foreign oonxtstfjxjotiolsr activities during the closing months of 1956 utah construction company or its wholly-owned subsidiaries were awarded a number of major construction assignments in widely separated areas of the world work on these projects during the year was confined largely to preparatory operations among the larger contracts are those de scribed below in april 1956 our wholly-owned subsidiary utah australia limited was awarded a contract by mt isa mines limited em bracing a 22,200,000 mine and plant expansion program located 1275 miles north of melbourne in queensland australia the work on this project is estimated to extend over a four year period and will substantially increase the production capacity of this lead copper and zinc producer whose operations make an important contribution to the australian economy a joint venture in which utah construction company is the sponsor was the successful bidder on an 80,000,000 construc tion contract awarded by southern peru copper corporation this assignment calls for the construction at toquepala in southern peru of a 30,000 ton per day concentrating mill copper smelter and power plant as the plant site is in a remote area in the country we are also commissioned to construct townsite and buildings rail road facilities highways and bridges as well as installation of a com plete water supply system including pipelines canals and reservoirs as the year closed utah was notified by the government of pakistan and the international cooperative administration by a letter of intent that it had been selected as the contractor for a cost-plus contract involving construction of a 30,000,000 rolled and earth filled dam and hydroelectric facilities to be constructed near chittagong on the karnafuli river in east pakistan our rep resentatives are currently finalizing the contract details and it is contemplated that the move-in operations will be instituted shortly with project completion estimated in approximately three years time . isidiary compania utah s a has been perforr iew of the harbor at guaymas shows comment