Citadel Resource appoints SNC Lavalin as EPCM for Jabal Sayid Project

Sunday, 04 Oct 2009

Citadel Resource Group Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of SNC Lavalin as the engineering, procurement and construction manager for the Jabal Sayid Project in Saudi Arabia.

SNC Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world. SNC Lavalin has offices in 35 countries and is currently working in approximately 100 countries. It has EPCM expertise in a number of industries and also owns infrastructure and provides operations and maintenance services.

SNC Lavalin is completing the definitive feasibility study for the Jabal Sayid project through their offices in Australia and Saudi Arabia. The same team of engineers and managers will move onto the EPCM work, which will provide a team with substantial knowledge of the project and Citadel's objectives.

The Jabal Sayid Project will be commissioned in 2011 with early site works and construction commencing in January 2010. The DFS is 90% complete with pricing information for the major capital items received during September. Both the capital and operating costs are expected to be in-line with costs published at the completion of the Feasibility Study earlier this year.