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So how do Capital Ltd make their money?
1. Exploration Drilling
The majority of their revenue comes from supplying ready-made, agile
drilling teams
to work with mining companies. Their operations include
exploration,
core sampling and providing information on
changing ground conditions. Their value also lies in working with the local communities to provide in-country expertise and
operational knowledge in order to
improve efficiencies and
reduce costs.
2. Underground Drilling
The underground drilling services provide a similar service to their exploratory team, incorporating techniques with a focus on
high safety, such as diamond and reverse circulation drilling for exploration and grade control projects.
3. Geochemical Analysis Laboratory Services
Their laboratory services company 'MSALABS' provides
tailored geochemical laboratory services for the exploration and mining industries.
4. Software & Tool Rental
They support exploration drilling projects with a range of
survey and
mining tool rental solutions,
on-site surveying and
geophysical data services. They also have their own software, called HiTT, which is an
innovative program for
borehole management.
Why have they been making so much more revenue recently?
Most of the growth comes down to a whole raft of
new drilling and mining contracts: their Fleet Utilisation % (the percentage of their drilling and mining resources being used) has increased by
17.5%. This now totals 67% in 2021, driven by these new contracts.
- 2-year complete hydraulic hose services contract
in Mali
- 6-month delineation drilling contract in Mali
- Exploration drilling contract for a new client in Mali
- Exploration drilling contract with in Côte d’Ivoire
- Initial six-month delineation drilling contract in Mauritania
- Six-month exploration drilling contract in Burkina Faso
CAPD were also awarded a
huge
waste mining contract with Sukari in 2020, this project is continuing to progress well, with highlights including:
- Q1 asset commissioning completed
ahead of schedule with the second phase of equipment commissioning on track for completion early Q2
- Substantial progress on recruitment with approximately
70% of planned workforce hired during the quarter
Another core asset for Capital is their
excellent safety record, in the mining industry this is measured by 'LTI' or lost time injury: an injury sustained by an employee that leads to a loss of productive work time.
Several
key safety milestones were reached for Capital mining projects in 2021, improving trust with their key clients:
- Mwanza facility (Tanzania) achieved thirteen years LTI free in January
- Yanfolila Gold Mine (Mali) achieved three years LTI free in January
- Bamako facility (Mali) achieved three years LTI free in January
- Bulyanhulu Gold Mine (Tanzania) achieved one year LTI free in January
- Bonikro Gold Mine (Côte d'Ivoire) achieved one year LTI free in January
- North Mara Gold Mine (Tanzania) achieved five years LTI free in March
- Geita Gold Mine (Tanzania) achieved four years LTI free in March
Lastly, Capital's
ten long-term mining contracts continued to perform well, with the number of equipment teams increasing from
94 to
98.
They have also acquired three new teams to support projects in Egypt and Mali.