Mining · Mining
Built with the licence holder, not around them.
We do not arrive with a fleet of excavators and a plan drawn in London. We pair our capital and technical management with a local licence holder's ground and workforce, and grow production at the pace the deposit can take.
Included
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- Capital for test work, plant and working capital
- 02
- Plant design and technical management sized to the deposit
- 03
- Offtake priced against the London benchmark
- 04
- Worker registration, mercury elimination, tailings management
01Mining
The model
It starts with an existing site under a valid licence. We fund sampling and test work to establish grade and recovery, then invest in crushing, gravity and where the ore needs it a cyanide circuit sized to the deposit. Metal is sold to us under a written offtake. The licence holder keeps the ground.
02Mining
Formalising the site
Mechanising a site is the moment to formalise it. Workers registered, mercury out of the process, water and tailings managed, basic safety in place. These are conditions of our money rather than extras.
03Mining
Where
Current and prospective partnerships are in the DRC, Uganda, Guinea and South Africa. In South Africa that includes tailings retreatment and the reworking of historic ground.
What you get
Included as standard.
- 01
Capital for test work, plant and working capital
- 02
Plant design and technical management sized to the deposit
- 03
Offtake priced against the London benchmark
- 04
Worker registration, mercury elimination, tailings management
- 05
The licence holder keeps ownership of the ground
Questions
Asked often.
01Do you buy mining licences outright?
We prefer partnership. The licence holder knows the ground and the community. We bring capital, management and the route to market.
02What size of deposit interests you?
Sites that can support a mechanised operation producing tens of kilograms a year and up. We would rather build a small mine well than a large one badly.
Related
Often combined with.
- 01Exploration
Exploration
Staged gold exploration on greenstone and Birimian ground with African licence holders, from stream sediments to the drill rig.
Exploration earn-ins - 02Trading
Gold trading
We buy doré and refined gold from licensed producers in eight African markets, price it against the LBMA Gold Price and pay on assay.
How we buy gold - 03Enablement
Trade finance and settlement
Part-payment, forward offtake and plant facilities for producers, with settlement arranged through London banks.
Finance and settlement
Get in touch
desk@miningaccord.com
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Tell us what you hold, where it is and how you sell it today. A trader replies, not a form.