Projects and references

The objective of this assignment was to update the mining study and the reserves estimate for the PHOS-3 project in line with the JORC Code. The mining study was based on:
- the resource estimate prepared by SOFRECO in 2015 during the PHOS-3 pre-feasibility study (SOFRECO MRE 2015);
- the modifying factors for the conversion of the mineral resources into mining reserves: dilutions and losses, processing performance, and the updated economic factors generated from the beneficiation tests.

Project Management Consultancy (PMC) and support for the opening of the Al Khabra phosphate mine whose production is 15 Mt ROM per year.
MWSPC comprises a phosphate mine, beneficiation plant, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, purified phosphoric acid, sodium tri-polyphosphate (STPP) and di-calcium phosphate (DCP) plants in Umm Wu’al, northern Saudi Arabia, and ammonia, NPK and di ammonium phosphate (DAP) production plants in Ras Al Khair, in the Arabian Gulf.

Oil & gas exploration works in Mali have reached an advanced stage. Further to the first encouraging results, the Mali government decided to look into the setting-up of a national oil & gas company as well as one or several entities that would be in charge of the definition and implementation of a national strategy for the petroleum and hydrocarbons sector.
SOFRECO assisted the government in achieving this goal; our team developed an appropriate institutional framework for the management of the different aspects of the oil & gas sector.   

The services provided by the consultant include:
An overview of Cameroon's geological and mining potential;
Identification of the economic, environmental and social impacts of exploiting this potential for Cameroon;
Identification of the short- and medium-term priorities to achieve the mining sector’s sustainable development, taking into account knowledge levels, the institutional system governing the sector, the geological potential and infrastructure needs;
Identification of the main gaps in the mining sector’s current management by the different actors involved, and proposal of ways to better organise the sector.