Ausdrill Limited announced it has recently secured the following mining services contracts totaling $171 million. The company's recently acquired subsidiary, leading hard-rock underground miner Barminco, has been awarded a three-year underground mining services contract at the Rosemont Gold Project from Regis Resources Limited worth approximately $113 million. Rosemont has been a fully operational open pit gold mine since March 2013 and is one of three Regis projects in the Duketon deposit area, located 130 kilometers north of Laverton in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Regis recently approved expansion of the mine to an underground operation located directly below the current Rosemont open pit, with Barminco to perform development and production work at the underground deposit. Barminco will commence mobilization immediately and expects to employ approximately 100 staff at the project. Onsite works will commence in the first quarter of calendar year 2019, including commencing portal development at the southern end of the Rosemont Main open pit. Barminco has also recently been awarded a contract from Western Areas to perform decline rehabilitation and development works at the nickel miner's new Odysseus mine. Mobilization on the 14-month contract has commenced. The contract builds on Barminco's 14-years of continuous service for Western Areas at Forrestania, which incorporates the Spotted Quoll and Flying Fox mines where Barminco is the mining services provider.Ausdrill has been awarded a contract from Consolidated Minerals for the provision of exploration drilling services at the Woodie Woodie manganese mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The contract, which will commence in February 2019 and run for 12 months, will require 5 x reverse circulation drill rigs and 1 x diamond drill rig that will be drawn from the existing fleet. The company has been awarded a contract from Bellevue Gold for the provision of exploration drilling services at the Bellevue gold project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The 12-month contract, which has recently commenced, will require approximately 4 x diamond rigs that will be drawn from the existing fleet.