INSIGHTS
Aurus Institute for Resource Development
Mining · Infrastructure · Engineering · Environment
INSIGHTS
Aurus Institute for Resource Development
The institute publishes the practice’s working knowledge: what corridor economics, resource governance and licence discipline look like when they have to survive lenders. Four series carry the program.
- Explore
- Build
- Sustain
- Share
PUBLICATIONS
The shelf
Selected papers from the Aurus library, free to download.
Share
Reconciling NI 43-101 and JORC
How JORC, the CIM standards and NI 43-101 report the same orebody, and where public disclosure still diverges.
Build
AACE Cost-Estimation Maturity
Reading a capital estimate by its AACE class, and the contingency and engineering maturity a lender expects behind the number.
Sustain
ESIA Best Practice in Central Africa
Environmental and social impact assessment that clears national law and lender standards together across Central Africa.
Build
Mine-to-Port Corridor Engineering
Heavy haul rail, deep water terminals and the corridor economics that decide whether a deposit reaches the sea.
Build
From Study to Sanction
FEED-to-FID de-risking through scope definition, basis control, estimate maturity and explicit decision gates.
Explore
Geophysics Campaign Design
Ground and airborne geophysics sequenced into drill-ready targets on a greenfield licence.
Explore
Drilling QA/QC and Assay Integrity
Sampling, chain of custody and assay control that keep a resource estimate defensible from core to database.
Sustain
Designing the End State
Mine closure and rehabilitation treated as a life-of-asset design, social transition, cost and monitoring system.
Sustain
Agreements That Hold
Community development agreements designed around representation, governance, funding, monitoring and correction.
Build
Built for the New Climate
Resilience for mines, corridors, ports, power and water systems through a controlled design basis.
Build
The Living Asset
Digital twins framed as governed decision systems linking models, sensors, configuration and accountable action.
Sustain
The Accountable Facility
Tailings governance, design intent and lifecycle assurance under the Global Industry Standard.
Sustain
Water Beyond the Fence
Catchment stewardship from shared-risk assessment to site response, partnership and evidence of performance.
Share
Local Content That Performs
Supplier development, transparent contracting and capability retained beyond a headline spend target.
Explore
The Two-Speed Iron-Ore Market
Seaborne supply, steel demand and the grade transition splitting the iron-ore market in two.
Explore
The Critical Minerals Constraint
Why geology alone does not create supply: processing, infrastructure, standards, markets and capital must mature together.
Share
Capital That Can Close
Project-finance structures for mines and shared infrastructure, from coverage and completion to standards conditions.
Share
Critical Control Management and Safety
Critical control management and the engineering discipline that bends a mine fatality curve toward zero.
Explore
From Signal to Target
Exploration geochemistry from orientation and sampling support through compositional analysis and target release.
Build
Choosing the Delivery System
A model-neutral method for matching owner capability, market, interfaces, pricing, risk and change control.
Share
Resource Development Outlook 2026
A dated synthesis connecting mineral systems, corridors, capital, standards and delivery decisions.
OBSERVATORY
Aurus Corridor Observatory
The Aurus Corridor Observatory reads resources, infrastructure, capital and licence as one public decision system.