MINING DUE DILIGENCE SERVICES
Grant Morris -Executive Director, B.Eng Mining, G.Dip Corporate Finance
Grant is a founding director of Finspire and a Mining Engineer with extensive mining and resource finance background that has spanned over 25 years focused on project development, operational roles (both technical and managerial) and project finance positions. He has worked and resided throughout Australia, China, Mongolia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and most recently Singapore. He has a broad exposure to a variety of mining methods and commodities having worked for large multi-national mining corporations as well as junior mining companies including Normandy. BHP Billiton, Ivanhoe Mines, Western Metals, Western Mining, Macmahon Holdings, Barrick Gold and Brandrill. For the past 10 years Grant has been intricately involved in the finance industry where he has worked for Investec Bank, ANZ Bank, Standard Merchant Bank and most recently Credit Suisse in the capacity of their technical expert for all of their debt product transactions. Over the last decade Grant has been intricately involved in financing mining projects in Australia, United States, Peru, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Spain, Finland, Thailand, Botswana, Burkina Faso and South Africa. Grant has now undertaken detailed technical due diligence on over 100 mining operations globally from open pits to underground mines for a variety of commodities and a variety of clients.
Technical Advisory
Finspire employees have been providing technical due diligence reviews of mining assets for financial institutions and mining companies for the past 15 years. Finspire assists our clients in identifying where the key technical risks lie, the consequences of these risks and what potential mitigants may exist to reduce or mitigate these risks whether it be a green fields project development or an existing operating asset. Finspire is experienced in making solid recommendations to their clients in regards to risk mitigants and or appropriate sensitivities, hard adjustments that should be made to the underlying financial cashflow projections in respect to the technical risks identified. If you have already financed the project and it is not performing in-line with expectations then Finspire can also assist in reviewing the assets and then partnering with your institution or corporate management team to proactively develop solutions.