Lycopodium Minerals provides a wide range of services to clients throughout the project evaluation and execution stages incorporating diverse processes, commodities and locations. 

Our company structure incorporates groups specialising in process & technical, engineering & drafting, project management & controls, project services, construction management & commissioning, including:

Process & Technical:

  • Planning, design, supervision and interpretation of laboratory, bench-scale and pilot-scale testwork programmes
  • Alternative process evaluations and selection at the conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility study stages
  • Flow sheet development, mass and energy balances, process modeling and process design specification
  • Plant audits, debottlenecking evaluations and staged development planning
  • Due diligence services
  • Hazard studies and analysis
  • Specific process expertise in refractory gold and copper-gold ores and concentrates including resins, bio-oxidation, acid pressure oxidation and roasting
  • Environmental planning and compliance including cyanide recovery and destruction, arsenic fixation and disposal, metal precipitation and water management.

Engineering & Drafting:

  • Conceptual and detailed design of treatment plants and infrastructure
  • Grass roots project development
  • Plant expansions and retrofits
  • Plant refurbishment and relocation
  • Portable and skid-mounted plant
  • Troubleshooting and modification of mechanical and electrical installations
  • Design, configuration and modification of instrumentation and control systems
  • Design expertise in tropical, arid, arctic and high altitude locations.

Project Management & Controls:

  • Engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) and turnkey projects inclusive of infrastructure
  • Project and study management including cost control, planning, scheduling, change management, reporting, resourcing, project closeout
  • HSEC planning and auditing
  • Project implementation systems and procedures
  • Sub-consultant management
  • Plant evaluations and assessments for insurance or sales purposes
  • Client representation.

Project Services:

  • Worldwide sourcing, procurement and expediting services
  • Logistics and transport management
  • QA / QC and inspection services
  • Materials management services
  • Tender preparation and evaluation
  • Contracts management
  • Capital and operating cost estimates
  • Development and implementation of project accounting services.

Construction Management & Commissioning:

  • On-site construction management, planning and controls
  • Equipment and materials receipt, management and control
  • On-site contracts management
  • QA / QC, field engineering and on-site inspection services
  • Commissioning, training and operations services
  • Development and implementation of project maintenance services
  • Site induction process development and implementation
  • Health and safety planning, inspection and management
  • Environmental planning, inspection and management
  • Community relations and social impacts management
  • Site security planning and management
  • HR and IR planning and implementation.