Contractual

Richard Smith Crudes has decades of consultant experience in matters pertaining to disputes between parties across the mining sector. With a pool of international talent creating the core members of our team and generalist geologists in our network, we are able to find the right person to fill each of our client’s specific and individual needs. We work hard to place the right geological contractor with the right client, and once this person is in place they are provided with on-going support from our technical manager and our office based logistical team. We do more than just fill a gap in our client’s busy exploration and mining programmes. Richard Smith Crudes adds genuine value to any project and provides cost effective geological contracting with a difference!
General examples of cases where we have offered professional advisory services and provided expert witness testimony include:

• Contract mining agreements: payment methodology, prudency of mining plans/practices, distinctions between contract miners and reserve owners.
• Coal and mineral leases: monetization of royalty income streams, valuation of royalty streams, lost coal claims, recovery of minable/merchantable coal, market analyses.
• Fuel supply agreements: force majeure claims; contract valuations; differentials between contract prices and market prices; quality specifications, price adjustments, market forecasts, prudency of mining.
• Litigation support / expert witness testimony: market forecasts/price projections, costs of governmental impositions, direct testimony before Public Service Commissions and Public Utility Commissions, bankruptcy analysis, mediation of disputes between Buyers and Sellers.