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  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/lycopodium-doropo-epcm",
  "slug": "lycopodium-doropo-epcm",
  "category": "epc-contractors",
  "publishDate": "2026-06-23",
  "sourceName": "Lycopodium",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.lycopodium.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Doropo-Gold-Project-Announcement_FINAL.pdf",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 2,
  "tags": [
    "Lycopodium",
    "EPC"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Lycopodium awarded Doropo Gold Project EPCM",
    "summary": "Lycopodium announced an EPCM contract award from Resolute Mining for the Doropo Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, valued at approximately A$196 million. Its scope covers a 4.9 Mtpa processing plant and associated non-process infrastructure. The EPCM scope includes engineering, design, procurement, equipment supply, construction management and commissioning, including 11 kV power reticulation, water supply, a tailings pipeline and decant return. Delivery commenced after a Limited Notice of Award in April 2026. The open-pit project is expected to operate for approximately 13 years; this is a mine-life estimate, not a completion date.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Reported scope and milestone",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Lycopodium announced an EPCM contract award from Resolute Mining for the Doropo Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, valued at approximately A$196 million. Its scope covers a 4.9 Mtpa processing plant and associated non-process infrastructure. The EPCM scope includes engineering, design, procurement, equipment supply, construction management and commissioning, including 11 kV power reticulation, water supply, a tailings pipeline and decant return. Delivery commenced after a Limited Notice of Award in April 2026. The open-pit project is expected to operate for approximately 13 years; this is a mine-life estimate, not a completion date."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Lycopodium",
            "url": "https://www.lycopodium.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Doropo-Gold-Project-Announcement_FINAL.pdf"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Engineering interpretation",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Engineering interpretation: the 4.9 Mtpa CIL plant is the central process facility, while the 11 kV reticulation, water supply, tailings line and decant return form linked utility and residue-management interfaces. Lycopodium’s stated EPCM scope includes equipment supply and commissioning but describes construction management, so it should not be recast as a fixed turnkey EPC delivery. The approximately 13-year mine life is an operating-life expectation, not a construction schedule."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Lycopodium",
            "url": "https://www.lycopodium.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Doropo-Gold-Project-Announcement_FINAL.pdf"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Delivery responsibilities",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Under EPCM, the engineering firm coordinates design, procurement and construction management while the owner’s contracts define who supplies and builds each package. Procurement records, drawing revisions and site work need a common technical baseline. Acceptance responsibilities should cover equipment testing, quality records and commissioning interfaces. A management appointment therefore needs to be read with its authorized work scope; it does not establish a fixed-price turnkey commitment or prove that the facility is already producing at its planned rate."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Lycopodium",
            "url": "https://www.lycopodium.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Doropo-Gold-Project-Announcement_FINAL.pdf"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": [
    {
      "slug": "lycopodium",
      "name": "Lycopodium",
      "href": "/epc-contractors/lycopodium",
      "website": "https://www.lycopodium.com/",
      "aliases": [
        "Lycopodium",
        "ليكوبوديوم",
        "Lycopodium Limited"
      ]
    }
  ]
}