Can it be built and operated?
Resource, process, site, utilities, infrastructure, execution and operating readiness.
Project development
Move complexity through clear decisions.
A stage-gated model coordinates the evidence, approvals and partnerships required to advance major industrial platforms responsibly.
A project advances only when the next phase is justified. A gate can approve, condition, recycle, pause or stop development.
Development lifecycle
Seven gates from thesis to readiness.
The required evidence increases with each phase, while uncertainty and design optionality are progressively reduced.
- G0
Origination
Strategic fit, corridor logic, preliminary opportunity and fatal-flaw screen.
- G1
Project definition
Resource or feedstock, market, location, infrastructure and stakeholder hypothesis.
- G2
Pre-feasibility
Technology options, site layouts, material balances, cost ranges and development schedule.
- G3
Feasibility & bankability
Integrated technical, environmental, social, commercial, legal and financial case.
- G4
Structuring & FEED
Partners, financing, contracts, permits, offtake and front-end engineering definition.
- G5
Investment decision
Approved scope, risk allocation, funding, execution plan and governance mandate.
- G6
Delivery & readiness
Construction, commissioning, operating systems, people, controls and handover.
Does the market support it?
Demand, products, competition, pricing, logistics, customers and offtake structures.
Can it earn durable consent?
Environment, safety, communities, rights, land, permits, governance and integrity.
Can it be financed?
Capital cost, operating cost, returns, sensitivities, risks, partners and funding structure.
Development partners
Bring capability to the platform.
We welcome qualified resource owners, technology providers, engineers, operators, customers, financiers and public-sector partners.
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