Why the accounting is different here
Mining is unforgiving on both compliance and cost control. Royalties, EMA fees, RBZ retention rules and Fidelity Printers & Refiners settlements all interact. Without proper cost-per-tonne data, you can't tell if a shaft is actually worth working.
- Royalties and retention calculations across USD and ZWG
- Cost per tonne / per gram not tracked by pit or shaft
- Capex vs opex classification for plant and equipment
- EPO and mining lease compliance costs
- Diesel, explosives and consumables leakage
- Ministry of Mines — EPO, mining leases, returns
- ZIMRA — royalties, VAT, income tax, QPDs
- EMA — Environmental Impact Assessment and monitoring
- RBZ — export proceeds retention and Fidelity settlements
- NSSA — mineworker compensation
How we help
Royalty and retention schedules that reconcile to FPR settlements
Cost-per-tonne and cost-per-gram reporting by working
Fixed asset registers with depreciation and impairment
EMA and Mines return preparation
Independent audits for financiers and shareholders
KPIs we track
Playbook modules that matter most
A real example
A small-scale gold miner was delivering to FPR but couldn't explain why cash was tight. Royalty and retention were being deducted before proceeds hit the bank, and no one was tracking cost per gram.
We reconstructed 12 months of deliveries, built a cost-per-gram dashboard and identified two shafts running at a loss. Closing them freed capital for the two profitable ones and the operation turned cash-positive within three months.