# West African Resources awards $110M mining contract to Byrnecut for Sanbrado

West African Resources awarded a $110 million underground mining contract to Byrnecut for the Sanbrado Gold Project in Burkina Faso. The contract has an initial term of five years and includes portal establishment, decline development, ore driving, and stope production.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-01-22
- Where: Sanbrado, Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
- Value: $110.0M
- Status: completed
- Products: underground mining services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Byrnecut](https://endata.com/companies/35747.md) (supplier)
- [West African Resources](https://endata.com/companies/35748.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2019/01/22/sanbrado-gold-mine-contracts-outotec-byrnecut-lycopodium/), 2019-01-22: "The underground mining contract is a key operational contract for Sanbrado and its award followed the completion of a competitive tender process."

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