About Us

Mining investment advisory
built on experience

We turn uncertain mining and critical minerals projects into clear investment cases by integrating technical, financial, ESG, and execution experience from both sides of the table.
Meet the Team
To transform mining and critical minerals projects from uncertain prospects into assets that get approved, financed, and delivered.

Most mining projects fail at the financing stage not because of poor geology or weak markets, but because the investment case has not been built to institutional standards. Technical studies exist. Financial models exist. ESG work exists. But they often do not speak to each other. Risks remain unquantified across dimensions, value drivers stay buried in appendices, and when lenders and regulators ask the hard questions, the integrated evidence they need is not there.

Minesmart Partners exists to close this gap. We provide senior investment advisory that integrates technical, financial, ESG, and execution evidence into one decision-ready investment case. We quantify risks across all five dimensions, surface the value drivers that matter to capital providers, and deliver the evidence that debt providers, equity investors, and regulators need to make confident decisions. Our principals have sat on both sides of the table, and that perspective shapes everything we build.

our framework

Five dimensions.
One integrated investment case.

Our framework assesses each project across five dimensions and 15 categories, connecting technical, financial, environmental, social, and governance evidence into one decision-ready investment case.
Technical, financial, environmental, social, and governance evidence is assessed together, not in isolation, to produce one integrated investment case.
Technical
(4 categories)

Assesses the technical foundations that determine project confidence, development risk, and delivery credibility.

T.1 Geology & Mineral Resources
‍T.2 Mining, Mineral Reserves & Mine Planning
‍T.3 Metallurgy, Process & Product Quality
‍T.4 Infrastructure & Services

Financial
(2 categories)

Tests whether the project economics, funding pathway, and financial model can withstand lender and investor scrutiny.

F.1 Market Viability & External Context
‍F.2 Project Economics, Funding & Financial Model

Environmental
(3 categories)

Evaluates environmental obligations, closure requirements, climate exposure, and residual risks that affect approvals and financing.

E.1 Tailings Facility Design, Operation & Monitoring
‍E.2 Environmental Impacts, Biodiversity & Climate
‍E.3 Mine Closure, Rehabilitation & Transition

Social
(2 categories)

Assesses social performance, stakeholder exposure, and community-related risks that can shape project approval and capital confidence.
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S.1 Social Performance & Human Rights
‍S.2 Resettlement, Livelihoods & Local Benefits

Governance
(4 categories)

Reviews the governance, ownership, permitting, execution, and organisational foundations required to move from study to investment decision.

G.1 Project Strategy, Scope & Value Proposition
‍G.2 Governance, Ownership & Compliance
‍G.3 Legal Rights, Tenure & Permitting
‍G.4 Execution Readiness, Organisation & Systems

Meet our team

Pieter du Plessis
Principal, Technical-Financial Integration
Pieter connects engineering reality with institutional finance, drawing on project finance, major mining, and World Bank experience to build defensible investment cases.
Siri Genik
Principal, ESG & Stakeholder Integration
Siri integrates ESG, stakeholder, and social licence risks into the investment case, helping projects convert responsible development into financing confidence.
Marc Lincoln
Principal, Project Execution & Delivery
Marc brings major mining execution experience from Anglo American and De Beers, testing scope, cost, schedule, and risk assumptions from concept to commissioning.
Our Values

How we work, evaluate, and deliver results

Independence
We maintain strict independence from developers, lenders, and operators. Our assessments are objective, our recommendations are unbiased, and our analysis stands on evidence alone.
Integration
We integrate technical, financial, ESG, and execution evidence into one decision-ready investment case, connecting every dimension to quantified risk, project performance, and capital provider expectations.
Rigour
Every input is validated. Every assumption is documented. Every model is auditable. We build investment cases that hold under scrutiny because lenders can see exactly how they are built.
Let’s talk about your project. We work with mining and critical minerals projects from PEA through BFS, financing, and investment close.
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