Invalid or Overlapping Licences
Rights that have lapsed, been revoked, or overlap prior tenure — undermining title before capital is committed.
Verify Before You Invest
Independent Assurance for Gold, Copper and Mineral Transactions Across Southern Africa
Samitac Assurance verifies licences, ownership, project existence, technical evidence, compliance, counterparties and transaction controls for gold, copper and mineral trades — before capital is committed. Discreet, evidence-led, institutional.
Zambia-based
Southern Africa coverage
Independent field verification
Evidence-led reporting
Confidential engagements
The Problem
Mineral transactions carry risks that documentation alone will not reveal.
In Southern Africa's mining corridors, capital is regularly committed against paperwork that has not been independently traced to source — licences that appear valid on presentation, ownership chains that do not reconcile, and sites that cannot be located in the manner described.
Our role is narrow and deliberate: to assemble the evidence a serious investor, financier or off-taker needs to make a decision. We report what the evidence shows within the agreed scope.
Common Risks
What we look for, before you sign.
A structured examination of the failure modes that most often surface in Southern African mineral transactions.
False Ownership Claims
Sellers who cannot evidence lawful control of the asset, or whose corporate chain does not match cadastral records.
Fabricated Assays
Laboratory certificates that cannot be traced to accredited facilities or reconciled to the sample stream.
Staged Site Visits
Sites, stockpiles or operations presented for viewing that do not reflect actual production or ownership.
Undocumented Intermediaries
Layered brokers and agents without transparent mandates, creating counterparty and sanctions exposure.
Export & Compliance Failures
Permits, tax positions or export documentation that will not withstand regulator or bank scrutiny at settlement.
Services
Assurance across the transaction lifecycle.
Engagements are scoped to your decision — from a targeted licence verification to full pre-close due diligence and post-transaction monitoring.
Licence & Ownership Verification
Independent confirmation of mining rights, licence status, boundary overlaps, tenure history and beneficial ownership through official cadastral and corporate registry checks.
Counterparty Due Diligence
Background review of sellers, brokers, agents and intermediaries — including corporate standing, litigation history, sanctions exposure and undocumented middlemen.
Site Verification
Field visits by qualified personnel to confirm project existence, operational status, stockpile realism and to identify indicators of staged or misrepresented sites.
Technical Document Review
Critical review of geological reports, assay certificates, resource statements and third-party technical work for internal consistency and source authenticity.
Sample Chain-of-Custody
Coordination of independent sampling and accredited laboratory testing with documented custody controls to reduce fabrication and substitution risk.
Regulatory & Export Compliance
Review of environmental, mineral export, tax and permit compliance against the applicable jurisdictional framework.
Transaction Controls
Advisory on payment structuring, escrow arrangements, delivery milestones and documentary triggers designed to protect capital during execution.
Ongoing Monitoring
Post-transaction monitoring of operations, licence status changes and counterparty conduct across the life of the engagement.
Methodology
A disciplined five-step process.
Every engagement follows the same evidence-first sequence, adapted to jurisdiction, commodity and materiality.
- 01
Intake & Scope
Confidential briefing to define transaction context, materiality thresholds, jurisdictions and scope boundaries — captured in a signed engagement letter.
- 02
Documentary Verification
Registry, cadastral, corporate, tax and compliance record checks against original-source authorities in each jurisdiction.
- 03
Independent Field & Technical Checks
Site attendance, sampling coordination, laboratory verification and technical file review by qualified geologists and field agents.
- 04
Risk Assessment
Structured evaluation of findings across licence, ownership, technical, counterparty, compliance and transaction-execution risk categories.
- 05
Final Assurance Report
A confidential, evidence-referenced report with clear findings, residual risk commentary and recommended transaction safeguards.
Regional Coverage
Grounded in Zambia. Working across the region.
We conduct engagements throughout Southern and East-Central Africa, subject to local partner arrangements and jurisdictional requirements.
Zambia
Headquarters jurisdiction. Direct field capability.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Copper-cobalt belt coverage via local partners.
Zimbabwe
Gold, lithium and PGM transaction support.
Botswana
Diamond, copper and coal verification support.
Namibia
Uranium, base and industrial minerals coverage.
South Africa
PGM, gold, chrome and manganese engagements.
Mozambique
Heavy sands, graphite and coal transactions.
Tanzania
Gold, nickel and critical minerals coverage.
Engage Samitac
Before capital moves, the evidence should.
Confidential intake, clear scope, structured findings. Speak with our engagement team about your transaction.