StraTactic
StraTactic is a group of senior extractive industry professionals with a proven track record of hands-on achievement in all phases of project delivery including pre-feasibility, government and community relations, licensing and permitting, through engineering and construction to commercial production and expansion – including an award-winning start-up mining operation in difficult African
conditions.
Managing Complex Development & Expansion Projects
Proven track records of successfully managing all phases and aspects of complex development and expansion projects, from feasibility through to production, for extractive industries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe.
Strategic & Operational Support
We offer strategic and operational support based on our collective knowledge, experience, honesty and integrity to achieve cost-effective compliant solutions to clients operating in challenging locations and environments.
Award Winning Industry Professionals
The greatly experienced StraTactic team of extractive industry professionals comprises the Project Director and key members of the management team responsible for delivering an award-winning start-up mining operation in difficult African conditions.
What we do
We reinforce your management’s team on a temporary or ongoing basis to provide a ‘Cold Eyes Review’ on-site and hands-on assistance in assessing, anticipating and preventing potential problems or in solving existing ones to achieve client’s goals within the requested timeframe.
Using our collective knowledge, and experience, with honesty and integrity we can assist clients to convert paper projects into producing mines in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe.
For mining companies we provide cost-effective, value-adding support for any stage of your project. Our collective experience, knowledge and skillsets provide an additional resource for junior miners, early-stage developers and producers, to augment your team to provide hands-on operational site-based or remote assistance on a task-specific, ad-hoc, interim or ongoing basis as required.
For managers our consultants can review, improve and focus the financial reporting processes, optimise funding uses (opex and capex reviews), tailor KPIs reporting and articulate the investment proposition to the private and public markets audiences.
For investors we conduct on-site 3rd party peer review, assessment and verification of activities and performance of invested operations, to provide first-hand reports and recommendations for clients investing in challenging locations and environments.
StraTactic supports both mining companies and investors to monitor or manage the activities and performance of EPC and other consultants including reviewing and framing terms and conditions, scope definition, or producing studies and reports.
StraTactic consultants can assist with government and community relations, financial controls and administration, HSE matters, human resources, industrial relations, security, rights of way, land acquisition and export logistics.
Secure from the start
Our combined senior team skills and experience exceed 100 years collectively and are well suited to the early-stage project development, including political risk assessment and security considerations. We can bring insight into managing local cultural, political and social sensitivities arising from all sectors of society, including local media and departments and government bureaucracies.
We can play an active role beyond initial review, diagnostics and troubleshooting, working alongside and guiding clients’ teams to achieve objectives efficiently.
We work on the ground identifying and offering solutions for management, exploration, engineering review, construction, logistic and infrastructure bottlenecks and weaknesses.
Proven Track Record
Jack specializes in project management in times of crisis. He has provided project and construction management services for the mining industry, in gold, copper, iron ore, lead, zinc, coal, potash and in oil and gas. Previously, working for Eldorado Gold, Jack acted as senior project manager for Potash Corporation’s (Nutrien) Rocanville West US$3.2 billion expansion and was senior company representative/ constructor manager for Spectra Energy, constructing their latest sour gas plant from greenfields through design to operation.
David has a background in civil engineering and has worked for UK, Lebanese, Norwegian and German companies, ranging from start-ups to multi-nationals, gaining extensive experience in the management of oil, gas, power and mining projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa, with particular interest in the procurement and contracts aspects of project delivery.
Didier has extensive experience in the oil, gas and mining industries in Africa, South America and the Middle East in small and medium- sized enterprises and listed corporations. Besides the optimisation of cash, costs, tax, Didier’s expertise lies in organisational structures and governance in challenging environments are his strength.
With equity investment experience in asset management (JP Morgan Investment Management, Putnam, Generation Investment Management) to investor relations (Nestlé) and strategic support to start-ups (TechStar Boston), Daisy is now supporting teams to clearly articulate and communicate enterprise vision from sound business plans and financials to build long-term investor relationships, aligning culture with governance, and targets.
With broad technical and leadership experience across the resources sector, Michelle thrives in complex and uncertain operating environments. Michelle has worked on a range of commodities across Africa, from initial conceptual to detailed design of plant and infrastructure, fund raising, project permitting and stakeholder engagement, construction and commissioning. She is passionate about the sustainable use of finite resources, minimising environmental impact and driving meaningful community development.
The collective experience of the StraTactic team covers all aspects of an extractive operation from successful planning, feasibility studies, design and conversion, via after resource definition, on paper project to a producing mine.
In addition to managing the typical project execution phases of Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of mine facilities, infrastructure and processing plant, we can manage HSE matters, resolution of industrial disputes, community relations, security, rights of way and land acquisition and, crucially, export logistics.
What We Offer
Handling all the phases of capital project, expansion and sustainable capital delivery.
● Strategy review
● Assistance with mining lease negotiations
● Tenders appraisal for cost-effectiveness
● Innovative and alternative solutions recommendations
● Second opinions, troubleshooting and sanity checks
● Execution plans and schedule reviews
● Construction plans and constructability review
● Capex review & rationalisation
● Action plans assessment
● Financial planning, budgets and forecasts review
● Fundraising assistance: documentation, investors relations management, term sheets review, relationship with Rating Agencies
● Ongoing review of operational reports, documents and KPIs
● Financial reporting and consolidation audit
● For potential investors: Investment appraisal and feasibility, mines / projects financial audits
● Interim project management
● Implementation management
● Management of cargo, ships & port operations
● Import / export logistics
● Road, river and rail transport of ores
● Regulatory Compliance
● Assessments of risks and vulnerabilities
● Government authorities’ and communities’ relationships
● Security advice and support in High-Risk areas
● Crisis management
Contact Us
Address
Justo Arosemena Ave. & 32nd East Street, Padilla & Associates Bldg. No. 3-32, Panama City, Republic of Panama.
StraTactic
StraTactic is an extractive industry consultancy firm. We offer independent, practical, and honest advice to the global extractive community. Please do reach out to discuss how our tailor-made approach will add value to your operations.