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Timmins' Dumas Contracting snaps up Peruvian firm

Dumas Contracting Ltd., a full-service underground mining contractor based in Timmins, has acquired Peruvian mining contractor L&L Contratista Minera E.I.R.L. for an undisclosed sum.

Dumas Contracting Ltd., a full-service underground mining contractor based in Timmins, has acquired Peruvian mining contractor L&L Contratista Minera E.I.R.L. for an undisclosed sum.

The move “positions Dumas as one of the leading contract miners in Peru” and allows the Timmins firm to expand “into the vibrant Latin American mining sector,” said Daniel Dumas, president and CEO.

L&L is Peru's sole shaft-sinking mining contractor, and is currently sinking the Jacob Timmers production shaft for Compania Minera Chungar in the Peruvian province of Cerro de Pasco.