Miner PT Bumi Resources Minerals (BRMS) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. (NFC) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop lead and zinc mining project in Dairi district, North Sumatra.

 

BRMS’ corporate secretary Muhammad Sulthon on a press release published on Wednesday said that the agreement, which was signed on Oct. 22, stipulated that NFC would help the company to provide 85 percent of the development cost of the project, which was run by BRMS’ subsidiary PT Dairi Prima Mineral. Dairi Prima is 80 percent owned by BRMS and 20 percent by state-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang.

 

The agreement also stipulated that BRMS agreed, under required terms and condition as stated in the agreement and applicable regulations, to collaborate with NFC in engineering, procurement and construction activities needed to develop the project.

 

Both companies will also collaborate in the lead and zinc sales to be produced by Dairi Prima. NFC might also be allowed to have shares in Dairi Prima.