Integrated Land & Agreement Management
Integrated Land & Agreement Management Esri Mining User Group Meeting (MUG) Mining Indaba February 2012
Bill Feast, Managing Director
Who is Spatial Dimension? Experience • • • •
Founded in 1999 FlexiCadastre productized from 2003 Implementations in over 60 global jurisdictions Thought leaders in Mineral Rights Management
Global Reach • Cape Town, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Belo Horizonte, Sydney • Over 40 professional staff
Strategic Partnerships M-Consulting
What is FlexiCadastre? An easy to use, configurable and scalable enterprise solution, to facilitate all the business processes required for the efficient administration of mineral rights on a global basis
Managing Local Land Concerns, Maintaining Corporate Governance
Proven solution for the Corporate Sector Mitigating the potential for severe reputational risk and financial impact should obligations on land related assets be defaulted on
Transparent solution for the Public Sector Adopted by a growing number of governments
… in the evaluation, granting and compliance monitoring of mineral rights and related permits
FlexiCadastre Quick Facts • • • • • •
600+ Users 90+ Locations 30+ Server Installations 60+ Jurisdictions 1 million Lines of Code 8 million km2 of land managed
• • • • •
Intranet based enterprise solution Business process orientated Advanced geospatial tools Scalable & integrates with other enterprise solutions Configurable to match your business
Adding Value Across the Mining Value Chain
Explore for Deposits
Define Ore Resources
Define Ore Reserves
Extract the Ore
Process the Ore
Data and Information Flow
Land Management
Permit Management
Environmental Management Asset Management
Safety
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Document Management Systems (DMS)
Pour & Ship Ore
Manage Rehabilitation
Adding Value - Land / Mineral Interests • Barrick Gold (USA) – 55,000 Claims – 2,500 Lease Agreements – Huge Portfolio of • Royalty positions • Land positions • Some dating back to 1880’s
Adding Value - Land / Mineral Interests • Anglo Platinum – 5000 Surface Rights – 500 Mining & Prospecting Rights
• Anglo American PLC policy statement: “FlexiCadastre is the preferred solution within the land-use/mineral rights management space”
Adding Value - Commercial Agreements • “Contract Management in FlexiCadastre is a very powerful tool producing impressive results, enabling the company to have an edge against others.” Rio Tinto Commercial Manager
• Typical Agreements managed: – Confidentiality – Farm-in / Farm-out – Mining / Option / Royalty
Adding Value - Work Commitments • Many Jurisdictions require work to be carried out to keep tenure in good standing
• Use FlexiCadastre to manage: – – – –
Work Committed Work Performed Work Declared Work Distributed (with spatial rules)
Adding Value - Servitudes / Right of Ways • Manage spatial and commercial aspects to servitudes & RoW’s – Rentals with escalation – Damages payments – Maintenance schedules
Adding Value - Community Resettlements • Barrick Gold uses FlexiCadastre to manage the agreements and compensation processes for their extensive mine site community relocation programs in Tanzania and Papua New Guinea
• “I have not seen a relocation project as successful as this… it surpasses our practice of compensation and relocation and it sets a new benchmark.” - Tanzania’s President Kikwete
Adding Value - Damages Compensation • Event-driven damage – Infrastructure / Tailings – Landslides / Subsidence
• “75% time saving & reduction in risk associated with incorrect payment calculations.” - Barrick Gold Land Manager, PNG
Adding Value - Water Rights & Permitting • Water Rights in Chile – Exploration Rights – Exploitation Rights
Adding Value - Environmental Permitting • Environmental Permitting in Argentina – – – –
Environment Impact Assessments Land Use Permits Drilling Permits Construction Permits
Adding Value - Small Scale Sector Management • Tanzania – – – – –
11,000 large scale licenses 25,000 small scale licenses 21 Ministry offices accepting applications 500 applications per month Mostly with sketch plans
Adding Value - Competitor Monitoring • Monitor 3rd party land that is – About to expire – Recently dropped – Recently renewed
• Monitor companies for – – – – –
Conflicts of interest Due diligence First movers Requirements Government data feeds
Adding Value - Advanced Reporting • • • •
Business Objects Crystal Reports Mail Merge with template tags PDF / HTML / DOC / XLS Web / Email / SMS
Schema (Layout)
+
Data (Search)
= Report
Adding Value - Government Portals
Closing Thoughts • What are the consequences of you missing a date on an obligation, be it a license, agreement or permit? • Is there a consistent, complete and reliable inventory of all your tenure, agreements and their associated obligations? • Do your current tenure and agreement management processes provide detailed audit and compliance tracking capabilities? • Do you current systems cut across operational silos? • Are opportunities being missed by you not having timely and easy access to tenure and agreement information? • Are your existing business continuity strategies adequate?
Managing Local Land Concerns, Maintaining Corporate Governance
Thank You & Questions
Bill Feast, Managing Director
Who is Spatial Dimension? Experience • • • •
Founded in 1999 FlexiCadastre productized from 2003 Implementations in over 60 global jurisdictions Thought leaders in Mineral Rights Management
Global Reach • Cape Town, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Belo Horizonte, Sydney • Over 40 professional staff
Strategic Partnerships M-Consulting
What is FlexiCadastre? An easy to use, configurable and scalable enterprise solution, to facilitate all the business processes required for the efficient administration of mineral rights on a global basis
Managing Local Land Concerns, Maintaining Corporate Governance
Proven solution for the Corporate Sector Mitigating the potential for severe reputational risk and financial impact should obligations on land related assets be defaulted on
Transparent solution for the Public Sector Adopted by a growing number of governments
… in the evaluation, granting and compliance monitoring of mineral rights and related permits
FlexiCadastre Quick Facts • • • • • •
600+ Users 90+ Locations 30+ Server Installations 60+ Jurisdictions 1 million Lines of Code 8 million km2 of land managed
• • • • •
Intranet based enterprise solution Business process orientated Advanced geospatial tools Scalable & integrates with other enterprise solutions Configurable to match your business
Adding Value Across the Mining Value Chain
Explore for Deposits
Define Ore Resources
Define Ore Reserves
Extract the Ore
Process the Ore
Data and Information Flow
Land Management
Permit Management
Environmental Management Asset Management
Safety
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Document Management Systems (DMS)
Pour & Ship Ore
Manage Rehabilitation
Adding Value - Land / Mineral Interests • Barrick Gold (USA) – 55,000 Claims – 2,500 Lease Agreements – Huge Portfolio of • Royalty positions • Land positions • Some dating back to 1880’s
Adding Value - Land / Mineral Interests • Anglo Platinum – 5000 Surface Rights – 500 Mining & Prospecting Rights
• Anglo American PLC policy statement: “FlexiCadastre is the preferred solution within the land-use/mineral rights management space”
Adding Value - Commercial Agreements • “Contract Management in FlexiCadastre is a very powerful tool producing impressive results, enabling the company to have an edge against others.” Rio Tinto Commercial Manager
• Typical Agreements managed: – Confidentiality – Farm-in / Farm-out – Mining / Option / Royalty
Adding Value - Work Commitments • Many Jurisdictions require work to be carried out to keep tenure in good standing
• Use FlexiCadastre to manage: – – – –
Work Committed Work Performed Work Declared Work Distributed (with spatial rules)
Adding Value - Servitudes / Right of Ways • Manage spatial and commercial aspects to servitudes & RoW’s – Rentals with escalation – Damages payments – Maintenance schedules
Adding Value - Community Resettlements • Barrick Gold uses FlexiCadastre to manage the agreements and compensation processes for their extensive mine site community relocation programs in Tanzania and Papua New Guinea
• “I have not seen a relocation project as successful as this… it surpasses our practice of compensation and relocation and it sets a new benchmark.” - Tanzania’s President Kikwete
Adding Value - Damages Compensation • Event-driven damage – Infrastructure / Tailings – Landslides / Subsidence
• “75% time saving & reduction in risk associated with incorrect payment calculations.” - Barrick Gold Land Manager, PNG
Adding Value - Water Rights & Permitting • Water Rights in Chile – Exploration Rights – Exploitation Rights
Adding Value - Environmental Permitting • Environmental Permitting in Argentina – – – –
Environment Impact Assessments Land Use Permits Drilling Permits Construction Permits
Adding Value - Small Scale Sector Management • Tanzania – – – – –
11,000 large scale licenses 25,000 small scale licenses 21 Ministry offices accepting applications 500 applications per month Mostly with sketch plans
Adding Value - Competitor Monitoring • Monitor 3rd party land that is – About to expire – Recently dropped – Recently renewed
• Monitor companies for – – – – –
Conflicts of interest Due diligence First movers Requirements Government data feeds
Adding Value - Advanced Reporting • • • •
Business Objects Crystal Reports Mail Merge with template tags PDF / HTML / DOC / XLS Web / Email / SMS
Schema (Layout)
+
Data (Search)
= Report
Adding Value - Government Portals
Closing Thoughts • What are the consequences of you missing a date on an obligation, be it a license, agreement or permit? • Is there a consistent, complete and reliable inventory of all your tenure, agreements and their associated obligations? • Do your current tenure and agreement management processes provide detailed audit and compliance tracking capabilities? • Do you current systems cut across operational silos? • Are opportunities being missed by you not having timely and easy access to tenure and agreement information? • Are your existing business continuity strategies adequate?
Managing Local Land Concerns, Maintaining Corporate Governance
Thank You & Questions
