ACA Howe has Mining Specialists based in their UK and Canadian offices.

ACA Howe offers a range of mining engineering services, including:

• Mine operational due diligence reports
• Mine design and mine planning
• Mine equipment specification
• Mine cost estimations and cost modelling
• Mine operational audits
• Competent person reports for finance and listing documents
• Technical reports

These mining services are applicable to a wide range of mining technologies over a range of commodities in a variety of geological and geographic settings.

Recent projects include:

Copper mining complex
Serbia
Review and mine cost modelling for a potential investor in a major copper operation proposed to be privatised by a Government agency

Molybdenum project
Kazakhstan
Management of a feasibility study for a private Kazakh company wishing to raise funding for a new molybdenum project in central Kazakhstan

Gold mine
Northern Ireland
Mining engineering services for a 43-101 report for a private investor for the further funding of this operating gold mine

Emerald mine
Russian Federation
Independent engineer's report for a listing document for a major operational emerald mine in the Urals

Diamond mine
Lesotho
Independent engineer's report for fund raising for an expanding open pit diamond operation on a new site in Lesotho

Gold mines
Western Australia
An independent review of the gold mining assets of a potential take over target.

ACA Howe has a Mineral Processing and Metallurgy specialist based in the UK. Utilising his extensive experience in the processing of natural resources containing precious & base metals, fuel minerals and industrial minerals to meet market requirements, we provide project specific solutions for all stages of a resource lifecycle.

ACA Howe offers a range of minerals engineering services, including:

• Design and management of laboratory studies and testwork
• Feasibility studies
• Plant design
• Commissioning
• Debottlenecking
• Plant audits
• Market assessment and development
• Project appraisal
• Risk assessment
• Due diligence

Our services are relevant for a range of commodities in a variety of geological and geographic settings. We have particular processing experience from Southern Africa, Eastern Europe and the CIS countries.

Successful Projects Include:

Iron ore mine
Sweden
Team member responsible for processing aspects prior to purchase

Coal mine
Poland
Team member responsible for processing and marketing aspects for technical review and benchmarking

Copper smelters and refineries and zinc hydrometallurgical plant
Kazakhstan
Risk review

Copper/cobalt mine and plant
DRC
Responsible for processing aspects for a bankable feasibility study

Lead-zinc mines
Macedonia
Review of process options for potential investor

Gold mine
France
Team member responsible for evaluation and verification of projected plant operating and capital costs (incl. engineering), new technology, operational risk and infrastructure

Manganese mines and ferromanganese smelter
Georgia
Team member responsible for mineral processing input to a potential investor