing the next phase of its mining development project in Aurora, Cuyuni River, is looking for workers for several construction projects.
An advertisement placed in Sunday’s edition of Stabroek News said the company is seeking various categories of workers for the construction of living accommodations, airstrips, treatments plants, roads and medical and recreational facilities.
The new phase in the development of the project is aimed at facilitating the beginning of production, which is scheduled for 2014 at the location along the banks of the Cuyuni River, in Region Seven.
The company said in the advertisement that it is currently hiring carpenters, welders, plumbers, pipefitters, electricians, masons, chainsaw operators, line cutters, heavy duty operators, drivers, security officers, engineers/technicians, surveyors, computer system analysts, accounting personnel, logistics officers and boat/barge captains.
Persons who are interested in the various jobs available can uplift application forms from the Aurora Goldmines Inc’s office in Thomas Street, Cummingsburg. Applications along with two references and a valid police clearance can be addressed to the Human Resource Manager, Aurora Goldmines Inc, P.O box 10528 no later than Friday, June 29.
The Aurora Project here will be the first underground gold mine in the Guiana Shield. The company has said that it is looking to produce 250,000 ounces of gold per year in a combination open pit and underground mining and expects that this will increase as further studies are done.
Initially, surface and open pit development is expected to commence in quarter two of 2012 for 24 months, while open pit production is expected to begin in quarter two 2014 and carry on for eight years. Open pit mining is expected to include six pits within a square mile, with bottom depths varying from 70 to 315 metres.
Underground development is scheduled to commence in 2015 with commercial production expected to commence in 2019 and will carry on for 16 years. Average annual gold production for years two to nine is expected to be about 250,000 ounces. Earlier this year, it was reported that the company is showing massive losses for 2012 thus far and is now worth CDN$228 million on the TSX – its value having dropped more than 60% year to date on the back of a disappointing feasibility study for its Aurora Project.
Guyana Goldfields has been operating here since 1996.
