More than 31 years’ experience in base, precious, bulk and energy minerals exploration, mining and techno-economic assessment in Africa.

Services

• economic geology
• mineral economics
• corporate advisory
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• mineral asset valuation
• expert witness testimony
• public reporting
• mineral exploration strategy and management

Commodities

• base and precious metals
• industrial minerals
• coal
• chrome
• manganese
• iron ore
• uranium

Focus

• technical advice, mineral economics and valuation
• technical due diligence of mine and exploration data
• mineral asset valuation and financial modelling
• country and commodity reviews
• Competent Persons’ Reports
• Competent Valuators’ Reports

More than 20 years’ operational and consulting experience in mineral exploration, mining geology, project techno-economic appraisal and reviews in Africa.

Services

• strategic exploration management
• mine geology and Mineral Resource Management
• geological and resource modelling
• country and commodity reviews
• project techno-economic evaluation
• technical reviews and governance audits of mineral resources and mineral reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations

Commodities

• gold
• platinum group metals
• iron ore
• nickel
• chrome
• copper
• manganese
• lead
• zinc
• uranium
• bauxite
• limestone

Focus

• strategic exploration management
• target selection, identification and appraisal
• techno-economic assessment of mineral projects
• country risk profiling and commodity reviews
• mineral resource evaluation
• mine geology and Mineral Resource Management
• technical and Competent Persons' Reports
• technical reviews and governance audits of mineral resources and mineral reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations

More than 20 years’ operational and consulting experience, including experience as a geologist with AngloGold Ashanti and then in mining software sales, training and implementation (GEOVIA GEMS™; GEOVIA Whittle™) with Gemcom Software (now GEOVIA).

Services

• geology
• project evaluation
• resource modelling
• mineral resource evaluation
• mine geology and Mineral Resource Management
• technical and Competent Persons' Reports
• technical reviews and governance audits of mineral resources and mineral reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations

Commodities

• gold
• platinum group metals
• manganese
• iron ore
• bauxite
• chrome
• lithium
• uranium

Focus

• geological and mineral resource consulting for project development
• geological modelling and mineral resource evaluation
• Competent Persons' Reports
• co-ordination: independent mineral resource and mineral reserve audits
• SAMREC and CIM compliance reports: gold, platinum, uranium, manganese, iron ore
• mine geology and Mineral Resource Management
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations

BSc (Hons) Minerals Engineering, FSAIMM, MIMMM
Registered Chartered Engineer

Director, owner

More than 36 years’ technical, managerial and business development experience in the international mining industry.

Services

• Metallurgy
• Process and infrastructural engineering
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations

Commodities

• precious and base metals
• rare earths
• industrial minerals
• tantalite
• manganese
• chrome
• ilmenite
• uranium

Focus

• Refinery operations and management
• Plant design, optimisation and troubleshooting
• Product quality control
• Hydrometallurgical and chemical processing of a wide variety of ores
• Health, safety and environmental management
• Due diligence and fatal flaw reviews
• Scoping and feasibility study contributions
• Small business development and management

TMC finance director since 2007; previously financial manager from 2002.

Services

• mineral asset valuation
• financial modelling

Focus

• corporate strategic advice
• commercial negotiations
• due diligence reviews
• financial valuation models – preparation, auditing, supervision

More than 30 years’ technical, managerial and consulting experience within the mining industry

Services

• Engineering and Infrastructure
• Conceptual, Pre-feasibility to Feasibility Studies and Due Diligence Studies
• Independent Technical/Lender’s Expert reviews of projects and mining operations

Commodities

• gold
• diamonds
• platinum group metals
• iron ore
• manganese
• chrome
• coal
• base metals

Focus

• technical study co-ordination and management
• due diligence and lenders technical advisor
• infrastructure assessments
• mining equipment selection
• open pit simulation modelling and costing
• capital and operating costs scheduling
• life cycle cost (LCC) modelling
• legal and safety compliance assessments

More than 41 years of operational, technical and executive experience across the southern African mining industry. Since 2014, he has provided specialist mining and business consulting services including contributions to detailed due diligence studies and he has a broad knowledge of the base metals, coal and precious metals mining business

Services

• short-medium term and strategic mine planning
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations

Focus

• technical research
• prefeasibility/feasibility studies
• mining assessments
• scoping studies
• fatal flaw analyses
• due diligence studies
• techno-economic design
• mine design
• benchmarking exercises
• construction of costing models

More than 45 years’ experience in coal geology, exploration and mining, with extensive work experience in most major coalfields of southern Africa, Indonesia and Australia.

Services

• exploration management
• coal project evaluation services
• coal resource and reserve estimation

Focus

• exploration management
• evaluation of coal deposits and resources
• due diligence studies
• technical and Competent Persons' Reports

More than 18 years’ service with TMC and specialising in legal and ESG issues in the mining sector.

Services

• mineral tenure
• social and labour planning
• ESG due diligence and reporting

Focus

• Social and Labour Plan generation
• socio-economic impact studies
• assistance with the formulation, compilation and project administration of prospecting and mining right applications in accordance with MPRDA

A specialist in GIS and drafting.

Services:

• GIS
• drafting

Focus

• computer graphics
• Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS)
• survey draughting

More than 14 years’ involvement in chrome, coal, iron ore, manganese, tin, vanadium, gold and bauxite exploration in Africa for TMC.

Services

• exploration management
• deposit evaluation
• resource modelling and evaluation
• technical and Competent Persons' Reports compilation
• technical reviews and governance audits of mineral resources and mineral reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations

Focus

• exploration management
• preparation of technical databases and technical advice
• interpretation and analysis of mineral and structural project data
• commodity reviews
• assistance in JORC, SAMREC and CIM compliance reporting

More than 22 years’ experience in mining, exploration, resource evaluation and geotechnical engineering in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Armenia and Georgia; performed the geotechnical functions for the Gautrain Project.

• exploration management
• geostatistical and resource modelling of metalliferous and industrial minerals deposits
• resource of coal deposits
• technical and Competent Persons' Reports compilation

Focus

• underground mine production
• civil works geotechnical investigations
• geo-modelling (GEOVIA Minex™; Datamine Studio™)
• Competent Person's Report compilation
• mineral resource evaluation and modelling
• underground and open cast mining production control
• mining and civil works geotechnical mapping

More than 37 years’ experience in mine management, mine project management and consulting.

Services

• short-medium term and strategic mine planning
• reserve estimation
• project techno-economic evaluation
• technical reviews and governance audits of mineral reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations
• independent technical/lender’s expert reviews of projects and mining operations

Focus

• technical research
• prefeasibility/feasibility studies
• mining assessments
• scoping studies
• fatal flaw analyses
• due diligence studies
• techno-economic design
• mine design
• benchmarking exercises
• construction of costing models

More than 30 years’ experience in investment banking (mergers and acquisitions, valuation, equity capital raising and advisory mandates, mainly for mining clients); also, for a South African mining major, responsible for valuations of base metal, coal and gold operations; in-depth exposure to major feasibility stage and operating projects, varied in terms of commodity, project stage, technical constraints, project location (affecting fiscal and logistical aspects), ownership and financing models.

Services

• mineral asset valuation
• financial modelling

Focus

• valuations of mineral properties and mineral processing operations
• techno-economic and financial models
• mineral property holding company valuations
• financial advisory

Career spanning more than 40 years in underground mine management and mining engineering consulting.

Services

• short-medium term and strategic mine planning
• Mineral Reserve estimation
• project techno-economic evaluation
• technical reviews and governance audits of Mineral Reserves
• due diligence reviews and fatal flaw analyses of projects and mining operations

Focus

• mine design and planning
• Mineral Reserve estimation and audits
• feasibility studies
• mining assessments