BRADKY Mining's leadership has delivered large-scale operational turnarounds, managed complex M&A transactions and operated in challenging international jurisdictions across 20+ years.
Bibiani Gold Mine is one of Ghana's premier large-scale gold operations, with a 3 Mtpa Carbon-in-Leach (CIL) processing facility located in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai district of the Western Region.
At the time of Brian Dunn's appointment, the operation was on care & maintenance following the Noble Mineral Resources IPO on the ASX. The mandate was to restore the operation to full production throughput.
Brian was appointed In-Country Managing Director for Africa, taking full responsibility for every aspect of the restart, from contractor mobilisation to full plant commissioning and stable production delivery.
Re-established all mining and processing activities from care & maintenance status. Full site mobilisation of personnel, contractors and equipment.
Achieved design throughput of 3 Mtpa at average grade of 2.15 g/t Au with 91% CIL recovery. Ramp-up completed within 2 years of C&M status.
Managed a combined workforce of 500 direct employees and 1,200 contractors at full operation. Established local community employment and training programs.
Operating as an ASX-listed entity from an African base, reporting requirements, board governance and investor communications were maintained throughout.
Brian Dunn and the BRADKY team have advised on and structured multiple large-scale resource sector M&A transactions.
BRADKY's advisory mandates have been focused on material, large-scale transactions where execution expertise is critical to deal value.
The BRADKY team has worked on transactions up to US$1.5B in value across producing, development and brownfield resource assets.
Transactions across Australia, Asia and West Africa cover varying jurisdictional, regulatory and sovereign risk environments.
Brian Dunn's leadership of the Noble Mineral Resources IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange demonstrated full-cycle capability, from capital raising through to in-country operational delivery.
This end-to-end experience in investor engagement, governance obligations, operational execution and board reporting is directly applicable to BRADKY Mining's current acquisition mandate.
BRADKY Mining is actively evaluating acquisition opportunities across its target jurisdictions. Asset details are confidential, so contact Brian Dunn or Andrew Geldert to discuss the current pipeline.