Western Australia ­Swick Mining Services Limited announced two contract renewals. Swick has renewed a significant underground diamond coring contract with Northern Star Resources Ltd. at its Jundee Gold Mine in Western Australia. Swick currently has ten underground diamond drill rigs employed full time at the Jundee complex. The term of the contract is for an additional two years with a possible two-year extension upon mutual agreement. The initial scope of work is for approximately 712,000 metres of underground core over two years requiring potentially 12 rigs in the first year and increasing to a potential 15 rigs in the second year of the contract. Since Northern Star purchased the Jundee Gold Mine from Newmont in July 2014, Swick has completed over 800,000 metres of underground core at the operation, including ten exploration holes greater than 1,500 metres in depth. Prior to that, Swick completed over 890,000 metres of underground core for Newmont at the same mine since the award of the original contract in 2007. Swick holds the Australian underground diamond drilling record of 180 metres of NQ2 core in one shift and 104.7 metres of NQ2 core in a single man operational shift all recorded at the Jundee Gold Mine. Swick has been chosen as the preferred contractor by Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture to provide underground diamond drilling services at its Renison Tin Mine in Tasmania, subject to negotiations and execution of a contract. Swick currently has three underground diamond drill rigs employed full time at this mine. The expected term of the contract is for an additional two years with a possible two-year extension upon mutual agreement. The expected scope of work is for approximately 115,000 metres of underground core over two years requiring 2-3 rigs. Swick has been providing underground core drilling services at the Renison Tin Mine since 2009 and has drilled in excess of 280,000 metres of underground core at this site.