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When the Stakes Are High, Clarity Matters.

Strategic technical guidance that helps mining companies move forward with confidence.

Why VBKOM?

We help mining companies connect technical expertise with commercial judgement so they can move forward with confidence.

Every mining project is shaped by decisions that carry technical, commercial, and operational consequences. When the stakes are high, success depends on seeing the full picture—not just the individual disciplines. VBKOM helps mining companies connect complex technical realities with commercial judgement, giving leaders the clarity and confidence to make informed decisions across every stage of the project lifecycle.

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Technical Consulting

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    Know what’s in the ground and how far you can trust it. Resource estimation, block modelling and Competent Persons’ reporting.

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    Explore and Define the Asset
  • Overhead view of a mine processing plant with conveyors

    Turn a resource into a mine plan that holds up. Mine design, pit optimisation, scheduling and costing that show what can be mined, when, and at what return.

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    Design and Plan the Mine
  • Overhead view of a conveyor crossing pale tailings

    Get more value from every tonne. Testwork interpretation, flowsheets and plant design matched to your ore and your product.

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    Process and Recover Value

Management Consulting

  • Reddish-brown excavated earth in close-up

    Find the real constraint and remove it. Simulation, debottlenecking and systems engineering that lift throughput without the guesswork.

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    Optimise Processes and Systems
  • Bucket-wheel excavator working in an opencast mine

    Invest knowing what an asset is really worth. Independent reviews, studies, valuations and due diligence you can take to a board or investor.

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    Support Investment Decisions
  • Mine worker in a high-visibility vest holding a clipboard

    Know your risks before they cost you. HAZOP, operational readiness and risk reviews that turn uncertainty into clear, manageable actions.

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    Articulate and Clarify Risk

Our Projects

Discover how we’ve helped clients navigate complexity and move projects forward with confidence.

Haul truck on a bench road in a terraced open-pit mine

Testing the Case for Hybrid Manganese Mining

This engagement focused on presenting the rationale for the previously recommended Hybrid Mining Method and considering the merit of an underground mining method only on a qualitative high level, with emphasis on robust technical analysis, stakeholder alignment, and decision support.

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Large open-pit mine cut into pale orange rock

Independent Assurance for Gold Resources and Reserves

This engagement focused on conducting the independent audit of the Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves in the FY2024 financial period, with emphasis on robust technical analysis, stakeholder alignment, and decision support.

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Aerial view of a terraced white stone quarry with winding access roads

From Lithium Mine Plans to S-K 1300 Reporting

This engagement focused on conducting a Lithium Mining Study in Finland in order to compile an Ore Reserve Statement and S-K 1300 TRS (Technical Report Summary) for two of the Pits signed-off by a Qualified Person, with emphasis on robust technical analysis, stakeholder alignment, and decision support.

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