Mine-Ex Consulting Group is an independent, Pan-African mining consultancy and investment firm that supports our clients to achieve their project and business goals by delivering excellence in mining projects, operations and investments through independent strategic, technical and investment services.
Mining is undoubtedly one of the most successful and
transformational sectors in Botswana. Decades of operating some of the worlds largest, most
complex - and some might say the most successful mines - was made possible by a deliberate
strategy to develop Batswana miners, engineers and professionals.
Educated at
prestigious mining and engineering schools across the world these professionals have gained
extensive experience operating and leading mines in Botswana and across Africa. But where and
how does this talent continue to add value to the industry, the mining value chain and to
governments concerned with optimising mining policy?
Mine-Ex Consulting was born to address this very
challenge. The company brings together experienced operators, advisors, risks managers and
consultants in mining to serve the diverse mining sector across Africa.
Our mission
is to leverage the immense African mining talent to grow the industry right across the mining
value chain. Successes and lessons learnt in some of the worlds best mining houses can and
should be leveraged across Africa to create real wealth for shareholders, governments and
communities.
We are are homegrown. We are Batswana. We are African. We bring this
unique perspective to each challenge and each assignment. Ours is not a business to capture
opportunities in this moment. Ours is a business born to deliver sustainable value for the long
term.
Bashi is a Director at Mine-Ex Consulting Group and brings 28 years professional
experience in theprivate and public sectors in Botswana, South Africa and Namibia.Bashi has held
Director / CEO positions of growing responsibility and profile for the past 25 years –both in the
private and public sectors, as well as for two global entities as Managing Director: KPMGConsulting
and Accenture Botswana. More recently Bashi led the 5-year transformation at BotswanaDevelopment
Corporation (BDC).
He has worked across Southern Africa and his experience covers:
organisational transformation,strategy, enterprise and entrepreneurship development, leadership
development, project financing,technology, sustainability and risk management.
Bashi has
consulted to many of Botswana’s leading organisations in the mining, telecommunications,utilities,
manufacturing, education, health and financial services sectors. He has delivered large scalemining
projects, including: SAP Mining Solution, SAP Ariba, supply chain transformation, sharedservices,
team leadership development, and measurement systems.
Bashi sits on the Board of Ninety
One Botswana (formerly Investec Asset Management); Hollard LifeBotswana (Chairman); Hollard
Insurance Botswana; and Travel for Impact (a unique social enterprisethat reallocates funds from the
tourism industry back into community initiatives).He also sits on the advisory Board of the Global
Lab for Climate Finance (Southern Africa) whichmobilises private capital for climate projects in
renewable energy, climate risk, energy access, smartagriculture, and smart cities and
transportation.
He holds an MA in Economics from Connecticut College (New London, USA)
and an MA in Economicsfrom Yale University (New Haven, USA).
Martin, a Director of Mine-Ex Consulting Group, is a pioneer of the Botswana
Stock Exchange, havingjoined the then Botswana Share Market at its inception in 1989. He has an
illustrious career in thecapital markets with over 27 years of experience as a broker on the
Botswana Stock Exchange.
Martin was the first registered Motswana stockbroker.Martin
began his career as Chief Dealer for another broking firm, before joining a leadinginternational
asset management company as a Portfolio Manager. He then set up the second stockbroking firm in the
country, Investec Securities Botswana (ISB), as founding CEO in 1998. InDecember 2001, Martin bought
out ISB from the Investec Group, renaming it Motswedi Securities.Under the stewardship of Martin,
Motswedi Securities has grown to become one of the leadingstockbrokerage firms in
Botswana.
Martin has served on various boards in the private and public sectors,
including the Presidential TaskTeam on Vision 2036 (Deputy Chairman), Vision 2016 Council
(Chairman), BotswanaPost (Chairman),Botswana Stock Exchange, Central Securities Depository Botswana
and Botswana Building Society.He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of
Letshego Financial ServicesBotswana as well as a Trustee of the Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation. He
is the founder and CEO ofthe stock brokerage firms Motswedi Securities and Motswedi Securities
Lesotho.Martin holds a BA (Econ) degree from the University of Botswana.
Balisi is a Director at Mine-Ex Consulting and brings 26 years of mining
experience largelyacquired in the Diamond Industry.
He is the former Managing Director of
Debswana Diamond Co., the world’s leading producer ofrough diamonds by value and second by volume.
Balisi served in the De Beers Group ExecutiveCommittee, where he was involved in global investment
and planning decisions for the De Beers operations.
Other strategic positions held at
Debswana included Chief Operations Officer and GeneralManager (GM) of its premier diamond mine,
Jwaneng Mine. As GM, Balisi oversaw the planning,development and production phases of the
multibillion Pula Jwaneng Cut 8 Project. The projectenabled the removal of overburden to allow the
mine to access 91 million tonnes of ore thatwould yield around 102 million carats of diamonds and
extend the life of the mine to 2025.
Balisi currently serves as Chairman of the Board of
Directors at First National Bank Botswana,Chairman of Council for the Botswana International
University of Science and Technology (BIUST)and is a Member of the Botswana Vision 2036 Council, an
Agency established by the BotswanaGovernment to oversee implementation of the national
vision.
He holds a BEng (Hons) in Mineral Engineering from Leeds University, UK, an MBA
from theUniversity of Cape Town, RSA; and is a graduate of the Senior Executive Programme,
LondonBusiness School, UK.
Polite is a director of Mine-Ex Consulting, and an accomplished mineral resource
managementprofessional with over 29 years’ experience in the mining industry, with the last 20 years
at seniormanagement / executive level, including directorship in junior exploration/mining
companies.
Polite has held senior management and executive positions such as Chief
Geologist, MineralResources Manager and Mining Project Feasibility Study Manager at Debswana, De
Beers andFirestone Diamonds, with assignments in Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho respectively.
Polite hasbeen passionate in the establishment of strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships and
relationshipswith key stakeholders in the projects he has managed.
He has also been a
consulting resource development geologist and project manager over the last 18months, assisting
clients identify, acquire and develop new investment opportunities.Polite is a member in good
standing of the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and the SouthAfrican Council for Natural
Scientific Professions (SACNASP), and a competent person as defined bythe South African Code for the
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and MineralReserves as from time to time in
effect at SAMREC.
Polite holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Applied Geology from the University
of Leicester in Englandwhere he graduated in 1992. He has attended leadership development programmes
at LondonBusiness S
