The Investing in African Mining Indaba is an excellent way to elevate the corporate profile of companies operating in the African mining arena, says Australian engineering and project management consultancy Lycopodium Minerals strategic development director Dr Greg O’Neil.

Lycopodium will attend this year’s indaba, which will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from February 9 to 12, to showcase the company’s continued focus on African mining. Lycopodium was involved in 40 Africa-based projects last year, the scope of which included scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility studies for the gold, copper and niobium sectors.

In addition, the company undertook a wide range of services for several clients operating in Africa during 2014, including US-based gold producer Newmont; Canadian exploration, development and mining company First Quantum Minerals; gold producers B2Gold and Endeavour Mining; privately owned gold exploration and development company Toro Gold; and Australia-based resources company Blackthorn Resources.

O’Neil notes that these projects will “broaden Lycopodium’s attractiveness to any resources company contemplating project assessment and development in Africa in 2015”.

He adds that the company’s attendance at the yearly event since 2004 has enabled it to attract new clients and strengthen relationships with existing ones.

Meanwhile, Lycopodium’s acquisition of Cape Town-based resources engineering group ADP Holdings last year is another advantage that the company would like to showcase at this year’s Mining Indaba, as both companies have attributes that will benefit existing and potential clients.

“The ADP acquisition not only extends our ambit into diamonds, marine mining and other areas, but also enhances our proposition to provide cost-effective services to the African continent,” concludes O’Neil.