Nigel returned to the mining sector as a Principal Consultant in the Due Diligence Group, at SRK Consulting where he led technical and business projects on placer, open pit and underground mines on platinum, diamonds, coal, lignite and phosphate deposits. He was Project Leader for Feasibility Studies in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia mines and Innovation Audit plus Business and Technical improvement projects in Russia. Nigel is a co-founder and executive director of Legacy Hill Resources a mining venture. Nigel was responsible for mining processes and technology leading conceptual development of innovative process technology, underpinning the business strategy. He authored a patent (under application) for steel making, developing an innovative new pelleting process. Nigel is a Chartered Manager, a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

Brendan led Abaci’s investment in projects in the US and Europe, including natural resource deals with Sandstorm, and Guggenheim Capital Partners. At Zamin in the mid-2000’s, Brendan headed the team negotiating the establishment of the Bahia Mineracao iron ore JV in Brazil, grew a team and funding to develop the project, raised $120m from London based funds before finalising a new JV with ENRC PLC, where Zamin earned over $300m. He served as a board member of the Bamin JV and led the negotiations resulting in ENRC exercising their right of first refusal to acquire the remaining 50% of the JV for over $750m in September 2010. Brendan qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in Ireland before joining HSBC Corporate Finance in London in 1999 where he worked on a number of take-private and IPO transactions.

Nigel spent most of his life in Real Estate and later in large scale renewable energy projects partnering with key players such as Yingl Solar in China, Canals & Riverside Trust assessing hydro opportunities across the UK as well as advising the Crown Estate on solutions aimed at reducing energy costs for its shopping centre assets.
Nigel is an adamant supporter in protecting the planet for future generations and in doing his bit to expediate climate change. Nigel is responsible for business development, promoting our capabilities to both asset owners and capital providers alike.

He has focused on the Minerals Sector since retiring, heading the Pakistan Extractive Working Group started by the World Bank and himself in 2012 and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 2015-16 where he authored the published report on the Minerals Sector of Pakistan (legal, regulatory, policy, revenue management, foreign direct investment, plus environment and social aspects).
He has a B.Sc. (Hons) University of Leicester, a 1998/99 Fellow of AAAS where he chaired symposium sessions in 2004 and 2005 on “The Hydrogen Economy” and “Cognitive Interfaces: Neural Control of Machines.” He has been a member of Peer Review teams and presented papers on Technology Outlook at CCRTS in San Diego and Surprise Technology Symposium in Reston, Virginia. The Keynote speaker presenting advances in the Minerals Sector to the current Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan at the KPK conference at the Ramada Hotel, Islamabad, December 2015. He co-chaired a session on agriculture and minerals at the Punjab Economic Forum April 2017.

As a dedicated mining finance house, Lion’s team of qualified engineers and geologists became risk managers making a risk assessment of the asset – (‘The Risk Disc’) – presented the project plus disc to funding institutions and once funded, played an ongoing active role (oversight of development cycle) monitoring every aspect of the critical path investors early warning of deviations from the norm and any capital consequences.
His team was the financier and manager of the transition from the idea to the reality and instructed to question everything and assume nothing until it was safe to do so. Andrew has been involved in a number of successful North American gold and copper discoveries and has worked in many countries in Africa, China, Chile, and Europe.
Andrew had been an exec and non - exec board member, of numerous listed mining companies and believes that mining will always be an inexact science.

After an initial period as an exploration geologist in Southern and East Africa John turned to consulting and spent the following 20 years as a Principal Geologist with SRK Consulting, out of their Cardiff UK office, whilst there was involved in a wide-ranging gamut of commodities from early-stage exploration through to feasibility and production reconciliation. John also has wide ranging experience of mining technical due diligence and in a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions (early 2000’s) within South Africa with lots of exposure to the investment community (London and Toronto).
Since leaving SRK in 2015, John has established himself as an independent geologist with a number of local UK and international clients and has worked on such diverse projects as heavy mineral sands exploration in Greenland, Phosphate due diligence in the Middle east, gold and base metals exploration and resource estimation in the DRC and Europe and Gold exploration in Pakistan.

Ryan has been involved in five successful mine start-ups to name plate design. Ryan is fluent in French, and English, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Geological Engineering, and holds a professional engineering designation in Canada.

Amiel has delivered impact assessment training to industry, community and government, and is currently an instructor with the University of Toronto. Amiel has also been involved in developing domestic emission trading regulations and Greenhouse Gas GHG offset systems.
Amiel has led the successful permitting of two North American mines and has further experience working in over nine countries on four continents and is bilingual in French / English.
Currently, Amiel is a strategic advisor for Goodzilla, Vice-chair of an Toronto-based urban charity, and has served on several other charitable boards. Additionally, Amiel is a member of the PDAC’s CSR committee, CIM’s Environment and Social Responsibility Society and a member of the International Association of Impact Assessment.