Every aspect of your mining venture’s financial success hinges on proper economic modelling prior to and during mining operations. Project financing, capital and operating costs, sales revenues, financial issues (tax, depreciation), and sensitivity analysis are just some of the multitude of factors our mining consultants consider for every undertaking.

 

 

WGM can assist its clients to design flowsheets for metallurgical and processing systems. Each project with flow processing has unique geological, mineralogical and other requirements. Our mining consultants review existing flowsheet designs and specific project characteristics, then help to make implementations to optimize efficiency and cost effectiveness - recommending and overseeing design modifications as needed.

We also work in early stages with companies to implement new systems from scratch - coordinating with client process system designers and implementers to ensure flowsheets work optimally for specific projects. We take mineral samples for testing, review particular conditions of the project, and determine the optimal choice of processing methods. We then work with producers to implement and fine-tune those methods.

 

 

For exploration and mining companies looking for foreign investment ventures, WGM can provide risk assessment studies covering relevant categories such as political, socio-economic and legal risks. Clients from around the world have relied on our sound technical analysis to make informed decisions regarding their investments.

 

 

WGM specializes in Mineral Resource and Reserve audits and estimates. Many clients request technical audits to ensure that Mineral Resources and Reserves have been estimated according to standard mining industry practice (NI 43-101, JORC) or to obtain an independent assessment of their estimates for either internal purposes or for third parties, such as financial institutions or other interested mining companies.

Our geological and mining consultants can work with the client from the grassroots projects to producing mines, and will tailor the database to meet their requirements. We also have the ability to import pre-existing databases and models in order to complete the task at hand and can return the finished product in a suitable format to the client.

WGM uses state of art software including Gemcom Software's GEMS geology and mine planning software, as well as Whittle open pit optimization software.

 

 

WGM has been a leading advocate of National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), and has helped shaped it into what it is today. WGM is qualified to make disclosure for its clients which comply with NI 43-101.

NI 43-101 is administered by the provincial securities commissions, and covers verbal and written communications (including documents and websites). In general it requires that any disclosure be based on advice from a "qualified person" (QP) who must, in some cases, be independent of the issuer and the property.

Under NI 43-101, a QP is defined as an individual who:

• Is a geoscientist or engineer with minimum five years experience in mineral exploration, mine development or operation, or mineral project assessment (or some combination of these);
• Has experience that is relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project and technical report; and
• Is a member in good standing of a professional association.

Given the depth of experience WGM has in Canadian-based projects, we are highly versed in the NI 43-101 disclosure standards. WGM also fully complies with standards required by other nationalities and regulators.

 

 

WGM has the expertise to advance your projects from Preliminary Assessment through to Bankable Feasibility Study. You can rely on our industry experts to oversee every aspect of your project, leaving no stone unturned. Notable past Feasibility Studies include Goldcorp Inc.’s Red Lake Mine in Ontario, Canada, and Arabian Shield Development Co.’s Al Masane Mine in Saudi Arabia.

 

 

WGM uses some of the most advanced software available on the market, including Gemcom GEMS™ and Whittle™. Our in-house experts in these and other systems can provide the following client services:

• Open pit optimization and strategic mine planning
• Mine scheduling and fleet selection
• Operational improvement studies and recommendations
• Due diligence and technical audit on operating properties