Auro Consulting Services

Technical depth, commercial context and delivery discipline.

A multidisciplinary advisory portfolio for mining, processing, smelting and refining organisations. Scope follows the decision; the work remains grounded in the operating reality.

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Service pillar 01

Metallurgical Consulting

Technical advisory across the project lifecycle, from early plant design and test work through audits, commissioning, handover and improvement.

Plant Design

Translate metallurgical intent into practical plant and infrastructure design inputs.

BFDs, PFDs and GAs
Mass and metal balances
Reticulation systems

Plant Audits

Review plant performance, material movement and operating standards against the evidence available.

Surveys and Down the Bank Survey
Metal tracking and accounting
EOY audits, inspections and DMRE standards

Training & Procedures

Make operating knowledge usable through staff training and clear procedures.

Staff training
SOP development
Practical operating guidance

Metallurgical Test Work

Structure test work around the decision the project needs to make.

Plant-scale investigations
Pilot-scale work
Laboratory-scale test work

Project Management

Support technical and delivery decisions through the project lifecycle.

Concept and pre-feasibility
Bankable feasibility and execution
Commissioning and handover

Optimisation & Improvement

Review the operating system and identify practical opportunities for performance improvement.

Plant review
Constraint and variance review
Performance improvement planning

Service pillar 02

Business Development & Commercial Advisory

Commercial context for technical decisions, growth planning and partnerships across the mining and processing value chain.

Needs, Growth & Market Entry

Clarify the decision, market context and practical route to growth.

Needs analysis
Growth and market-entry strategy
Expansion and revenue optimisation

Commercial Assessment

Bring structure to commercial choices, counterparties and contract decisions.

Commercial assessments
Contract negotiation support
Risk analysis and business planning

Partnerships & Investment Readiness

Prepare credible project and partnership conversations without overstating the evidence.

Joint ventures and investor introductions
Partnership and stakeholder development
Project structuring and investment readiness

Funding & Commercialisation

Support the commercial framing needed to move a well-defined opportunity forward.

Funding support
Commercialisation planning
Opportunity identification

Market Intelligence

Build a grounded view of the external market around a project or operating decision.

Market research
Competitor benchmarking
Opportunity identification

Licensing & Compliance Support

Coordinate commercial and operational decisions with applicable licensing and compliance requirements.

Licensing support where applicable
Compliance planning
NEMA-related support where applicable

Service pillar 03

Mineral Processing & Procurement Consulting

Connect extraction, processing performance and supply-chain choices to the operating context of the asset.

Extraction Optimisation

Review extraction choices in relation to downstream processing requirements and constraints.

Extraction review
Feed and process context
Constraint identification

Processing Efficiency

Identify where process flow, operating practice or measurement context can be strengthened.

Process efficiency review
Circuit and plant context
Operational improvement planning

Resource Recovery

Keep recovery questions grounded in test work, plant evidence and the material balance.

Recovery opportunity review
Material and metal accounting context
Evidence-led improvement options

Procurement & Supply Chain

Support procurement and supply-chain choices that fit the plant and project delivery context.

Procurement planning
Supply-chain management
Supplier and delivery coordination

Operating-Cost Discipline

Make cost questions visible alongside technical and operational trade-offs.

Operating-cost review
Cost drivers and constraints
Decision support for improvement work

Service pillar 04

Digital Transformation & Operational Intelligence

Use Auro-OS as an enabling product when structured operational visibility and governed decision support add value to the consulting work.

Current Operational Visibility

Keep site, shift, area and circuit context together for a clearer operating narrative.

Current-shift context
Site and circuit views
Structured event and downtime records

Governed Operational Records

Make record state, ownership and review context visible instead of implied.

Draft, submitted and approved states
Handover and supervisor review context
Traceable operational records

Plant-to-Executive Context

Compress operational detail into reviewable summaries without replacing the underlying evidence.

Constraint and variance context
Executive site summaries
Narrative and decision context

Manual-First Digital Delivery

Start with structured workflows that match the site before assuming future system integrations.

Manual-first operating model
Laboratory sample and result context
Integration-ready boundaries

Project Lifecycle

Support where the decision and delivery meet

The right technical and commercial support changes with project stage. We can join at the point where clarity is most needed.

Layered mine and plant roadmap visual representing project stages from field context through delivery

Field context / project lifecycle

Concept

Frame the technical, operating and commercial question before options are narrowed.

Pre-feasibility

Test the basis, constraints and evidence needed to decide whether an opportunity should progress.

Bankable feasibility

Build a clearer technical and commercial basis for financing, approvals and delivery planning.

Execution

Support implementation decisions, procurement context, procedures and delivery coordination.

Commissioning

Carry plant, people, measurements and operating practice into a controlled start-up context.

Handover & optimisation

Support the transition into operating rhythm, review and ongoing improvement.

Digital Operational Intelligence

Auro-OS is an enabling layer within the advisory work.

Where it adds value, the Plant Optimization Dashboard supports structured plant visibility, current operating context, governed records and management review. It is not the service catalogue and it does not imply direct machine control.

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Current operational visibility

Site, shift, area and circuit context in one operating narrative.

Governed operational records

Record state, ownership, review and handover context made visible.

Plant-to-executive context

Operational detail compressed into reviewable summaries without losing evidence.

Manual-first digital delivery

Structured workflows that match the site before future integration assumptions.

Resource recovery

Keep recovery questions grounded in test work, plant evidence and material balance context.

Operating-cost discipline

Make cost drivers and technical trade-offs visible together.

Responsible asset performance

Connect process efficiency, compliance and operational resilience without unsupported claims.

Define the right scope

Start with the question behind the project.

Share the technical, operational or commercial decision you are working through and we will shape the next conversation around it.

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