Modern Mining November 2024

Bara Consulting international Aside from having opened its Canadian office recently (Bara Americas) to service the North American and South American region with business ‘ticking over nicely”, the company’s strengthened geology abilities through Galen White at the UK office, see the UK branch of business tracking good growth overall to ensure international

Portal at Heza Decline at Trinity Metal' Musha Mine

subsidiaries are performing well.

Langer Heinrich Processing Plant.

BV 22 Decline at Trinity Metal's Nyakabingo Mine.

mutually beneficial B-BBEE partnership to enable it to meet its transformation objectives. While demand for gold and copper is good news for business, platinum group metals (PGMs), however, have been experiencing weakened demand for its basket of metals. “There has been a decided reduction in PGM related workload primarily driven by the commodity price and low investment appetite. We have seen lithium also come off its all-time highs; however, there is still interest in the other battery minerals, including copper, cobalt and graphite. What is important to note though is that as a multicommodity consultancy firm, Bara Consulting can pivot away from commodities facing major headwinds in favour of those in demand.” Among the projects the company is busy with are a feasibility study for Harmony Gold, an EPCM contract involving detailed design work for the West Wits’ Qala Shallows Project, mine design and planning (short medium and long term) for operations such as Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) mine in Namibia, Trinity Metals Musha, Nyakabingo and Rutongo mines in

study work and the subsequent, often lengthy, fund raising phases for project development, Bara Consulting is not often afforded the opportunity to see the fruits of its labour going into the next phase, which is all the more reason the new turn of events of engaging in project design and development, “is really exciting” for the company. “Apart from the traditional due diligence and feasibility study work, growth for Bara Consulting is emanating from

environmental work, specifically related to mine closure, which has strengthened our workload.” Interestingly, Bara Consulting is also engaged in “several technical due diligence initiatives related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A)”, specifically around gold investments, covering early stage to advanced stage projects and operations, including those on care and maintenance in South Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa. “We continue to serve potential

Following the completion of a feasibility study for a client in the junior mining space, the client subsequently asked us to transfer our project knowledge into the design and project implementation stage going forward.

investors and lenders with quality technical due diligence to provide reassurance related to these investment decisions,” says De Villiers, adding that the company has also recently established a

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