Project development
End-to-end mining solutions
Project development consultation across solid minerals and gemstones, from first deposit to production and closure.
A mining project involves more than finding a deposit. Licensing, local relationships and project management all matter, and each stage needs its own technical and statutory attention.
Sounthbridge works across the full sequence: resource identification, geological exploration, licensing, government liaison, royalty administration, production, community development and land reclamation.
Service lifecycle
Service offerings across the mining cycle
Resource identification and exploration
Locating potential mineral deposits and running geological exploration to establish what a project can support.
Production and project management
Coordinating production from licensing through to operations, with project management kept accountable at each milestone.
Government liaison and licensing
Working with the Cadastre offices and relevant authorities to secure licences and maintain statutory standing.
Community development and land reclamation
Building community development agreements and restoring land once a project's operational life is complete.
Compliance and governance
Statutory execution and accountability
Licensing, Cadastre documentation, royalty calculation and environmental mitigation handled as one governed process.
Cadastre documentation
Preparing and tracking the filings that licensing requires, with records kept in order from application to grant.
Royalty calculation
Administering royalty payments with calculations checked against the applicable statutory requirements.
Environmental mitigation
Planning mitigation measures and land reclamation to meet the environmental obligations attached to each project.