Baracoa Investments (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned Zimbabwean-registered consulting company founded in 2013 with a focus on in-country development of mining assets. Our aim is to grow the return on investment for our shareholders and continuously add value to our stakeholders, strategic partners and clients’ bottom line. Baracoa believes in the future of Zimbabwe and we aspire to be in the forefront in mineral projects development, business turn around and continuous improvement using our ability to apply proven world class technologies and innovative engineered solutions while addressing issues of wealth creation, poverty alleviation, sustainability and environmental concerns.
We create investment opportunities and provide services in the areas of mineral exploration, mining engineering, mineral beneficiation, mineral processing & plant design, project management, value addition, small scale mining, mineral project investment analysis, safety & risk management, environmental management, business leadership, general management.
We work on projects that support government policy frameworks for mining, manufacturing, agriculture, energy, infrastructure development and services industry. We have robust capabilities and experience in project management, execution, strategic operations management, business turnaround strategies, logistics, capacity building, training, research, and development. We engage with our stakeholders in the private sector, government, SME’s, small scale miners, various agencies and others. We value collaboration with local and international partners on major projects. We have an overriding commitment to professional ethics and standards. We thrive for success and win-win relationships.
Our strategy is to partner with private capital providers to provide project financing in the mining sector, help junior miners seeking to make long term decisions around their claims and to acquire mining assets through partnership with existing asset owners via buy-out/farm-in options with investment made as resource is proven. Baracoa’s core focus mining asset areas include:
Late Stage Greenfield and Brownfields sites:
• Sites with preliminary geological studies and history of exploration potential
• Sites with historical mining including potentially mineable waste and overburden material.
• Sites with historically outdated mining practices and extraction methods at small to medium scale and not yielded optimum high-grade production.
• Sites with potential for early processing of existing ore, tailings, waste dumps to generate early cash flow to fund further exploration and development.
Ceased or abandoned mining operations:
• Sites that may have ceased due to complex fiscal or commodity price changes.
• Sites that may have ceased due to unconsolidated ownership.
• Sites with multiple small-scale tenements, presenting an opportunity to consolidate and combine a number of high-grade assets to gain economies of scale.
Our operating model enables us to leverage our expertise, resources, and facilities at our partner institutions and specialist service providers and contractors in Zimbabwe, the SADC region and overseas. The company is managed by an executive committee appointed by the Board of Directors.