Following a recommendation from Australian headquartered engineering and project management consultancy Lycopodium, H & B Mining acquired their first contract from the African continent.

Ghana is the second largest gold producer in Africa and a top 10 gold producer globally. Perseus Mining Ltd, is a west African-focused gold production, development and exploration company. In early 2016 Lycopodium (on behalf of Perseus Mining Ltd) contacted H & B Mining managing director Eddy Hodgkinson to discuss design and supply of ‘Easy Maintenance’ conveyor skirts for their Edikan gold mine in Ghana.

The ‘Easy Maintenance’ conveyor skirt design allows for simple, quick and safe maintenance of skirt liners. The patented conveyor skirt system includes an adjustable primary and secondary seal which allows easy access for inspection and maintenance to the conveyor skirt liners where skirt liners can be inspected and adjusted by a single operator with no need to get inside the chute and/or the skirting area.

H & B Mining were contracted to provide 150 linear metres of ‘Easy Maintenance’ conveyor skirts to Edikan gold mine, Ghana. The design and supply was completed at the end of June 2016 and the ‘Easy Maintenance’ conveyor skirts are now in transit.

“The implementation of the H & B ‘Easy Maintenance’ conveyor skirts internationally is a testimony to the success of the conveyor skirt here in Australia,” said Eddy Hodgkinson.