Modern Mining May 2023

Preparation and rehabilitation of the Qala Adit. commodities super-cycle. Owing to this negativity, investors continue to avoid investing in local mining projects. “There are fewer new projects under development with the majority of projects being operational projects. Increasingly, we are doing more work outside of South Africa,” notes Pooley. Although Bara Consulting’s Johannesburg office remains busy, “there is room for more work”. Interestingly, Bara Consulting’s office in the UK, which is not as strong a mining destination as South Africa, is “busier than ever”, while the Canadian mining sector is “pumping” and reaping the rewards of the commodities super-cycle. “This is the right time to be diversifying into the Canadian market,” says Pooley. Projects Bara is currently assisting ASX-listed European Metals with the devel opment of the Cinovec Project Definitive Feasibility Study. The Cinovec project is the largest lithium resource in Europe, and one of the largest undeveloped tin resources in the world. The project is located in the Czech Republic, 100 km north-west of Prague on the border with Germany, and has ready access to end user car makers and companies involved in energy storage. Locally, Bara is assisting ASX-listed West Wits Mining with the Witwatersrand Basin Project (WBP) in Johannesburg, which is set to transform West Wits into a long-term gold producer. The Qala Shallows Definitive Feasibility Study, which is Phase 1 of the WBP, was completed by Bara in 2021. The DFS study was revised in August 2022 to accom modate escalation in significant cost centres such as diesel. The project has since advanced to implementation and early works and West Wits is in the process of securing project funding for further development of the mine. Bara is also assisting Craton Mining and Exploration with the Omitiomire Copper Project, located 140 km by road northeast of Windhoek in Central Namibia. Bara is contributing to the overall Definitive Feasibility Study through open-pit optimisation, pit design, scheduling and mining related infrastructure design.  Bara Consulting Bara is a mining and mineral processing consultancy undertaking fea sibility studies, due diligence, detailed design and operational support for the mining industry world-wide.

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