Minerals that move the world
Chitra Consulting is an independent boutique firm offering bespoke, worldwide advisory across mineral mining, environmental, construction, engineering and extractive metallurgy.
Independent advice, built around your project.
As a global advisory service the company works together with their esteemed Tier one partners to find the best solutions fitting to the unique circumstances of the various projects upon which they are engaged to consult.
About the firmEight disciplines. One point of accountability.
From first soil sample to Competent Person's Report, each service stands alone and all of them join up.
Geotechnics
Ground characterisation and engineering analysis across the mining lifecycle.
GA →Geotechnical assessments
Structured site investigations that de-risk project development.
GC →Geochemistry
Sampling programmes, analytical assurance and expert interpretation.
EM →Exploration management
End-to-end programme governance, from targeting to statutory reporting.
MT →Metallurgical test work
Programmes that define ore behaviour and process response.
RE →Resource estimations
Independent, defensible estimates under JORC, NI 43-101 and SAMREC.
MD →Mine design
Open-pit and underground design, scheduling and equipment selection.
CPR →CPR requirements
Competent Person's Reports for major exchanges and reporting codes.
Scoping through to project evaluation
Full service studies based on physical analysis, carried through every stage of the project.
Scoping
First-pass studies that frame the opportunity and its economics.
Pre-feasibility
Deeper technical and economic definition of the project.
Logistics
Practical planning around access, transport and supply.
Site visits
Physical inspection and verification on the ground.
Project evaluation
An independent view of the asset, end to end.
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