[2008-08-04]  Mmamantswe Integrated Coal and Power Project – Aviva Corporation
During the quarter ending June, Aviva Corporation Limited completed the drilling of about 5,000m of the 16,000M of the reserve drilling program. It is expected that drilling will be completed in September and that the final quality test work results will be available in the last quarter of 2008. During the second quarter, the South African Power Utility, Eskom, requested expressions of interest (EOI) to the supply of IPP generation totalling at least 2,100MW. Aviva submitted an EOI for the supply of 1,000MW. It is expected that short-listed companies will be requested to supply qualification documents during the third quarter. Aviva has received interest from global IPPs to join the qualification process for the Mmamantswe project and is in discussions with one of these parties to jointly submit a qualification document. In July, Aviva signed a water exploration contract for the drilling of 25 bores. The scoping document for the EIA document will be submitted in early August and it is hoped that the final EIA document will be submitted during the first half of 2008.


Source: WEEKLY