Mining consultancy Core Consultants has launched its Core Connect business platform.

Core MD Lara Smith explains that the platform will serve to provide professional learning and is the company’s latest customised consultancy offering.

“It is a service that brings big thinkers and leading professionals together. As a member, clients will have the opportunity to speak with an expert or simply email them at a time that is convenient to them, instead of having to read pages and pages of reports without the guarantee of finding the information they are looking for. This service will not only save them many hours, but also ensure that clients receive exactly what they require,” she elaborates.

Smith states that, often, knowing the right questions to ask and having someone to direct these questions at is the difference between making a good investment decision and a great one. She further emphasises that the payoff cannot be underestimated.

Smith comments that not only investors but also professionals in every business have a need to learn directly from the experts themselves. This includes mining companies that want to understand new markets, engineering consultants that need forecasts to prepare for a strategy meeting and hedge funds that want to run their commodity investment idea past a mining professional, as well as traders who need regular prices and market direction.
Moreover, she notes that expert networks facilitate consultancy between big thinkers and “people in the know”. “Typically, expert networks do not have in-house expertise, nor do they offer more in-depth consultancy services. Core Connect is a service, couched within Core’s product offerings – thus ensuring control over the quality of the information we provide,” Smith states.

She points out that, from a compliance perspective, using an expert network that relies on outside consultants who are working in industry can open firms up to allegations of insider trading.

However, Smith says Core Connect uses the company’s “extensive” team of in-house experts and associates to facilitate these consultancy calls. “Our experts do not work for any organisation and are all independent consultants. This ensures compliance and unbiased advice,” she points out.

Smith says that signing up for membership of Core Connect is easy. “Simply contact Core and we will get back to you with a tailored package suited to your business requirements.”

She adds that all new members are entitled to 35% off their first package.