Our Services
EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY
- Prospectivity assessments and target generation
- Commissioning and interpretation and remote sensing data sets
- GIS-based data collation
- Structural geological assessments
- Surface and stream-sediment geochemical surveys
- Geological mapping
- Management and interpretation of geophysical surveys
- Exploration project management at all levels, including:
- High-level technical consulting and Qualified/Competent Person supervision
- Holistic, turnkey exploration project management services
- Exploration project design, execution and budget management
- Industry HSEC management
- Provision of highly-skilled technical staff to exploration projects
- Exploration data management including Quality Assurance/Quality
- Control of all exploration data
Subcontractor engagement and management - Reporting
- Qualified/Competent Persons’
- Reporting according to all major
- Reporting Codes to all major Stock Exchanges
- Scientific editing and layout of technical reports
- Investor presentations
- Geological modelling and Mineral
- Resource Estimation in accordance with all major reporting codes.
RESOURCE MODELLING AND ESTIMATION
Our geologists have extensive experience in exploration, database management, resource estimation, grade control and conditional simulation. We can take your project from grassroots exploration through the feasibility study stage and into production.
- Evaluations of exploration properties
- Reviews of exploration sampling results and QA/QC procedures
- Optimisation of drillhole targeting for resource definition
- Exploration and database management
- Creation of 2D and 3D geological, structural and mineralisation models
- Statistical and geostatistical analyses
- Resource estimation, classification and reporting for all stages of projects from scoping studies through to feasibility studies and operating mines
- Due diligence reviews of geological interpretations and resource estimates
- Metal accounting and production reconciliations
ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINERAL TENURE
- Application for Prospecting and Mining Licenses
- Application for Water Use Licenses
- Application for Waste Management
- Application for Environmental Authorisations
- Environmental Impact Prediction and Assessment,
- Environmental Management Programmes
- Basic Assessment Programmes
- Mineral title and compliance management
- PAR (Performance Assessment Reports)
- Compilation and submission of Section 11, Section 20 and Section 102
- Land access Agreements
- Due diligence reviews
- Joint venture and other cooperative agreements
- Social Impact Assessment
- Environmental and social monitoring and management
- Environmental liability assessments and financial assurance
- Environmental liability assessments and financial assurance
- Resettlement planning and implementation
- Scoping, Audits and reviews
- Closure plans
- Risk assessment
- GIS mapping and information management
- Baseline environmental and social studies
- Specialist Studies and Reporting
- Ecological Studies
- Heritage Studies
- Surface and ground water studies
- Soil Studies
- Air quality Studies
- Noise Studies
- Traffic Studies
Our extensive experience in dealing with government ensure to provide peace of mind, with rapid turn-around time.
GEO-TECHNICAL
Geotechnical challenges that could influence the development of your site can include geological environment, ground and groundwater conditions and seismicity. Additional challenges may originate from your particular equipment and infrastructure, e.g. vibrating mill foundations, machinery with limited tolerance for settlement and other design constraints for structural and operational purposes.
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- Planning and Investigation
- Geotechnical Design
- Construction Support
- Geotechnical field investigation, mapping, logging, and data basing
- Structural interpretation and analysis
- Rock mass characterisation and domain modelling
- Geotechnical investigation
- Foundation design
- Lateral support and retaining wall design
- Borrow material investigation
- Dam design and safety inspection
- Excavations and embankments
- Erosion control
- Geological hazard assessment
- Terrain stability analysis
- Tunnel geotechnics and design
- Monitoring and instrumentation
- Land reclamation
DRILLING SERVICES
Tshifcor is a professional, well-equipped and highly mobile Reverse Circulation (RC), Percussion and Core drilling company integrating its services as part of a turnkey package to the Mineral Industry and commercial/household water supply. Operations have been undertaken in highly remote areas in all provinces in South Africa. Our well-designed drill rigs are very reliable and sustainable for all types of resources including the success in drilling of iron ore projects. We offer effective and affordable drilling service solutions to our clients in the Mineral Resource, Exploration, Geotechnical investigation, Environmental Industry and commercial/domestic water supply.
Exploration drilling
- Reverse Circulation (RC)
- Core Drilling
- Auger Drilling
- Blast Holes-Production Drilling
Percussion Drilling
- Water Well
- Rotary Air
- Geotechnical Drilling
Our Clients
Tshifcor provides services to clients with no borders. Our Client’s base revolves from all over South Africa and Abroad, including Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, DRC and many more.