Company Information for PKF

Company Statement

PKF has an international team of Mining & Resource sector specialists. We provide a range of business advisory services to projects involving pure exploration, evaluation, pre-production and production itself. We work on a wide range of mining projects including:

• Base metal (copper - porphyry, IOCF and primary magmatic plus nickel - primary magmatic sulphide and oxide)
• Polymetalic (copper/precious metal)
• Platinum Group Metals
• Diamonds and Gem Stones
• Industrial Minerals (tantalite/phosphate)
• Coal

Having an international team dedicated to the sector allows us to recognise and respond to its unique and often volatile nature, affected as it is by fluctuating commodity prices, environmental regulation, operating costs and the levels of mineral reserves.  Some of the key mining regions we are currently working in are:

• North, South & Central America
• Europe
• South Africa
• West Africa
• Australasia
• Asia

Services Provided

Services provided by our mining sector team include:

• Audit (statutory and non-statutory) in the UK and overseas
• Reporting accountant work for flotations and follow-on-fund raisings
• IFRS consultancy
• Corporate tax advice (UK and international) on group structuring (in order to minimise tax liability)
• Registration of the Company with tax-efficient investor and employee incentives, e.g. VCT and EMI reliefs
• Advice on VAT registration and international VAT structuring
• Expatriate tax advice
• Business risk analysis and advice on financial controls
• Management Consultancy services

Clients & Geographic Spread

Our extensive client list includes:

• Alexander Mining
• African Copper
• Amazon Mining
• Ariana Resources
• Bisichi Mining
• CAMEC
• Cluff Gold
• European Diamonds
• European Minerals Corporation
• European Nickel
• Latitude Resources
• Mercator Gold
• Montericco Metals
• Rambler Mines
• Ridge Mining
• Serabi Mining
• Sunrise Diamonds
• Tanzanite One

Company Address Farringdon Place Farringdon Road London, UK, United Kingdom EC1M 3AP Website: http://www.pkf.co.uk

Additional Address/Key Contact Stuart Barnsdall (Partner) Tel: 020 7065 0452 Email: stuart.barnsdall@uk.pkf.com Jeff Harris (Partner) Tel: 020 7065 0319 Email: jeff.harris@uk.pkf.com

Most Recent Statement

01/09/08 - PKF Mining & Resources Event
14/01/08 - Controlling tax costs in the mining sector...PKF Seminar - 23 Jan, London
27/11/07 - PKF urges Chancellor to use CGT changes
25/11/07 - UK Hoteliers experience a bouyant October
14/11/07 - PKF's illustrative accounts for first time ifrs adopters
14/11/07 - Offshore “amnesty” - HMRC should give more to get more