Company Presentation of MineQuest Consult

1. An overview of the company, its
team members and its service
offering

2. • Started in 2009
• Goal:
– To provide clients with practical and sustainable solutions to mining related
challenges
• Principal capabilities:
– Mining Business Optimisation
– Independent Mining Reviews
– Technical and Economic Evaluation Services
• Service offering is delivered with high level of mining experience, expertise and
competence, covering senior management, technical and mining business expertise
and thorough understanding of mineral asset valuation.
• Mining expertise covers mainly underground mining, and includes commodities from
base metals (nickel and copper), to gold, as well as platinum group metals (PGMs).

3. • Vision:
– To be the leading provider of innovative and practical solutions to the mining
and minerals industry, as an independent mining consultancy services
company.
• Mission:
– to enhance the integrity of the decision-making process, taken over the
entire mining value chain;
– to promote and enable the use of innovative mining optimisation techniques;
– to provide practical solutions to enhance decision-making; and
– to ultimately satisfy the quest for safe, profitable and sustainable mining.
• Values:
– Trust and transparency
– Integrity and honesty
– Core focus on our clients and people
– Teamwork, ownership and empowerment

4. Mining Business
Optimisation
• Enterprise Optimisation
• Inform Decision-making
• Risk & Probabilistic
Modelling & Analysis
• Mining Simulations
• Trade-off Studies
Independent Mining
Reviews
• Due Diligence Studies
• Mining Study Reviews
• Short, Medium and Long
Term (LOM & Business)
Planning Reviews
• Competent Persons Reports
Technical & Economic
Evaluations
• Project Management
• Mine Design & Lay-out
• Mine Planning & Scheduling
• Mineral Asset Valuation
We emphasise on front-end loading
Scoping Studies
Pre-feasibility
Studies
Feasibility
Studies
Operating Mines

5. Opportunity Identification
Analysis/
Pre-
feasibility
Planning/
Feasibility
Study
Execution/ Project
Implementation
Close-out/
Production Ramp-
up/ Hand-over
Close-
out
Commitments
(of funds)
Cost to Change
Benefits
Realisation
Ability to
Influence
value

6. • Optimisation of the mining processes throughout the mining value chain
• Partnered with Whittle Consulting - integrated approach to Enterprise Optimisation:
– Advanced analytical, costing and operational modelling techniques
– Advanced use of Gemcom Whittle software
– Whittle Consulting Prober – B optimisation software (proprietary)
– Efficient data base and data processing management
– Extensive experience in mining optimisation and business planning challenges
• Combines knowledge and relevant information from disciplines and areas within the
organisation – used to develop strategies that identify best options for value
enhancement.
• Optimised Long Term Plan, Business Plan, Project or Business Case with a
significantly improved cash flow profile
– Risk reduction
– Value add option for client
– Proactive responses to future scenarios

7. • Comprehensive and independent offering with regards to mining reviews
• Includes
– Due Diligence Studies
– Mining Study Reviews (from conceptual to feasibility stage)
– Review of short, medium, and long term (Life of Mine and Business) planning.
– Competent Person’s reports
• Opinions are based on many years of operating and technical experience in
the mining industry
• Review work covers a wide range of commodities

8. • Includes:
– Provision of project management support services
– Mine design and layout
– Mine planning and scheduling work.
• Economic evaluation expertise delivered with a combination
of experience - senior management, technical and financial
expertise and thorough understanding of mineral economics
• Latest in 3D modelling and scheduling software used, as well
as powerful mining simulation tools

9. John Guy Taylor
Director &
Principal
Consultant
Luke Zindi
Director &
Principal
Consultant
Cuthbert Musingwini
Associate

10. Physical address:
No. 17 L’Abri
3 Panther Road
Boskruin
Randburg
2188
Telephone: +27 (0) 11 792 3395
Mobile Phone: +27 (0) 83 455 7082
Fax: +27 (0) 11 792 3395
E-Mail Address: JGTaylor@MineQuest.co.za
LZindi@MineQuest.co.za
Visit our website at
www.minequest.co.za