Replay every release
Step through each drilling release and watch the deposit grow, hole by hole.
The problem
Good projects get passed over because nobody can see them
A junior's real asset is its drill data. Most of it reaches investors as appendix tables in a PDF, so a strong project and a weak one look the same from the outside.
Hidden data
Intercepts in appendix tables
Hundreds of holes and thousands of assays sit in releases nobody reads end to end. Investors judge the project on one headline number.
Same story
Decks that look alike
Long sections, a resource table, a map with a red star. When every deck looks the same, the deal goes to whoever has the best broker relationship.
Narrow capital
Raising from the same pool
Rounds keep returning to the same small group of funds and retail, often at a deep discount. New money in the Gulf and Asia rarely sees the project at all.
The difference
From appendix table to project room
This is how a drill result usually reaches an investor, and how the same results look once we have built the room.
Appendix 2: Significant drill intercepts (excerpt)
| Hole ID | From (m) | Width (m) | Au (g/t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| KDD115 | 265.4 | 22.0 | 14.87 |
| KDD123 | 370.0 | 5.6 | 36.54 |
| KDD109 | 519.6 | 23.7 | 6.59 |
| KDD191 | 499.5 | 15.5 | 6.53 |
| KDD129 | 578.8 | 20.7 | 5.77 |
| KDD114 | 708.0 | 16.0 | 7.55 |
| KDD134 | 537.6 | 10.8 | 5.16 |
| KDD107 | 298.1 | 9.9 | 5.51 |
Intercepts reported at 0.5 g/t Au cut-off with a maximum of 2 m internal dilution. Widths are downhole. Collar coordinates in Appendix 1.
- Every hole in 3D731 holes from 24 releases, where they sit in the ground
- CheckedHeadline intercepts rebuilt from the published assays
- PricedValue per ounce against listed peers, in one view
Independent showcase built from Wia Gold's public ASX releases. Not commissioned by, or affiliated with, Wia Gold.
Project rooms
Every project gets its own room
A private web app for each mandate, at yourproject.collarandcore.com. Investors open the link, fly to the best holes and check the numbers before the first call, so the meeting starts with questions about the deposit.
Independent showcase built from Wia Gold's public ASX releases. Not commissioned by, or affiliated with, Wia Gold.
Inside every room
Priced against peers
Enterprise value per ounce beside comparable developers, with the caveats stated.
Checked before it's shown
Headline intercepts rebuilt from the published assays, and any gap explained.
Shared by private linkUpdated with every releaseWorks on phone and desktop30-second film in 16:9 and 9:16
What we do
Two engines, one mandate
We make the project investable, then we put it in front of investors who can fund it. Each half makes the other work.
Project promotion
We rebuild how the project is presented, from the drill data up, so an investor understands it in minutes.
Capital origination
We find and introduce the investors who fill the round, and stay with the deal until it closes.
Projects
Listed juniors ASX · AIM · TSXV
Private explorers pre-IPO
Development assets post-DFS
Project vendors JV · farm-in
Collar
& CoreProject room + origination
& CoreProject room + origination
Capital
Family offices UK · EU
Gulf investors UAE · KSA · Qatar
Asian strategics offtake-led
Resource funds specialist
HNW syndicates sophisticated
Scope of services
Everything a round needs, in one place
Promotion
Project room
A 3D web app of every drill hole and intercept, on its own address. Investors fly to the best holes, slide the gold price and replay the drilling release by release.
yourproject.collarandcore.comPromotion
Flythrough film
A 30-second dive through the deposit, cut in landscape for presentations and vertical for mobile and social.
16:9 and 9:16, 1080pPromotion
Data check
We rebuild the headline intercepts from the published assays and flag any gap before an investor finds it.
Checks published in the roomPromotion
Peer room
Enterprise value per resource ounce against comparable developers, with the caveats shown, so the discount is visible.
Refreshed for each roundPromotion
Story and deck
The investor narrative, deck and one-pager rebuilt around the data, in your brand, ready for the roadshow.
Deck · teaser · one-pagerOrigination
Funding rounds
Introductions for placements, private rounds and pre-IPO raises, from first teaser to settlement.
Equity · warrants · convertiblesOrigination
Strategic capital
Offtake partners, traders and strategic investors who fund in exchange for product or a seat at the table.
Offtake · JV · streamsOrigination
Roadshows
Curated investor meetings and dinners in London, Dubai and Cape Town, run by a team that has hosted senior-level events for years.
Meetings booked, not just listedHow a mandate runs
From data room to closed round
STEP 1WEEK 1
Screen
We read the releases, the resource and the cap table, and tell you plainly whether we can help this round.
STEP 2WEEKS 2–4
Build the room
Data checked, project room live on its subdomain, film cut in both formats, deck rebuilt.
STEP 3WEEKS 4–10
Originate
Targeted introductions, meetings and roadshow dates with investors matched to the stage and commodity.
STEP 4ONGOING
Close and update
We support the close, then refresh the room with every new release so the next round starts warm.
Terms
Paid when your round closes
Our interests sit with yours. When we are retained to originate capital, the promotion work is included and we earn on what we bring in.
Most mandates
Origination mandate
- Includes
- Project room, flythrough film, data check, peer room and deck, at no upfront charge
- Fee
- A success fee on capital we introduce, paid in cash and warrants. Nothing is payable unless the round completes with our investors in it
- Term
- Per funding round, set out in a mandate letter before any introductions are made
Promotion only
- Includes
- Any part of the promotion work: room, film, data check, peer room, deck
- Fee
- A fixed fee, quoted after we have screened the project
- Upgrade
- Fee credited in full if you appoint us to originate within six months
Listed juniors
ASX, AIM, TSXV and JSE companies raising through placements, often every 12 to 18 months. We widen the investor base beyond the usual brokers and make the next round easier than the last.
Private juniors
Explorers and developers raising privately or preparing to list. We give them the presentation of a listed company and introductions to investors who back projects before the IPO.
For investors
Screened projects, shown the same way
Every project we bring you arrives in the same format, with the data checked and the comparison to peers already done. You spend your time on judgement, not on reading appendices.
Introductions are made only to investment professionals, certified high-net-worth and certified sophisticated investors, or as otherwise permitted where you are based.
- Deal flowGold, copper and battery-metal juniors across Africa, Australia, Canada and the UK
- FormatA project room for every opportunity, with drill data, value per ounce and release history
- ChecksHeadline intercepts recalculated; data gaps and caveats stated up front
- AccessPrivate placements, pre-IPO rounds, strategic and offtake opportunities
- MeetingsManagement meetings and roadshow dinners in London, Dubai and Cape Town
Who we are
Deal-makers first. Then mining.
Collar & Core was founded by Ryan Anderson. He came to mining the way most good deal-makers do: from the business of putting buyers, sellers and capital in the same room.
Ryan began in enterprise sales, brokering senior-level access across the telecoms and technology sector. That work took him deep into Africa and emerging markets. Operators, infrastructure funds, governments and vendors all needed to meet the right counterparties, and someone had to make that happen. He went on to co-found Nova Summits, which spent years convening telecoms decision-makers and investors across the continent. The job was always the same: find the asset, find the capital, and present the opportunity so both sides take the meeting.
Alongside that, he has built and sold businesses of his own. The most international was magicseaweed.com, the surf forecasting platform he co-founded. Ryan managed its trade sale, a cross-border deal spanning the UK, the United States and Australia. PwC advised magicseaweed. JP Morgan acted for the buyer, which raised pre-IPO capital to fund the acquisition and listed on the ASX as part of the same deal. Running that process with the advisory teams on both sides showed him how institutional buyers and public markets look at an asset, and how much the presentation of that asset moves the price.
Mining is where those two threads meet. African telecoms and African mining share the same investors, the same governments, the same infrastructure questions and often the same rooms in London, Dubai and Cape Town. Junior miners face the problem Ryan has spent his career solving: a strong asset that the right capital never properly sees. Collar & Core brings the deal-maker’s network and the promoter’s instinct to that problem, and starts every mandate with the data.
AfricaYears of deal-making across telecoms and emerging markets
UK · US · AUA cross-border trade sale, alongside an ASX listing
3 citiesLondon, Dubai and Cape Town, where we meet investors
2 enginesPromotion and origination, in every mandate
Questions
What people ask before the first call
Are you regulated?
No. Collar & Core is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We promote projects and introduce investors who fall within the UK exemptions for investment professionals, certified high-net-worth and certified sophisticated investors. We do not give investment advice, arrange deals or deal in investments. The full statement is on our Important information page.
Do you hold investors' money?
Never. Investors subscribe directly with the company, through its broker, lead manager or registry. No client money passes through us at any point.
What happens if the round doesn't close?
On an origination mandate, our fee is a success fee: nothing is payable unless the round completes with investors we introduced. The project room and film stay with you to use in the next raise.
Who owns the project room?
The room is built for your project and shared on your terms. You decide who receives the link, and we take it down if you ask. Rooms stay out of search engines and are shared by private link only.
Is it confidential?
Yes. We sign a confidentiality agreement before you share anything that isn't public, and rooms show only information that has been released to the market. We never use non-public information to promote a listed company.
Do you work with private companies?
Yes. Private explorers and developers raising before a listing are a core part of our work. We give them the presentation of a listed company and introduce them to investors who back projects ahead of an IPO.
Which commodities and regions?
Mainly gold, copper and battery metals, with a focus on Africa and on juniors listed in London, Australia, Canada and Johannesburg. If your project sits outside that, ask anyway: we will tell you plainly whether we can help.
Contact
Tell us about the project, or the capital
We reply within two working days. If the project isn't a fit for us, we'll say so and point you somewhere useful.
hello@collarandcore.com