Mining & resource development
Hard-rock extraction, shaft development and ore handling on licences we hold and operate ourselves. Our own sites are where every method we sell was proven first.
Own licencesOperated on yoursTanzania · Sudan · Gambia
Hard-rock extraction, shaft development and ore handling on licences we hold and operate ourselves. Our own sites are where every method we sell was proven first.
Najd Aurum holds and works licences in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania, and operates under its own licences in Sudan and Gambia. Every method described on this page is running on one of those sites now.
That matters commercially, not sentimentally. A contractor who only works other people's ground has no reason to care what a method costs over a year. We carry the cost of our own decisions, so the advice we give about yours is the advice we took ourselves.
Work is taken either as operator — we run the site, you hold the licence — or as a joint interest where we contribute equipment and crews against an agreed share. Both are quoted in writing before anyone mobilises.
The line between what we run and what you keep is drawn before mobilisation, in the agreement, and it does not move without a variation.
The order is not negotiable. Every stage that gets skipped is paid for twice at the next one.
Existing data, cadastre position and a site visit. If the ground does not support a mine we say so in week one, not month six.
Sampling and mapping build a resource model. The model, not the topography, decides where development goes.
Collar, shaft and levels, with services following the face rather than chasing it.
Extraction, hoisting and reconciliation, reported against the model so variance is visible while it is still cheap.
Stated here so that the first conversation can be about the work rather than about how we charge for it.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Engagement | Operator agreement, joint interest, or licence-holder services |
| Term | Minimum six months; development schedules are quoted per site |
| Equipment | Winder and hoist, screw compressor, tracked excavators, RC rig — all owned |
| Crews | Our own. We do not subcontract underground work |
| Reporting | Monthly production, cost and reconciliation report; incident reporting immediate |
| Jurisdictions | Tanzania, Sudan, Gambia |
Yes, but we will run our own evaluation first and you pay for it. Taking over a site on someone else's resource model is how contractors end up mining waste at a fixed rate per tonne.
That is the most common arrangement. You retain the licence and the statutory obligations; we run the operation to an agreed plan and report against it monthly.
There is no floor in tonnes, but below roughly six months of work the mobilisation cost dominates the quote and you are better served by our drilling or consultancy crews.
It is costed in the original budget and provisioned monthly against an agreed closure plan. We will not sign an operating agreement that leaves it unfunded.
Send the licence and what you want from it. We will tell you whether it supports an operation, what it would take to get there, and what that costs — before you commit to anything.