CEO Summit

taining high standards of ethical practice and professionalism.

In response to her award, Patricia said, “It is a great honour. I am motivated to continue dedicating myself to the technological sector and inspiring others to strive for even greater achievements.”

The CEO Summit, under the theme “Economic Sovereignty, Sustainable Corporate Governance, Digital Industrial Transformation:

New Paths for Growth and Prosperity. A Private-Public Sector CEO Dialogue & Learning,” brought together stakeholders to discuss strategies for restoring Ghana’s economy and achieving sustainable

Request for Expressi ons of Interest – Minerals Process Plant Electrical, Instrumentation and Communications Construction

(For Firms Strictly Incorporated in Ghana with Exclusive Ghanaian Directors and Shareholders )

Newmont Africa , a subsidiary of Newmont Corporation (the world's largest gold mining company ) and operator of the Ahafo South and Akyem mines, is requesting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible, capable, and suitably quali ed companies for the provision of electrical, instrumentation and communications (EI & C ) c onstruction s ervices for a m inerals p rocess p lant for its Ahafo North Project The Project is located in the Ahafo Region of Ghana, near Afrisipakrom, approximately 20km S outh -east of Sunyani.

General

(For Firms Strictly Incorporated in Ghana with Exclusive Ghanaian Directors and Shareholders)

(For Firms Strictly Incorporated in Ghana with Exclusive Ghanaian Directors and Shareholders)

T he scope of the s ervices includes electrical, instrumentation and communications (EI & C) c onstruction and installation services for the minerals process plant and associated infrastructure The process plant includes primary crushing, live stockpile, semi autogenous grinding (SAG), ball milling , pebble crushing), pre -leach thickening, carbon - in -leach (CIL) circuit, elution circuit, gold smelting facility, tailings disposal pumping system , and all associated reagent, water and air services

The non -process infrastructure scope includes EI & C installation for o ces, workshops, warehouses, bulk fuel storage and distribution facility, mine workshop , and other mine maintenance facilities

The Project is to be executed over a 1 5 -month period and will cover the following:

High Voltage (HV), Low Voltage (LV), instrument ation and communications cabling installation (150 km of cable)

Cable terminations including cable glanding and lugging.

Cable supports / ladder installation (4 km of cable ladder)

Instrumentation installation

Electrical equipment installatio n – includes installation of free -issued outdoor motor control cabinets ( MCCs ) for remote pumping stations, eld control panels, remote IO panels, eld instrument junction boxes, brackets, xings, and cable supports 8 o free -issued prefabr icated switch room buildings – work includes t ie -in, testing and pre -commissioning

5 o d istribution transformers – installation, termination and testing of HV and LV power, and earth cabling

Mechanical equipment – EI & C installation, testing and pre -commissioning of all mechanical equipment installed by others

Electrical eld devices installation.

Lighting and small power installation , testing and pre -commissioning of distribution boards, general area lighting , general p ower o utlets (GPO) an d three phase outlets.

Earthing installation including ladder, structural and equipment bonding.

I nstallation of underground buried EI & C services

Testing and pre -commissioning

Minimum Criteria

Interested o rganizations must demonstrate that they can meet the following minimum criteria:

Company is registered with the relevant regulatory and professional bodies. This includes but is not limited to the Ghana Minerals Commission We require all appropriate company documentation to meet this requirement

Capability statement and proven records of successfully providing similar previous minerals process plant EI & C construction services within the mining industry We require an experience statement with veri able references for the last three projects to support this capabilit y

References provided must include customer organization name, customer name/contract number, date contract was awarded, contract reference with brief description, country/location, value of contract , and date contract was completed

Details t hat demonstrate the company has current capacity and capability to perform the EI & C construction services in addition to oth er current projects and any projects tendered but yet to be awarded I nformation to include labour, equipment , and temporary facilities resources available within the company

Financial strength and ability to provide uninterrupted EI & C construction s ervices for a minimum of two years We require supporting document ation to demonstrate this capability including the company’s turnover in the last two years, pre -tax pro t (or los s) for the past two years, net worth / shareholders’ funds (or net liabilities) at the date of the latest accounts , present cash/credit position , and the company’s normal means of funding major contract works

Full compliance with all applicable health , safety, environmental, and any other relevant and/or applicable standards We require health and safety management plan, and environmental management plan to suppor t this capability. Provide safety and environmental performance records for the past ve years, indicating workplace injury, disease, and envir onmental incident statistics Details must include year, period of record, hours worked, fatalities, rst aid i njuries, medically treated injuries, restricted work injuries, days lost , and lost time injury rate per 200,000 man -hours worked.

Robust quality management system (Quality Assurance/Quality Control – QA/QC) to e ectively execute the EI & C construction services. Well de ned company structure and veri able evidence of competency of employees.

Please express your interest by submitting an e -mail to AhafoNorthTenderBox@Newmont com indicating the name of your company, contact person , and telephone details You shou ld also include all the requisite documents demonstrating your ability to comply with the above minimum criteria.

All e xpression s of interest should be accompanied by a formal letter on the interested service provider’s letterhead (submitted to the above e -mail address), with subject “A HN _RFI -1 7 00 -2023 – Electrical, Instrumentation and Communications Constru ction Services ” by close of business (5:00 p m GMT) on Wednesday , 13 th June , 2023 economic sovereignty. Patricia, who joined Vodafone Ghana as Chief Technology Ocer in 2011, has held several leadership roles within the com- pany. She was appointed CEO in April 2019, becoming the rst Ghanaian to hold this position. Her leadership has been instrumental in driving Vodafone

Ghana's growth and innovation. In addition to the Leadership Excellence Award, Patricia has recently been recognised with two other prestigious awards: the Outstanding Woman in Telecommunications at the African Women Awards 2023 and the CEO of the Year at the Telecommunications Innovations and Excel- lence Awards in 2022. These awards further highlight Patricia's signi cant impact on the telecommunications industry in Ghana and beyond.