Alara Resources Limited announced the commencement of mining activities at Al Hadeetha Resources LLC's Al Wash-hi­Majaza copper-gold project (Project) 51%-owned by Alara. A formal ceremony celebrating this watershed moment in the development of the Project was attended by board members and senior management of Alara, AHRL, ARL, Al Tasnim Enterprises and BMRC. The initial mining activities underway comprise pre-stripping of waste from the first stage of Al Wash-hi­Majaza.

This work is being undertaken by primary contractor Alara Resources LLC (ARL), a joint venture among Alara Resources (35%), South-West Pinnacle Exploration Ltd, India (35%) and Al Tasnim Enterprises LLC Oman (30%). Pre-stripping will continue through the first quarter of calendar 2022. Ore mining is projected to commence during the June 2022 quarter, with consistent ore recovery expected to commence in the last quarter of calendar 2022.

AHRL has prepared a pre-strip schedule, which it plans to deliver over a 10-month period, commencing February 2022 and concluding November 2022. The latter has been premised on an assumed plant commissioning date and forecast ore requirements for its first three months' operation. The quantity of material mined over the 10-month pre-stripping period is forecast to be 4.27Mt.

Over the first three months of this period, the projected total mining quantity is 260Kt. During this period, 15.6Kt of ore is expected to be mined.