CIMIC : Thiess awarded A$189m Jellinbah Plains extension CIMIC's Thiess awarded A$189m Jellinbah Plains extension(PDF File 143.0 KB)

CIMIC Group's global mining services provider, Thiess, has been awarded a $189 million contract extension by Jellinbah Mining to continue to operate the Jellinbah Plains pit at the Jellinbah East Mine near Blackwater in Central Queensland.

The 30-month extension will result in Thiess continuing to deliver mining services at the mine until September 2020.

CIMIC Group Chief Executive Officer Adolfo Valderas said: "This extension reflects the successful relationship between Thiess and the Jellinbah Group, which dates to the establishment of its Lake Vermont coal mine in 2007."

CIMIC Group Mining and Minerals Executive and Thiess Managing Director Douglas Thompson said: "We are delighted to extend our partnership with Jellinbah Group and continue our focus on producing innovative mining techniques that drive cost efficiencies.

"We are pleased to continue our long-standing involvement with the Blackwater community, where we launched our Sisters in Mining program, and support a series of community initiatives."

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Ms Marta Olba, Group Manager Investor Relations T+61 2 9925 6134 Ms Fiona Tyndall, General Manager Communications T+61 2 9925 6188

CIMIC Group Limited (ASX: CIM) is one of the world's leading international contractors and the world's largest contract miner. CIMIC Group has operations that have been in existence since 1899, was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1962 and has its head office in Sydney, Australia. CIMIC provides construction, mining, mineral processing, engineering, concessions, and operation and maintenance services to the infrastructure, resources and property markets. It operates in more than 20 countries throughout the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North and South America and Sub-Saharan Africa and, as at 30 June 2017, employed approximately 52,300 people directly and through its investments.