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Project-specific services across the entire cycle from early-stage concepts and evaluations to turn-key projects and asset solutions. is a global leader in project delivery, and technical services, providing 160+ year heritage efficient, integrated solutions across the asset life cycle in multiple sectors. We are proud of our rich heritage which 60,000 underpins our unrivalled breadth and depth employees of capability. We employ people with the brightest minds and the sharpest skills, who use our leading-edge to help our 60+ countries customers succeed.

Our differentiators include our Care extensive range of services, the quality of our delivery, the passion Working safely with integrity, of our people and our unique respecting and valuing each . True to our values, we other and our in an open and transparent way; a committed partner to our customers, supply chain and the Commitment communities we work with. Consistently delivering to Our values set the tone for what all our stakeholders is important in our , they are the essence of our identity and fortify everything we do. Courage “Each and every Pushing the boundaries individual in our to create smarter, more business has the sustainable solutions ability to make a significant impact to our safety delivery. Safety is what we care about and being safe means looking out for yourself and showing care for your colleagues. Keep safety at the heart of every conversation you have.”

Robin Watson, Chief Executive For over 60 years, we have been trusted to deliver some of the world’s most logistically and technically challenging projects. We add value from concept to closure across a diverse range of with capabilities that support mines of the future.

A leader in global mining Our capabilities include: and minerals solutions from • Front-end services including concept to closure exploration assistance, Wherever you are and whatever you and reserve estimating, advanced mine, we deliver services across the geostatistics, mine planning and entire life cycle of mining projects , geotechnical services, and from front-end , process and scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility environmental consulting, through to studies conceptual and detailed design, project • NI 43-101, JORC and SAMREC , , operations reporting and mine closure. Our concept-to- closure capabilities provide continuity of • Engineering design and procurement support and knowledge synergy across • Project and construction the project phases. management We are an -recognised • EPCM, EPC, PMC expert in every facet of mining project assessment, development • startup and commissioning and optimisation for all major • Material handling commodities. In the early stages of project development, we use our • Asset maintenance and support skills in geology, resource • Mine closure and rehabilitation estimation, advanced geostatistics, mineral resource estimation, mine planning and metallurgical studies to Next generation mining add significant value to our customer’s The next generation of mines will be projects. marked by safer, more productive operations that are less subject to Our systematic, scalable, globally the constraints of geography and proven approach to project delivery better positioned to make the most combined with our specialised of capital expenditures. Leveraging technical expertise and strong project best practices and expertise from management capability reduces other industries, we are focused on project risk and shortens execution. finding new and better ways to solve From small expansions to new builds, challenges and optimise your assets our global network of experts works with digital and and in concert across the mining life cycle controls solutions that transform the to consistently deliver projects safely brownfield and greenfield projects and predictably, regardless of size, today into mines of tomorrow. complexity or location. Financial modeling and risk assessment We provide reliable, credible guidance relating to project costs, economics, trade-offs, risks, contingencies and valuations. Our estimating group is one of the largest, most experienced, and most trusted in the industry. We apply discounted cash-flow (DCF) analyses, Monte Carlo risk assessments and asset-based valuations, and real-options valuations to enable our customers to make informed decisions on developing or expanding their projects.

Adding value and credibility to one of Canada’s largest undeveloped deposits Wood prepared consulting studies for the Côté Gold project, one of Canada’s largest undeveloped gold deposits and provided innovative and implementable solutions. Since we began work on the project’s initial scoping study in 2011, we have been involved, on a nearly continuous basis, in every aspect of the project and were instrumental in the identification of more than $200m of improvements in net present value (NPV). These and other opportunities have enabled increases to the plant throughput, while reducing the project’s total capital cost by more than $8m. Mineral and project assessments

We add value and credibility through the due diligence review of mining projects and operations, economic evaluation of projects and independent review of feasibility studies and operations performance that mitigates risk and unlocks value to help you make informed decisions on developing or expanding projects.

Providing value-driven, Our resource estimators have We provide: extensive experience in a wide implementable solutions • World-class expertise and industry- variety of commodities, deposits and Wood is an industry-recognised recognition of 43-101 and JORC estimation techniques. We use our expert in every facet of mining compliant technical reports strong knowledge of reconciliation project assessment, development to accurately predict the extraction • IRR-driven solutions and financial and optimisation for all major of contained . We are pioneers analysis commodities. Our world-renowned in sampling theory and practice, and team of , geostatisticians, • Geological modelling, surface and experts in multiple-indicator , open-pit and underground structural mapping conditional simulation and other mining engineers, metallurgists, geostatistical applications for the • Concept development, including environmental scientists, cost reliable determination of mineral value-driven trade-offs and estimators and financial analysts resources. optimisation assess and provide value-driven solutions to maximise returns on • Operational improvements and orebodies, mining equipment and Due diligence capital efficiency strategies process facilities. We address the A trusted partner of mining environmental regulations and investors, we employ sophisticated requirements globally and perform approaches in our due diligence , preliminary economic reviews of development properties assessments, due diligence and and operating mines that identify Public reporting reserve estimates on mineral deposits both the likelihood and impact of risks, We are unique among many worldwide. Our multi-disciplined team as as opportunities for adding large companies in that we delivers solutions tailored to your value. Our capabilities in geology, offer full support of reporting specific needs, for the right investment mining, process engineering, financial requirements for public to achieve project goals. analysis and environmental sciences disclosure, from preliminary enable us to conduct due diligence economic assessments through thoroughly and efficiently. We have Geology and resource to detailed feasibility studies. supported most of the major mining estimation Our experience and reputation companies in the world in their in this area is unsurpassed We offer one of the industry’s most corporate governance functions, and having prepared hundreds of diverse talent pools in resource preparation of technical reports for NI 43-101 technical reports and geology and geostatistics. We provide IPOs. Our expertise provides owners, competent person’s reports. We complete technical reporting resource financial institutions and potential fully understand and comply estimation, drilling and exploration shareholders with assurance that the with international mining programs for virtually all commodities highest level of professional standards disclosure standards. Our including precious and base , and responsibility are applied to the teams have supported IPOs , , , rare and projects we assess. This increases of significant mining assets diamonds. investor confidence and facilitates and review of global mineral funding decisions. resources and mineral reserves for major mining companies. Mine planning and design

We provide comprehensive mine and infrastructure planning and design for open-pit and underground mines to help you identify the best option for project development and make the most effective use of your capital.

A multi-disciplined team We employ the latest mining We provide: , methods and that unlocks value • Open-pit and underground mine equipment fleets and have been the planning and infrastructure design Our worldwide team provides leader in shaft construction methods exceptional services for open-pit that employ ground freezing. We • -off grade and phasing and underground mine planning, simulate and waste flow to strategies to increase project value mining method and fleet selection, identify bottlenecks in production, development and production and to optimise development and • Block and methods scheduling, material handling, mine production. The benefits of new expertise infrastructure design, backfilling, technology such as automation and geotechnical engineering and cost • Fleet selections and operations battery-powered equipment are optimisation estimating. We also offer a full included in tradeoff studies. range of expertise for environmental • Blasting and fragmentation studies assessment, mitigation and Our mining experts understand monitoring, as well as mine closure, the complex interactions among • Geomechanics, ground support and remediation and reclamation. mining methods, development and pit slope stability production schedules, and project In the last decade, Wood has provided • Dewatering, filtered and financial performance. With a legacy waste facilities mine consulting services for projects of decades of experience on five globally ranging from less than 1,000 continents and environments ranging • Capital and operating cost estimates to more than 300,000 tpd and from the tropics to the arctic, and at from concept to closure. Our mining high elevation, we apply innovative studies are viewed as credible support solutions to maximise the value of documents for acquisition and project our customers’ mines. financing purposes.

Consulting studies for one of Canada’s largest underground gold mines We completed a prefeasibility study, feasibility study, and NI 43-101 technical reports on an open- pit/underground gold project. Our scope included a geological and resource estimate; mine planning and design; ventilation network design and modelling. Numerous trade-off studies of mining, personnel movement and material handling systems were undertaken, which highlighted cost savings and optimisations that allowed the project to advance to the feasibility study. We then provided EPCM services for this 6,000 tpd mine. Since 2006, we have provided geometallurgical modelling support for 15 exploration properties and operating base- metal and gold mines in Canada, and Peru.

Mineral processing and

With industry-leading and metallurgy expertise across a wide range of commodities, we develop metallurgical testwork programs to support conceptual flowsheet definition, through to detailed engineering and process plant optimisation to help you manage production risks and maximise economic returns.

Optimising value with Our services include the development Financial models are developed in a specialised and and supervision of metallurgical connected manner with engineering process experience sampling and testwork programs, as studies as they advance, allowing well as interpretation of their results. assessment of the financial impacts of The mineral processing and extractive We use a wide range of proprietary incremental changes in engineering. metallurgy required to develop new ore and commercial software for process We provided environmental, grades and sustain existing operations modeling and simulation, optimisation, geometallurgical, process, cost is growing increasingly complex as and advanced methods of capital and modelling, mine planning and other grades decline and locations become operating cost estimating. more remote. Widely recognised for support for studies of a our innovative use of concepts and sulphide heap leach project in Peru technologies to investigate and provide World-renowned commodity for a leading global mining group. solutions for a wide range of projects and process experts Our work included the prefeasibility and commodities, we study what is Metallurgical specialists in our team study of a “starter case” project, in the ground then deliver focus on development of flowsheets addressing mining, processing, engineered to extract the value, that achieve a balance between infrastructure, plant engineering, whether it be by physical separation, commodity recovery, operating management, geotechnical , or a combination of costs, and capital costs based on engineering, construction and these processes. Our specialists apply the metallurgical test data available. conceptual closure planning, and cost operational knowhow with various Operational debottlenecking and plant estimating. technologies to deliver greenfield improvements are key areas of focus. projects, plant retrofits, optimisation and expansions. Engineering, design and project management

We deliver a full range of engineering, design, project management and project delivery services to ensure your most challenging projects are delivered safely, cost-efficiently and reliably with integrity.

Global expertise, customised This is supported by global supply We provide: chain services that provide price local project delivery • Systematic set-up; scalable from certainty, quality control and meet We successfully deliver projects small to mega; globally-proven expediting and logistics challenges. through our global reach, integrated systems, processes and project culture, experienced people, We offer a full range of capabilities in • Integrated teaming to deliver technical excellence and proven both engineering and design to ensure optimised outcomes processes and systems. We can the most efficient and economic plant execute projects of any size almost including civil/structural, mechanical, • Agile approach to commercial anywhere in the world. A holistic view piping, electrical and control systems. delivery customised to each project of each project is maintained across Our experience includes engineering, all disciplines at every stage of the Solutions for project life cycle. procurement, construction and construction management (EPC and geo-environmental and From remote locations and in EPCM) project delivery as well as mine water treatment extreme climate conditions, we have a variety of enhanced contracting Every mine requires unique tailings demonstrated our ability to meet models that provide commercial management solutions and Wood is technical, construction, operational agility. We also have the expertise a pioneer in this field. Our in-house and environmental challenges. Safe, and experience to manage projects testing lab optimises -based capitally aligned and designed, on your behalf, within schedule and composite mix designs for paste-fill reliable projects and operations are allocated budget. Once complete, achieved by integrating technology systems and alternative solutions that we can provide integrated solutions we design and build. and data solutions globally with to sustain and optimise operating proven experience. production facilities. Our approach to mining projects Our global technical expertise and Delivering Saskatoon’s reduces social and environmental project execution experience includes: first greenfield potash liabilities at the outset. We create • Study and EPC for 2,050 ft. plant in 40 years innovative and safe solutions to ventshaft – first application of its mitigate acid rock (ARD), and As K+S Potash Canada’s design kind in Nevada, USA to manage use and recovery. and project management Developing and implementing • Study and EPCM of underground partner, Wood led an practical mine closure and reclamation gold- mine, processing facilities integrated execution team plans, we partner with our customers & infrastructure in Canada tasked with delivering all to get their projects approved, aspects of engineering, • EPCM of one of the largest gold permitted and built. procurement, construction and projects in the world in Turkey commissioning for the multi- In addition, we are an industry leader • Material handling EPC for one billion dollar Bethune Mine in in minewater treatment. In the of the largest mines in . Applying our last decade, we have designed and Australia capital efficiency principles reviewed processes for nearly 200 to the preliminary design of treatment facilities around the world. • EPCM of largest uranium project in this multi-billion dollar project the world in Africa resulted in savings of 20% of A focus on safe delivery • EPCM of largest and most modern capital cost. in all we do greenfield potash project in the Wood’s relentless commitment to world in Canada safety is deeply rooted in our culture • EPC in joint venture for one of the and underpins everything we do. We largest undeveloped gold deposits in have an industry-recognised safety the world record and comprehensive safety management system that forms the • Material handling EPC for expansion basis for the safety management efforts at a copper mine in Chile program on every project. • Integration contractor overseeing Wood was awarded the prestigious EPC for a leading global resources CIM Mining & Minerals Project company in Chile Development Safety Award for its • EPCM for ’s largest outstanding project safety systems, producing mine culture and performance achieved during the project execution of K+S Potash Canada’s multi-billion dollar Bethune Mine in Saskatchewan, Canada. The project team achieved over 11 million hours without a lost-time injury to deliver the first greenfield potash mine in 40 years. Material handling

We provide innovative material handling solutions and a complete range of services for all types and sizes of conveyors, crushing/screening stations, storage systems and stacking systems to improve production and efficiency and optimise your resources.

Improving production In-pit crushing and We provide: and efficiency conveying (IPCC) • World-renowned Super Portable We provide innovative material handling In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) mobile stacking technology solutions for surface and underground systems and other technologies • Design-supply and EPC of overland mines, including crushing , convey from to point of use. conveyors trippers, horizontal and overland conveyors, stockpiles/silos, The combination of very flexible/ vertical curves, regenerative power storage/reclaim facilities, ports, and mobile Super Portable conveyors systems shiploaders, as well as stacking systems linked to very large transportable for ore, waste, tailings and minerals. ex-pit conveyors and overland • Multi-lift heap leach systems, conveyors allows for the reduction in-plant conveyors and feeders, Our subsidiary, Terra Nova of haulage costs and improvements crushing plants Technologies (TNT) is a recognised in productivity required by many supplier of innovative bulk material • Automation and technology-based operations. handling systems that focuses on material handling solutions three main areas. We develop dynamic simulation models to mimic complex systems Crushing and stacking with variability considerations of bulk materials that help identify best design and Innovative multi-lift heap operations improvement. Our models leach stacking systems Crushing and stacking of materials help demonstrate how a proposed TNT designed, supplied and includes gyratories, jaws, secondary or existing system will behave under installed three of the world’s and tertiary cone , and sizers certain conditions, which helps you largest mobile multiple-lift – complete plants or mobile systems make better-informed business heap leach stacking systems to reduce materials to a size that can decisions and optimises performance (7,200, 6,000 and 8,550 t/h) for be conveyed and/or processed. Once to maximise value generation. sized, whether it be , waste rock three copper mines in or filtered tailings, TNT has developed and Chile. and installed over 75 stacking systems Super Portable mobile worldwide, from the very small 300 stacking technology tonnes per hour (t/h) gold heap leach TNT’s Super Portable System pads using ‘grasshopper’ portables, to Technology is the result of years of 85%+ the largest stacking systems available innovative design work and a decade Supplied 85%+ of world’s multi- for capacities greater than 10,000 t/h of system installations around the lift heap leach stacking systems using our patented Super Portable® world that have revolutionised stacking technology. systems. It allows fully independent movement of each piece of mobile Overland conveyors conveying equipment on the stacking pad. This patented mobile stacking km Overland conveyors have become 50+ technology reduces scheduled down longer, higher capacity and capable Over 50km of overland time, and increases system mobility of incorporating vertical and conveyors operating worldwide and operational flexibility. horizontal curves, regenerative capability, and operating in series over very long distances. This overland technology is a major focus of many mining customers attempting to lower the haulage cost component of their mines. Our patented Super Portable technology allows fully independent movement of each piece of mobile conveying equipment on the stacking pad. Wood is a global leader delivering technical, engineering and project services across the entire asset life cycle. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing about 60,000 people. We provide performance-driven solutions from development to decommissioning for a broad range of industries including all sectors, process and refining, power and utilities, mining and .

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