Ferrovanta Mining Services — Company Overview

The company’s vision, mission and strategic intent, the legal and corporate structure, ownership and the institutional backing underpinning Ferrovanta Mining Services.

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Section 2 · Business Plan

Company Overview

The company’s vision, mission and strategic intent, the legal and corporate structure, ownership and the institutional backing underpinning Ferrovanta Mining Services.

2.1 Corporate Identity and Legal Structure

Ferrovanta Mining Services (Pty) Ltd is a private company
incorporated in the Republic of South Africa under the Companies Act, 71
of 2008. The Company is structured as a holding entity with operational
subsidiaries to be progressively incorporated in each jurisdiction of
operation. This structure delivers operational ringfencing, tax
efficiency, jurisdictional flexibility for future cross-border
contracting, and clean exit optionality for investors.

Field Detail
Legal name Ferrovanta Mining Services (Pty) Ltd
Jurisdiction of incorporation Republic of South Africa
Registered office Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province
Operational headquarters eMalahleni (Witbank), Mpumalanga
Group structure Holding company with country subsidiaries to be incorporated as operations expand
Reporting framework IFRS, audited annually by a Big-Four audit firm
Tax residence South Africa, with permanent establishments per jurisdiction
Governance Independent non-executive Chair, majority-independent Board, three standing committees
B-BBEE status Targeted Level 2 contributor status from Year 1; Level 1 from Year 3

2.2 Vision, Mission and Values

Vision

To become Africa’s most respected and reliable contract mining
partner — the partner of choice for mining houses seeking world-class
operational delivery, uncompromising safety performance, and
demonstrable ESG leadership across the continent.

Mission

Ferrovanta delivers safe, efficient, and technology-enabled contract
mining services to leading mining houses across Africa. We convert our
clients’ geological assets into produced tonnes through disciplined
execution, scaled fleet capacity, and an unwavering commitment to
people, communities, and the environment in which we operate.

Core Values

  • Safety First, Always. Zero harm is the only
    acceptable outcome. Every employee has the right and the obligation to
    stop unsafe work.
  • Operational Excellence. We measure ourselves
    against the highest international benchmarks for productivity, fleet
    availability, and cost discipline.
  • Integrity. We do business transparently,
    ethically, and in full compliance with the laws of every jurisdiction in
    which we operate.
  • Partnership. We treat our clients, our
    suppliers, our employees, and our host communities as long-term partners
    — not transactions.
  • Innovation. We continuously invest in
    technology, mechanisation, and data analytics to improve productivity
    and reduce environmental impact.

2.3 Strategic Positioning

Ferrovanta occupies a deliberate strategic position within the
African mining services landscape. We are not seeking to compete with
global majors such as Thiess (CIMIC), Macmahon, or Byrnecut on a
worldwide basis; nor are we positioning as a niche, single-commodity
specialist. Rather, Ferrovanta is built as a pan-African,
multi-commodity, mid-to-large project contractor with the operational
scale to win blue-chip multi-year contracts and the agility to
outperform older, more capital-encumbered incumbents on cost-per-tonne
and fleet availability.

This positioning is informed by structural observation of the South
African market, where established incumbents such as Aveng Moolmans,
Concor Mining, and Trollope Mining have achieved scale but increasingly
carry legacy fleet, retained earnings reinvestment constraints, and in
some cases parent-company balance sheet pressure. A clean-balance-sheet,
modern-fleet platform can credibly compete on price, ESG profile, and
operational flexibility.

2.4 Service Portfolio Overview

Ferrovanta will offer a fully integrated suite of mining services
structured around the open-cast mining value chain. The Company’s
service offering is designed to be modular — clients may engage
Ferrovanta for the full mine cycle on an end-to-end basis, or for
individual service lines on a sub-contracted basis where this best fits
the client’s operating model.

Service Line Description Revenue Share (Y5)
Open-cast Mining Drill, blast, load and haul; overburden removal; ore mining and stockpiling 70%
Crushing & Screening Primary, secondary and tertiary crushing; sized product handling; mobile plant solutions 10%
Bulk Earthworks & Infrastructure Haul road construction, pit development, dam construction, civil works 10%
Rehabilitation & Mine Closure Topsoil reinstatement, slope reshaping, revegetation, closure compliance 5%
Equipment Leasing & Plant Hire Bare-rental and wet-rental equipment hire to smaller producers 5%

2.5 Value Proposition to Clients

Ferrovanta’s value proposition is grounded in four pillars that
directly address the principal pain points reported by South African
mining houses in recent industry surveys and Chamber of Mines
benchmarking reports.

  • De-Risked Production: Conversion of variable,
    technically demanding open-cast operations into a contracted,
    performance-guaranteed service with defined unit economics. Clients gain
    certainty of cost-per-tonne and freedom from fleet capital
    exposure.
  • Modern, Compliant Fleet: A fleet with a planned
    average age below seven years from commissioning, with Tier 4 or Stage V
    emissions compliance where commodity export markets demand it. This is
    increasingly material to ESG-sensitive end customers and
    lenders.
  • Operational Flexibility: Multi-commodity
    capability allows clients to engage a single contractor across coal,
    manganese, chrome, PGMs, copper, lithium, and uranium operations without
    re-tendering for each commodity.
  • Pan-African Reach: From Year 3 onward,
    multi-jurisdiction operational capability eliminates the friction of
    cross-border tendering for clients with regional growth
    ambitions.

2.6 Capabilities at Steady State

By Year 5 of operations, Ferrovanta is planned to operate the
following installed capacity:

Capability Metric Year 5 Target Year 7 Target
Total Equipment Fleet (units) 440 526
Heavy Excavators (≥70 t class) 84 100
Rigid and Articulated Dump Trucks 252 296
Drill Rigs (production and pre-split) 32 38
Annual Material Movement (BCM millions) 210 295
Active Mining Sites 11 15
Countries of Operation 4 6
Total Employees (incl. contractors) 4,300 5,700
Workshop Hubs 3 5

Confidential — this business plan is provided to prospective investors and lenders for evaluation purposes only and may not be reproduced or distributed without the written consent of Ferrovanta Mining Services (Pty) Ltd.