Contract mining and processing
The operating contract, not only the advice around it. Scope, trial mining, processing, stockpiles, concentrates, and the liens and handover terms that let the work proceed.
Services
The work from contract to concentrate.
Development, the mining and processing contract, metallurgy, offtake, and the operating team. Technology is chosen for the stage the project is actually at.
EPCM and project management
Programme control from development through startup: work packages, cost, schedule, and the sequence that takes a project to commissioning.
Metallurgy and process
Flowsheet, recovery, and plant choices that can be built and run. Process support continues into commissioning, not only the study.
Feasibility and valuation
Scoping through definitive studies, with techno-economic models, cost, and value that can be used for a decision and for financing.
Commercial and offtake
Offtake, prepayment, and marketing terms: payability, NSR, quality, logistics, and the protections around termination and force majeure.
Startup and commissioning
Phased startup, budgets, and readiness. Crushing, screening, sampling, and the handover from a project team to the people who will run the mine.
Grade control and technology
Sampling and grade control, including XRF where it earns its place, and other technology selected for cost and stage rather than as a fixed package.
Concentrate logistics
Movement of ore and concentrate from the mine to the offtaker: quality, quantity, and the chain that the commercial terms assume.
Operations and teams
After first production: operating discipline, performance against the plan, and the team structure that can hold it.
Operating entity and social plan
Setup of the operating company, and the social engagement needed to develop and run the project alongside the technical work.
Financial modelling
Models that carry the technical case: recoveries, payability, price cases, startup spend, and the balance-sheet effect of prepayment and offtake.
Due diligence
Technical, operating, and commercial review for an owner, a partner, or a financier before a commitment is made.