In recent years the regulation of the listing of mining and exploration companies on exchanges around the world has become more stringent, particularly in the wake of the Bre-X scandal. All exchanges require independent verification of a company's mineral assets in the form of competent persons' reports. Our team of full time staff and associate geologists, mining engineers and metallurgists offers a range of expertise covering all stages of exploration, development and mine production including technical appraisal, deposit modeling, ore resource and reserve estimation, mine design, scheduling of production, plant design, valuation and financial analysis as the basis of such reports.

A C A Howe International has an in-depth global knowledge of the requirements of regulatory bodies and has assisted in the listed of numerous companies. Our senior staff are qualified competent persons for UK, Australian and Canadian securities commissions. The London Stock Exchanges' (LSE) Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has become a particularly important source of finance for exploration and mining companies. Examples of our competent persons reports include: