New Delivery Contract for the Ashton Coal Mine in New South Wales, Australia

Ashton Coal Operations Limited with its headquarters in Camberwell, New South Wales, Australia, began with the development of the new Ashton coal mine in September 2003. Due to its extensive experience with similar projects, White Mining Limited (WML) based in Sydney, Australia, was awarded the contract for the development of the complete Ashton Coal Mine Project.

Following the commencement of the development and construction works in September 2003, the open cut mining operations began in early 2004. In a further step, mining operations commenced in the new underground Ashton coal mine in 2005.

A The new coal mine is located about 14 km northwest of Singleton and includes:

• an open cut coal mine,
• an underground coal mine,
• a coal handling and preparation plant, and
• a rail siding for removing the mined coal.

DSI Australia will supply any products such as rock bolts, anchors, resin cartridges including accessories required for securing the driving work at the underground coal mine. For this purpose, Ashton Coal Operations Limited entered into a life-time mining services contract with DSI Australia. The contract provides for the supply of high-quality and innovative DSI Mining Products for the coal mine for as long as coal is being mined in the Ashton coal mine. In addition, DSI with its headquarters in Bennetts Green, NSW, will also supply new products designed for monitoring the mining operations.