Due diligence preparation
We compile the complete package a funder requires, from applicant and project data through to regulatory compliance. Projects arrive at funders ready, not rejected.
Mining project funding across Africa
We get mining projects funded.
Kukame Holdings is a mining project funding consultancy. We prepare your project for capital, connect you to the right funders, and manage the process from first engagement to funding close, and beyond.
B-BBEE Level 2 contributor
Equity & debt finance
Development finance institutions
End to end process management
Across Africa
The problem we solve
Most mining projects do not fail on geology. They fail on funding.
Africa has no shortage of viable mining ground. What new entrants to mining consistently lack is access to the right capital, at the right stage, structured in a way that funders will find attractive to back.
Getting a mining project funded is not a single conversation. It takes a bankable due diligence package, an understanding of which funding instruments fit your project, and knowledge of what development finance institutions and private funders need to see.
It also takes the ability to run a funding process from start to finish, and to keep every party moving in the same direction while you do. That is what we do.
What we do
Four things. One partner.
Funding identification & structuring
We match your project to the right funding model, from development and project finance to equity, royalty and blended structures, then prepare and manage the submission.
Stakeholder assembly
We bring together the rights holders, operators, specialists and funders a project needs, and keep them moving in the same direction.
End-to-end process management
We stay with the project from the first NDA through funding close and into production. A signed deal is the beginning, not the finish line.
Why projects come to us
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Ready when it meets the money.
Most projects that approach funders are turned away, not because the project is poor, but because the submission is incomplete or non-compliant. We build the full package before your project meets a single funder.
Equity finance
Capital in exchange for a share of the project and its upside.
Debt finance
Structured lending against the project, its assets and its offtake.
What good looks like
A fundable mining project has all of these in place.
Miss one and the process stalls. Our job is to make sure none of them are missing before your project meets a funder.
✓Secured mineral rights
✓A proven, measured resource
✓Regulatory compliance in order
✓A bankable due diligence pack
✓The right funding instrument
✓A clear route to offtake
✓The right specialists per phase
✓Someone managing the process
How it works
A structured process, not a lucky introduction.
Funding happens through a disciplined process that prepares the project, matches it to the right capital, and manages every step of the engagement.
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NDA and mandate
A confidential first conversation, then a mutual NDA and mandate to protect your project.
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Due diligence
We compile the full package funders actually require, regulatory, technical and commercial.
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Funding match
We identify the right instruments and prepare the submission in the funder's format.
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Close and beyond
We manage the engagement to funding close, then stay with the project into production.
Let us take a look
Have a mining project that needs funding?
Tell us what you are sitting on and what it still needs. We will give you a straight assessment of what it would take to get it funded and moving.
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