Thiess Pty Ltd has been awarded the mining contract for the Prominent Hill Copper-Gold project for Oz Minerals.

The contract will see Thiess provide mining services for the extraction of approximately 153 million cubic metres (bcms) of overburden and waste, and 38 million tonnes of treatable ore.

Thiess' work at Prominent Hill is expected to create a copper-gold pit approx 1.2 kilometres wide, 1.4 kilometres long on the surface and 500 metres deep.

Thiess has commenced work activities at Prominent Hill with the construction of mine site infrastructure, including a mobile equipment workshop and site offices. 

* For long term contracts extending beyond five years, the total contract value shown includes the value of work completed to date plus five years worth of work in hand.