Founded 40 years ago in South Africa, SRK Consulting is a global leader in natural resource and development solutions, providing independent technical advice and services, with a staff complement of 1 500 working from over 50 offices, across 22 countries, on all six continents.

In Africa, SRK has practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, with an established presence in Angola, Cameroon and Malawi. Offices are owned and managed by qualified staff members, who operate according to SRK’s ISO 9001:2008-compliant technical quality standards.

The group’s mining expertise covers a range of engineering, scientific, environmental and social disciplines:

• Exploration and mining: SRK’s specialist exploration geologists and mining engineers offer a complete mining consulting service ranging from exploration planning, resource estimation, integrated feasibility studies and economic evaluations, to detailed mine design and layout, production scheduling, equipment selection, and materials handling system evaluation.

• Geotechnics: These services include rock engineering and slope stability designs for openpit and underground mines, geotechnical site investigations and risk evaluations.

• Tailings and mine waste engineering: SRK offers services in heap- leach engineering, mine waste disposal, pollution control, long-term monitoring, quality assurance and construction management.

• Mine water management: SRK’s services in this field include contaminant plume and groundwater flow modelling, mine dewatering, stormwater management, water balances, water supply and treatment, wastewater treatment, and permitting and licensing.

• Environmental and social services: From environmental-impact assessments to the social and institutional aspects of environmental and social management planning, SRK assists with sustainability.

• Civil and structural services: SRK offers the full range of services in this field, including project management, design, engineering drawing and contract documentation.

• Mine reclamation and closure: SRK’s services in this field include all aspects of reclamation, from closure planning and closure cost estimates to the management of final closure of a mine.