CuDeco Limited has awarded the mining contract for the resumption of stage 1 of the Rocklands Copper Mine to Andy's Earthmovers (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd. The scope of the award is for an initial phase-1, 6-month fixed rate Contract for the first part of mining of the Las Minerale Stage-2 Pit.Thereafter CuDeco reserves the right to award phase-2 of the Rocklands Mining Contract to the Contractor at any time during the 6-month Contract period, subject to satisfactory mining operating performance. phase-2 is simply a continuation of mining of the remainder of Las Minerale, Rocklands South, Rocklands South Extended and Rainden Pits.Phase-1 involves the mining of approximately 1.2Mt of ore and 3.8Mt of waste from the LM2 Pit, to an RL of 145m (-35-40m below current LM2 Pit floor). Phase-2 involves mining of the ore and waste in the remainder of Las Minerale, Rocklands South, Rocklands South extended and Rainden pits. The Contractor will provide a full service mining model and will be responsible for the provision of: Manning and Supervision, In-pit Dewatering, Mining Fleet, Fleet Maintenance, Load and Haul, Road Maintenance, Drill and Blast, and Waste Dump Rehabilitation. CuDeco will provide all management and technical control of the Mining Contract, with mining anticipated to commence in mid-March 2017.