The work will be executed by multiple Aker Solutions' operations in Vancouver, Canada, and Tucson and Houston, US, using its integrated suite of IT and engineering tools and systems.  The basic engineering will be completed by the end of the year, and execution of the project is scheduled for next year.

Stingray Copper Inc. is a copper exploration and development company with its activities focused at the El Pilar copper project in Sonora, Mexico. Stingray is a Canadian, federally incorporated company that operates in Mexico via two wholly-owned Mexican subsidiaries, Minera Stingray S.A. de C.V. ("Minera Stingray") and Recursos Stingray de Cobre S.A. de C.V. ("Stingray de Cobre"). The Corporation has its head office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and has exploration offices in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico and Tucson, Arizona, US.

The Aker Solutions contract party is Aker Chemetics, a division of Aker Solutions Canada Inc.

ENDS

Media:
Andrew Berryman, VP Sales & Marketing, Aker Solutions, Vancouver, Canada.  Tel: +1 604 734 1200, Fax: +1 604 734 0340

Investor relations:
Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39, Mob: +47 911 37 194

 

Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this project, please contact Rodger Liang, Global Sourcing, Process & Construction - Tel: +86 10 640 966 36.

 

Career opportunities:
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Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Solutions"), is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions.  Aker Solutions' business serves several industries, including oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals and power generation. The Aker Solutions group is organised in a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand/trademark for most of these entities.

Aker Solutions' parent company is Aker Solutions ASA.  Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and employs approximately 23 000 people in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com), a group of premier companies with a focus on energy, maritime and marine resource industries. The Aker companies share a common set of values and a long tradition of industrial innovation. As an industrial owner controlling 40.27 percent of the shares in Aker Solutions through Aker Holding AS, Aker ASA takes an active role in the development of Aker Solutions.  

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com.

 

Aker Solutions' Chemetics business offers engineered systems, proprietary equipment, and complete plants, to the chemical, fertiliser, pulp and paper and non-ferrous metals industries world-wide. We provide innovative processes and equipment that enhance performance and productivity while protecting the environment. Our cost-effective solutions result in plants that are safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally acceptable. To maintain our leadership position, we are constantly refining our technologies and developing our know-how through significant R&D programmes to ensure that our products and services continue to meet the needs of the customers and industries we serve.