Services
Services
We are engaged across the full project cycle — from first-pass targeting through resource definition, study, financing and operating performance. Engagements are scoped as standalone reviews, embedded support or an ongoing advisory retainer.
01 · Exploration & Drilling
From grassroots targeting to maiden resource
Program design, drilling campaign management and resource definition, executed to reporting standard.
Exploration is where our team's deepest verifiable track record sits — mineral systems across Australia, Africa, South America and Asia, including lithium, gold, nickel, kaolin, copper-gold and uranium. We design programs that can survive a resource audit, then run them in the field.
- Exploration program design, target generation and staged budget planning
- RC, diamond and AC drilling campaign management and contractor coordination
- Field logistics, camp, access and remote-jurisdiction program delivery
- QA/QC design — standards, blanks and duplicate regimes — assay management and laboratory oversight
- Geological interpretation, 3D modelling and drillhole database development
- Resource estimation input, maiden resource definition and JORC / NI 43-101 reporting
- Competent Person and Qualified Person sign-off for public markets
02 · Technical Due Diligence
Independent technical review
Independent technical review of geology, mining, processing and infrastructure to de-risk transactions and capital allocation.
We review on behalf of the party taking the risk — whether that is a board approving capital, an investor in a data room or a lender testing a technical case. Findings are written so that a decision-maker who is not a geologist can act on them.
- Resource and reserve review, JORC and NI 43-101 alignment
- Mine design, scheduling and cost model verification
- Processing route selection and testwork appraisal
- Infrastructure and logistics feasibility
- Data room review and technical risk register for investment committees
03 · Regulatory Strategy & Permitting
Approvals that endure
Practical navigation of mining codes, environmental approvals, local content and community agreements across jurisdictions.
Permitting is where schedule is most often lost and least often planned for. We map the pathway early, identify the gaps that will cost months rather than weeks, and work with regulators and communities to close them.
- Permitting pathways and stakeholder mapping
- ESIA and ESMP review, gap-closure planning and closure tracking
- Local content and procurement strategies
- Community agreements and land access
04 · Transaction Structuring & Financing
Aligned economics
Aligned economic frameworks for JV, offtake, royalties, debt and equity financing, and performance incentives.
Structures are only durable when every party benefits from the asset performing. We design frameworks that hold when the project has a bad quarter, not just when it works.
- JV, offtake and royalty framework design
- Debt and equity placement support, including technical inputs to information memoranda
- Performance KPIs and incentive design
- Scenario modelling and downside protection
05 · Operational Optimisation
Unlock margin and mine life
Targeted intervention in mine planning, ventilation, geotechnical and fixed/mobile plant to unlock margin and mine life.
Operating problems rarely announce themselves as a single failure. More often a scope has grown, a constraint has quietly become normal, or a plan has drifted from the ground conditions. We find it, cost it and fix it.
- Mine planning — stope optimisation and dilution control
- Ventilation and geotechnical support
- Plant reliability and throughput improvement
- Decline rehabilitation and underground infrastructure programs
- HSE and operational excellence programs
Engagement models
Three ways to work with us
| Model | What it is | Typical shape |
|---|---|---|
| Review | A fixed-scope technical review with a written opinion and a risk register. | 2–6 weeks, fixed fee |
| Embedded | A principal or senior geologist working inside your project team, on site or remote. | Monthly, rolling term |
| Advisory retainer | Standing access to the team for technical, regulatory and commercial decisions as they arise. | Annual, agreed hours |
Not sure which fits? Describe the program in an email and we will tell you which model we would use — and whether we are the right firm for it.
Tell us what you are working on
Bring us the problem as it actually stands, including the parts you are unsure about. We will tell you plainly what we would do and where the risk sits.