Services
Project Generation

CCIC has the ability to recommend various sized exploration programs built around a wide variety of mineral targets. Experience includes, but is not limited to, platinum-palladium, volcanic- and sedimentary-hosted copper-zinc, intrusive related copper-nickel and copper-gold, lode and alluvial gold, diamonds, coal, uranium and petroleum/gas exploration.

Project Management

CCIC has experience in managing small and large exploration projects in a wide range of mineral commodities such as:

  • gold (structurally hosted; orogenic; epithermal)
  • lead-zinc (stratiform carbonate; manto-type)
  • platinum group metals (reef; contact-type)
  • copper-gold porphyry
  • iron-oxide copper-gold
  • base metal (VMS; magmatic Ni-Cu sulphide)
  • diamonds (kimberlite; lamprophyre)
  • coal
  • uranium

CCIC's success has been driven by their ability to provide technical and professional management skills that include:

  • Design and implementation of geological mapping programs
  • Bedrock mapping
  • Stream sediment sampling
  • Soil sampling
  • Geophysical surveys
  • Planning, implementing and monitoring of diamond drilling programs
  • Core logging/Sampling
  • Labour and field camp supervision
  • Core yard management
  • Geological and ore body modelling
  • Data capture and database management
  • Quality assurance - Quality control programs
  • Liasing with land owners
  • Report writing
  • Regular reporting to clients

Mineral Rights and Land Management

CCIC has the ability to negotiate and acquire mineral rights for clients as well as monitoring the status of the proposed/acquired mineral properties. This includes working with the government and the landowners directly.

Geotechnical

  • Planning and management of geotechnical projects
  • Geotechnical logging of drill core
  • Structural geological mapping and joint surveys
  • Orientated core logging and rock-mass classification
  • Geotechnical underground and open-pit mapping

      Geohydrology

      CCIC geohydrological services combines experience from geological, mining and geohydrological fields in order to create a dynamic understanding of the complexities of groundwater and problems associated with it. CCIC are capable of conducting both geohydrological as well as environmental services to their clients.

      CCIC's geohydrological services include the following:

      • DNAPL and LNAPL soil and water investigations
      • Soil vapour surveys
      • Implementation of appropriate remedial actions for hydrocarbon contamination
      • Assessment of hydrocarbon contamination of groundwater
      • Diesel and petrol tank removals
      • Geophysical investigations for borehole positioning and structural analysis
      • Pump tests/Aquifer tests
      • Dewatering of open cast and underground mining operations
      • Regional groundwater surveys
      • Soil vapour surveys
      • Baseline environmental studies
      • Minewater management
      • Integrated environmental planning and management
      • Environmental impact assessment
      • Environmental risk assessment

      Property Evaluation

      CCIC has experience in database compilation (geological, geophysical and geochemical) including data interpretation and management, and in composing Independent Technical Reports (Competent Person Reports, 43-101 Technical Reports, Qualified Person Reports) on properties involving numerous commodity types. For the purpose of due diligence and/or completing public listings on the AIM (UK), OFEX (UK) and TSX (Canada) exchanges, CCIC has completed technical reviews and reports for its international clients.

      Exploration Team Services

      • Geochemistry - Data collection, analysis, soils, stream and biogeochemical sampling
      • Geophysics - Survey design, management and analysis, physical property characterisation studies
      • Geomatics - GIS database compilation, integration, interpretation
      • Geology - Prospecting, mapping, sampling, analysis, structural mapping and interpretation

      3D Integrated Exploration - Your Exploration Arm

      • Full exploration services
      • Project management
      • Data security and integrity
      • All data, one place - GOCAD
      • 3D GIS, vectoring , targeting
      • Deep exploration consulting
      • State-of-the-art software
      • Data delivery on user-friendly software platforms

      Mineral Resource Modelling

      • Resource estimation
      • Conditional simulation
      • Independent audit

      Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA)

      • Scoping studies
      • Pit optimization (Whittle)

      Portable XRF Analytical Service

      CCIC is one of the few companies in the world to offer this service. Delivering  real-time, on-site results, the handheld XRF is capable of conducting the following applications:

      • Alloy/Chemical Analysis
      • Mining and Mineral Assessment
      • Soil Sampling
      • Environmental Testing

      CCIC has several Certified Operators on staff able to visit your site to conduct the applications and provide you with immediate results, therefore eliminating delays associated with traditional laboratory analysis.