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Paul Raftery / Projects RH
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🎧 New Episode: Financing Mining Projects — Exploring Options and Strategies with Paul Raftery, CEO of Projects RH
In this episode, we dive into the complex world of mining finance—where capital intensity meets geopolitical risk, and innovation meets sustainability.
What we cover: Traditional vs. alternative financing models: debt, equity, royalties, and streaming * The growing role of ESG, DFIs, and sovereign funds in shaping investment decisions * How to structure bankable projects in emerging markets * Real-world case studies and lessons from the field*
Whether you're a project sponsor, investor, or advisor, this episode offers practical insights into aligning financial strategy with operational success in mining.
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We want to hear from you. Share your project with us at https://projectsrh.com and explore how we can help bring it to life.
🎙️ Listen now and join the conversation on building the future of mining—strategically and sustainably.
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"Is traditional bank financing still the smartest way to fund mining projects—or is it time to fully embrace private equity and government-backed alternatives?"
🎙️ New Podcast Episode: Financing Mining Projects — Options & Strategies with Rob Coghill
In today’s dynamic mining landscape, securing the right funding can make or break a project. Mining finance expert Rob Coghill joins me to explore the most effective financing strategies shaping the future of the industry.
From private equity and debt financing to government grants and incentives, we break down the tools and tactics that mining professionals, investors, and project leaders need to know.
🔍 What we cover:
• Why financing is critical to mining success
• How to navigate private equity and debt options
• The role of government support in mining development
• Building investor trust through strong business plans and innovation
• Real-world case studies and lessons learned
Whether you're a mining executive, financial analyst, or simply curious about how major projects get funded, this episode is for you.
🎧 Tune in now and discover how to position your mining project for financial success.
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Gain Investor Confidence with Projects RH: Effectively prepare your mining project for success in securing the funding you require. Unlock the power of eco mining and join the exciting journey toward a more sustainable tomorrow!
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🎙️ Invitation to Listen: Biomass: The Green Gold of the Future 🌿 Join an enlightening discussion on the future of renewable energy with Allan Hayward and Gavin Austin. 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 🕗 Time: 8 PM (Sydney Time) Paul Raftery, CEO of Projects RH, will host the podcast. He will be joined by Allan Hayward, President of Hayward GreenPower Corp based in Manila, Philippines, and Gavin Austin, a CPA. Together, Allan and Gavin are the drivers of Biomass Innovations Limited. As they’ve learned, biomass energy holds great promise for our environment and economy. However, it’s crucial to continue researching and innovating to ensure that this promise is realized in a sustainable and equitable way. Thank you all for joining this important conversation about our energy future. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to explore the potential of biomass as a sustainable energy source. Tune in and be part of the conversation!
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Sidney Clouston, the President of Clouston Energy Research Inc. based in Michigan, joins us on our podcast "Connect to Grow." As a visiting fellow at MIT, Sidney has developed a deep understanding of the mechanics behind the transition to renewable energy, including the storage and transportation of hydrogen. We're grateful that Sidney has taken the time to share his expertise with us before resuming his projects in Africa and Nepal, where his passion for sustainable solutions is making a real impact. See you later!
Mow the grass. Be ready for that knock on the door. So keep the business ship-shape and ready to raise money and deal with greater opportunities.
Can equitable economic growth maintain stability and social order in a world facing inflation and growth? Will the world listen?
Is gold a good investment at USD 2000 an ounce?
Interest in gold has skyrocketed this year, so it’s no surprise that experts are debating the potential of investing in the precious metal.
The current price of gold has many wondering if it's still a wise investment at USD 2000 an oz. What's your opinion?
What are the drivers for investment in digesters?
While digesters are undoubtedly beneficial to the environment, they need to make financial sense for investors to commit to them. Large investments by companies like BP and Shell strongly indicate that they offer a financial return. Although Urbenex BioEnergy digesters are smaller than those purchased by BP in the United States and Shell in Europe, they still represent a significant investment decision, priced at approximately USD$3 million each. Join us today in "Connect to Grow" with our guest, Steve Carmichael, President and CEO of Urbenex BioEnergy.
Today we talk with Nick Anand, who tells us why Endorce by Yuluka will be the leading brand for animal health, with its kemp-based wellness products for cats, dogs, and horses. Welcome!
In Australia and around the world we have seen interest rates rapidly rip move upwards and community sentiment, initially at least, push property prices down.
We live in a world where most people have a finite servicing capacity and therefore as interest rates rise the amount, they can borrow falls.
We are seeing both residential and commercial rental rates increasing at a time when landlords are seeing their profitability eroded not just by interest rates but increased government charges and other costs such as insurance.
Colin Furphy, Co-founder, and Managing Director of CPP Developments is an entrepreneur experienced in property, property development, education, and investor relations.
Colin has lived and worked in Australia, Africa, and Asia. Project RH is proud to be working with Colin. We have invited him to talk about the NDIS housing challenge and how the private sector is meeting it.
Mining is back on the front page of global newspapers because it is critical to our future. Companies are seeking to invest to ensure they have supply. Join us today in our podcast “Invest to Grow” and find our who and how this new race is being run.
finance, and the opportunity to grow them. At the Projects RH we have been working with our clients over the last few months to ensure that they have their business plans and accounts ready to expand their businesses. Find out more here: https://corporatefinancerh.com.au/form/
Recovering Local Selling from Covid-19 : How can we make small and medium business return.
Gavin Massie of Huxsta Joins Paul Raftery of Projects RH
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Australia follows the Keynesian path and sees the need for investment visa candidates. 2021-22 will be an election year - this budget has the gifts.
How are companies valued when there is little to place value on? This is one of the topics we will talk about in our next "Connect to Grow” podcast. Learn how and why valuation is so important in the business world.
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If you´re looking for safe investments with good returns, upside and a pathway to permanent residency NOW is the time, the doors are open and the possibilities are plenty.
In our next ""Invest to Grow"" podcast we eill talk about how to Invest in Australia and Stay to live the life you want.
Projects RH, based in Sydney, and today I am joined Carlos Villanueva GEKO Music Academy Director & Principal, Education Manager & Head Tutor’, GEKO Orchestra conductor, composer and arranger. Prior to teaching full time he had a career as a performer.
Today we wish to share not Carlos’s amazing musical story but his business transformation as a response to Covid-19. He is a modern entrepreneur. I have known Carlos for a few years and he is the type of man who sees the glass half full. This lead to the GEKO ELECTRONIC MUSIC ACADEMY.
Dave West & Paul Raftery, today on our podcast "Connect to Grow" we will talk about the new wave of investment opportunities in the energy sector.
Today I would like to discuss with you the world of the early stage venture capital fund and how it makes its all-important investment decisions. For many years I have sat the other side of the table from the fund with my clients trying to understand what their drivers are and how we can improve our presentations. As you would appreciate it is not about good presentations but how to convince the fund that the investment is one that they should make.
As you have known for several years the work we do at projects RH is to prepare a client company and its management for the time when they seek early funds. Most of our clients are seeking funds between successful rounds with angel investors through to IPO. The clients we tend to come to you with a seeking pre-IPO funding.
How does the 6 October budget provide opportunities for people to Invest & Stay in Australia?
The Research and Development (R&D) incentive is the government’s key mechanism to stimulate Australian industry’s investment in R&D.
Today in our "Connect to Grow” podcast we will talk about the opportunities this gives to investors and migrants with Juan Guillermo Rincon from RC Australia.
Australia's New Tax Policy strongly favours new investment we are joined by David Dwyer, principal of David Dwyer & Associates CPA
When the government announced its massive in investment in the nation it was done knowing that the money could be borrowed at less than 1% per annum and it has more than a decade to work out his refinancing strategy, so there is never been a better time to invest in the lucky country.
It will be a great time to be part of a new growth story and shared prosperity. Australia is protected by the natural isolation of being an island-continent which is blessed with resources and exports enough food to feed another 50 million people. Australia is located in the fastest-growing part of the world and is already an acknowledged exporter of services and quality food items let alone minerals and energy.
It is now time to come to Australia contribute to its growth and become part of the story. Doors are now open for skilled investment migrants and their families.
Most boards are very busy with compliance and governance, so as companies look for people to help them they need to look beyond the board, and not to consultants, but people with a mission. These people are called the Advisory Board - project drivern with a measureable outcome the CEO and Chair have someone to rely on to get a project or a change completed - on time and under budget.
Transitioning a company or an organisation can be stressful for the owners and managers who are often the same thing or family. Having made the decision to change what we do is a journey that we don’t want to do alone. Transitioning can be caused by a conscious decision to change business or by a function of time.
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Whilst Australia continues to be a significant exporter of wheat and sheep meat, other sectors such as beef, and more recently vegetables, have grown in line with demand in Asia. following Brexit there is increased interest from the UK in re-establishing historic ties. The demand for quality clean fresh food will continue to grow along with global prosperity and the emergence of middle classes in more countries.
What is important is Australia not only exports the provisions but the technology of how to make them. Australian Agri-technology is a growing annuity for the investment has been made by Australian industry and, in particular, through grower levies paid to development bodies such as the CSIRO. These developments -such as crops that use less water- are a benefit not only to Australia but also bring in revenue from user countries.
One of the wonderful things about agriculture, and provisions generally, unlike the extractive industries, is that they do not consume their resource; rather, they increase it. This is a progressively attractive investment opportunity as over the last 20 years Australia has seen a significant growth in the value of agricultural land due to the augmented profitability of agriculture in Australia.
Australia’s position as a high-quality exporter with more than adequate self-sufficiency across the entire provisions’ spectrum makes it an attractive place to invest and to live. Many companies and people who work in the provisions area are choosing to make Australia their home as it offers them a wonderful lifestyle plus the opportunity to work within the fastest growing area of the world which is Southeast Asia.
Resources and energy can be large scale and big-money but it can also be specialised, boutique and highly profitable. We work with companies across the sector, timing is everything but like buying a house you do eventually have to make the decision to go forward.
Projects will become delayed as you need to deal with the approval process.
Timing is important, but understanding the resource and the local environment is equally important. Investors know they are in this for the long haul so they expect that the planning approval process has been undertaken with rigour and that the investment opportunity is well explained. The analysts which review projects in the energy and resources sector are specialists and expect to see quality proposals. At Projects RH and at Tabatinga we work with our clients to show their projects with the rigour the analysts require.
infrastructure is essential for how we live whether it be built and owned by government, created by the private sector for its own commercial uses or is built as a concession by the private sector and/or government. What we are seeing in our community is the need for infrastructure whether that be telecommunications, public transport, water systems or ports. Generally, infrastructure implies big dollars and these dollars lead to jobs and stimulate the economy.
The ability to finance infrastructure whether for the private or public sector is essential for its creation is increasingly governments with their existing commitments to recurrent expenditure cannot commit to the level of investment required to meet the infrastructure requirements set by the community - new hospitals, new roads, new airports….
As we prepared to exit from Covid 19 we can expect to hear a lot of debate about building infrastructure and creating jobs. What is critical is that the infrastructure creates business activity or efficiencies not just in its construction phase but over its economic life. It is clear that major roads, ports and power stations meet these criteria.
As a community in each part of the world we must listen and understand what our leaders are proposing and ensure we can afford to pay what they are committing us to. We need to ensure we have the appropriate mix of infrastructure and financial obligations to support it.
Play the game by the rules
In these days uncertainty if you are engaging in funding and/or seeking financial services you need to play the game by the rules. You get one shot at it. You must be prepared and put your best foot forward. We know that, by working with Projects RH, you will be able to seize the opportunities which are there for those who are ready.
Constantly exploring the market and the opportunities is the duty of management and the role of directors to review. In investment markets, a company must be seeking to focus on improving its return on capital on the opportunities for the business to grow long-term. In the post Covid-19 world the long-term will consist of an ever-changing array of short-terms where boards, advisory boards and management are constantly looking for the new opportunities which include acquisitions, mergers and divestments. It is always important to remember that all have a duty to get the best outcome for the investors. Of course, this includes accepting the right offer for the company itself.
At Projects RH work with our clients to achieve their goal which may need some shaping. We are seeing that companies are looking to expand their working capital base as a take on new opportunities associated with the post Covid-19 world.
In introducing new companies to the market our job is to ensure, as best we can, that the company and its team are shown in the best possible light, and communicate their ability to deliver a clear vision in a timely and cost-effective way to a client base which is identified and can afford and wants the product.
In seeking investors at each stage of the company’s life-cycle we assist the team to show what the company promises is feasible and it can deliver. We walk with our clients on their journey, not ahead, not behind, but beside.
At Projects RH work with our clients to achieve their goal. We are seeing the companies are looking to expand their working capital base as a take on new opportunities associated with the post Covid-19 world. Many of these opportunities not only require domestic working capital but they need trade finance because we need to export to achieve economies of scale. Many businesses see this as a challenge but it is truly the opportunity.
A year of opportunities
At Projects RH we work with our clients to achieve their goal. We are excited by what we do and in each stage of the market we see huge opportunities and welcome to share those with our clients.
2020 will be year of change and opportunity in the mergers, acquisitions and divestments area as M&A plus divestments allow companies to shape their form to deliver their destiny.
Australia has long recognised that it is in the global market for investments and that its own people cannot fund all the investments necessary for this rapidly developing country. The government continues to review its tax rules to ensure that is globally competitive and provide special incentives to encourage investment when it believes this is important. Foreigners still have access to investments through funds which receive favourable tax consideration, even by global standards.
Having worked for international companies, my experience in dealing with FIRB has been that it is quick to recognise projects which are truly in the in the national interest – which create jobs and wealth in Australia. Our experience has been: if you can demonstrate you will create jobs, comply with the law -including environmental requirements, contribute to the development of the country and eventually pay tax; that foreign investment is welcome.
Australia remains welcoming and wanting foreign investment.
Introductions are critical to any business seeking to be connected to debt or equity. Projects RH is very pleased with what we do and we only take forward clients we believe can deliver what stated in the information memorandum, financial models and business plans. Ours are warm introductions as we have assisted in the preparation of the proposal and discussed it with a potential investor prior to the meeting. We work with our clients to ensure that when they go to market that they are ready and are perceived to be ready. 2020 is clearly the beginning of a decade of a further globalisation of our market and more importantly for Australia to be seen to be part of a global capital market system. We are seeing Australians increasingly invest offshore in the areas of their existing expertise and for foreigners to want to lend and invest into Australia based on the fact that they like investing into the Australian market and they believe that they understand the types of client Projects RH has and sectors they work in. Clearly, we focus our introductions on people we know who have a track record of investing in a particular area.
We believe our process and coaching assists our clients to access investors and lenders so that they become partners in the long-term the growth of the business.
Paul Raftery / www.projectsrh.com.au
Some clients ask why should know just do this alone? The answer lies in the fact that most clients don’t have the knowledge to repair the documents required and they do not have the experience to deal with the processes and questions which emerge. Most successful applications require both the skill to make the application and the knowledge or how to make it successful. Like most of us, our clients do not see their businesses objectively, and they need to for shadow the questions that may be asked so no doubts are left in the assessors’ mind.
At Projects RH we seek to marry the two so our client is a best chance of success. As we frequently say clients the best cake not only needs a recipe but the experience on how to make it.
Generally, our clients are happy with what we do as we have clear processes and are able to give them the best chance of success.
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