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How it worksA structured process, from first conversation to funded project.
Mining project funding does not happen through a single introduction. It happens through a disciplined process that prepares the project, matches it to the right capital, and manages every step of the engagement. This is how Kukame works.
Initial engagement, NDA and mandate
Confidential from day one.
Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation. Once there is a basis for proceeding, we formalise the relationship with a mutual non-disclosure agreement and client mandate. This protects your project information and mandates Kukame to introduce your project to the right funding partners when the process reaches that stage. Here we establish what the project is, where it stands, what rights are in place, and what it still needs.
Applicant information and project assessment
A diagnostic, not a form.
We work through a structured intake with the client, covering the company, the people behind it, the mineral rights, the location, the resource base and the current compliance position across all relevant legislation. We use it to identify exactly what is in place and what still needs to be resolved before the project is funder-ready.
Due diligence compilation
Built to the standard funders require.
Kukame compiles the full due diligence package: regulatory compliance (MPRDA, Mining Charter 2018, DMRE, MHSA, environmental authorisations), technical documentation (geology, resource estimates, feasibility data) and commercial information (production projections, cost structures, offtake). Not a summary or a presentation, but a complete and verifiable body of evidence.
Funding match and submission
The right capital for the profile.
Once the package is complete, we identify the appropriate funding instruments and capital sources for the project's specific profile, prepare the submission in the funder's format, brief the client on what to expect, and manage the engagement. We work across development finance institutions, private equity and debt funders, and project-specific structures.
Funder engagement and close
We manage it to commitment.
Kukame manages the funder engagement on the client's behalf: responding to due diligence queries, providing supplementary information, facilitating site visits where required, and negotiating terms. We stay in the process until the funding is committed and documented.
Post-funding support
A signed agreement is not the end.
We remain engaged through the build phase and into production, making sure the project keeps its momentum and every party, funder, operator and rights holder, receives what they came for.
Three things you can count on.
Confidentiality from day one
Every engagement is covered by a mutual NDA. Your project information is protected from the first conversation.
Prepared, not reactive
We build the full due diligence package before your project meets a funder. Funders reject incomplete submissions. We make sure yours is not one of them.
Measured on the outcome
We are not here to produce a report. We are here to get your project funded. That is what we are judged on.
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