Before committing

Technical Due Diligence

Will it work, and will it keep working?

We examine the technical basis of a mine, plant or project from the evidence behind it, and tell you which claims hold, which are conditional and which cannot be confirmed. You choose how deep to go: a fixed-scope desk review, or a full due diligence with a site visit.

Choose how deep to go

Desk review

Fixed scope: a written opinion on a study or plan.

What we look at

Whether the method suits the question
Data quality, sources and how they are used
The assumptions, and which ones drive the result
Whether the conclusions follow from the evidence
Gaps, inconsistencies and claims that are not supported
Any relationship between the reviewer and the work that should be disclosed

What you receive

A written opinion on the study or plan
Findings ranked by how much they matter
A list of corrections and open questions
A statement of the reviewer’s independence

Request a review

Full due diligence

A site visit, all areas, plus operating economics and flip points.

What we look at

A site visit, and the plant’s real condition and capacity
All technical areas: process route and flowsheet, feed and mineralogy, power, water, reagents and logistics
Rights, permits and the conditions still to be met
Operating economics: what it costs to run and what it earns
Flip points: the price, tariff, volume or feed cost at which the economics turn from working to not working
The main technical risks, and the stop conditions that would end the project

What you receive

A written findings report
A risk register that ranks the issues by consequence
An operating-economics summary with its flip points
Each claim marked by how well it is evidenced

Discuss a full due diligence

Who it is for

Investors and acquirers
Lenders and development finance institutions
Boards and project sponsors, and authors who want their own study checked before it is published

Scope, fees and timing are agreed in writing before any work starts.