1. PAINPOINT DRIVEN OPENING

Are you managing the complex logistics of a remote gold mining operation? The final stage of commissioning—shipping and installing your custom stamp mill—often becomes a bottleneck that delays production and erodes budget. Common challenges include:
Excessive Downtime & Cost Overtuns: Modular components arriving out of sequence or damaged due to improper handling, causing weeks of installation delays and labor cost inflation.
Logistical Fragmentation: Coordinating multiple vendors for heavy haul, ocean freight, and inland transport creates communication gaps and liability issues.
Site Access Complications: Inadequate planning for finalmile delivery to constrained or undeveloped sites, requiring costly lastminute equipment rentals or route alterations.
Hidden Corrosion & Damage Risk: Exposure to salt air, humidity, and vibration during transit compromising critical surfaces and precision assemblies before operation even begins.

How do you ensure your capital investment in a custom stamp mill arrives onsite, on time, and in operational condition? The solution lies in specialized endtoend shipping and logistics planning tailored specifically for heavy mineral processing equipment.

2. PRODUCT OVERVIEW: CUSTOM STAMP MILL GOLD MINING SHIPPING

This is not standard freight forwarding. It is a comprehensive logistics engineering service designed for the unique demands of shipping custombuilt stamp mills and associated mineral processing plant equipment from fabrication workshop to functional installation at your mine site. The operational workflow is managed as a singlepoint project:

1. PreShipment Engineering: Detailed analysis of mill components (frames, mortars, stamps, cam shafts) for optimal disassembly, crating, and centerofgravity calculation.
2. Multimodal Transport Planning: Integration of specialized transport modes—flatrack containers, opentop containers, heavylift vessels, and configured heavyhaul trucks—into a synchronized schedule.
3. Export/Import Compliance Management: Handling all documentation, duties (where applicable), and port formalities for mining machinery across jurisdictions.
4. Site Delivery & Offloading Supervision: Managed delivery using appropriate offloading equipment (cranes, forklifts) with certified personnel to place components at designated staging areas.
5. Handover to Installation Crew: Provision of asshipped diagrams and condition reports to ensure efficient reconstruction.

Application Scope: Ideal for complete plant relocations or new greenfield projects involving machinery with large dimensions (e.g., stamp batteries, amalgamation tables), high weight concentrations, and sensitivity to misalignment.
Limitations: Services are projectbased and do not include the physical installation/commissioning of the mill itself or ongoing consumables supply.

3. CORE FEATURES

Engineered Packaging & Crating | Technical Basis: Vibration damping analysis & climatecontrolled encapsulation | Operational Benefit: Eliminates transitinduced misalignment and corrosion on machined surfaces (e.g., shaft journals) | ROI Impact: Reduces postshipment recalibration labor by up to 70%, protecting mill readiness

SinglePoint Project Management | Technical Basis: Dedicated logistics engineer with mining sector expertise | Operational Benefit: Your team has one contact responsible from shop floor to site, eliminating vendor coordination overhead | ROI Impact: Reduces management hours dedicated to shipping by an average of 80%, accelerating overall project timeline

Route & Site Accessibility Survey | Technical Basis: Premobilization terrain and infrastructure assessment | Operational Benefit: Proactively identifies bridge weight limits, road camber issues, and staging area requirements | ROI Impact: Prevents costly transshipment or route changes that can incur over $50k in unexpected expenses

Marine Insurance & Risk Mitigation | Technical Basis: Allrisk cargo insurance with specific clauses for mining equipment | Operational Benefit: Full financial protection against total loss or damage during all transport phases | ROI Impact: Secures capital investment; ensures project continuity without need for emergency capital reallocation

Customs Clearance Facilitation | Technical Basis: Incountry brokerage partnerships in key mining regions | Operational Benefit: Avoids port demurrage fees and regulatory holds by ensuring accurate HS code classification for mineral processing machinery | ROI Impact: Can save between 514 days of port storage fees averaging $200$500 per day

4. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

| Performance Metric | Industry Standard (Generic Freight) | Custom Stamp Mill Gold Mining Shipping Solution | Advantage (% Improvement) |
| : | : | : | : |
| Average PorttoSite Delay Factor| 1021 days due to planning gaps| <5 days through presurvey & planning| Reduction of 5075% |
| InTransit Damage Incidence Rate| ~8% reported claims for heavy machinery| <1% via engineered packaging| Reduction of 87% |
| Client Management Hours Required| 4060 hours coordinating multiple agents| ~10 hours with singlepoint management| Reduction of 7583% |
| Budget Predictability (Adherence)| Frequent +1525% variance from hidden costs| Firm quote with <5% variance via fixedscope contract| Cost certainty improved by ~80% |

5. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Capacity Rating: Capable of managing shipments for stamp mills ranging from small 3stamp units to industrial 20stamp batteries with total payloads up to 150 metric tons.
Power Requirements: Not applicable to logistics service. (Note: We plan for client’s needs regarding generator set transport if required).
Material Specifications: Customfabricated timbersteel composite crates; anticorrosion VCI packaging for ferrous components; waterproof laminated sheeting.
Physical Dimensions Handled: Maximum single lift component: Up to 8m L x 4m W x 4m H. Weight up to 40 MT.
Environmental Operating Range: Logistics plans account for operations across global climates—from tropical highhumidity ports to arid desert sites—with corresponding material protection protocols.

6. APPLICATION SCENARIOS

Greenfield Mine Development in West Africa | Challenge: A junior miner needed to ship a custombuilt 10stamp mill from a South African fabricator to a remote site with poor road infrastructure and no direct port access. The challenge was avoiding component damage on rough roads and managing customs in two transit countries. | Solution: A phased multimodal plan was executed using a RoRo vessel to a primary port, followed by transshipment onto barges via a river system, culminating in final shorthaul trucking with temporary road reinforcement. All customs were precleared. | Results: The mill arrived at the designated staging area within the planned 7week window with zero damage claims. The precleared customs process saved an estimated $12k in demurrage fees.

Mine Relocation Project in Latin America | Challenge: An operating mine was relocating its entire processing plant, including two vintage but operational stamp mills purchased from another site within the country over mountainous terrain requiring permits exceeding standard load dimensions.| Solution Our team conducted route surveys securing all special transport permits while designing modular disassembly kits that allowed the mills’ heaviest components (the main frame/cams) to travel within legal road limits without requiring cutting/welding.| Results The relocation was completed permitting no road damage fines or delays Both mills were reassembled at the new site with original structural integrity intact preserving their operational value

7 COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Pricing is projectspecific based on tonnage origin/destination complexity However we offer structured tiers:

Basic Coordination Tier For welldefined routes Includes documentation booking carrier coordination Fixed fee structure
FullService Engineering Tier Standard for most greenfield projects Includes all features listed above plus route surveys permit management Site delivery supervision Cost typically % of total freight spend
Optional Features Available
Onsite repacking services
Spare parts inventory consolidation shipping
Longterm storage warehousing at strategic ports
Expedited premium air freight options critical spares

Service packages include three levels postdelivery support Financing options are available through partnered institutions allowing you bundle shipping costs into overall equipment financing lease agreements

8 FAQ

Q What information do you need provide an accurate quote?
A We require detailed packing lists component weights dimensions fabrication origin exact mine site GPS coordinates preliminary preferred shipment timeframe This allows us conduct preliminary route modal analysis

Q How do you handle customs classification our used stamp mill?
A Our brokers have specific experience classifying mineral processing machinery under HS codes such as ensuring correct duty treatment avoiding classification errors cause delays

Q What happens if there damage upon arrival?
A Our insurance protocol requires joint inspection upon offloading Any noted damage is immediately documented claim filed our marine insurers We facilitate surveyor access expedite resolution process

Q Can you manage shipping only certain critical components like the cam shaft assembly?
A Yes we offer partial consignment services However engineering packaging remains critical even single components prevent costly imbalance damage other goods transit

Q Do you offer financing payment terms?
A Standard terms are % advance balance prior vessel departure For qualified clients we can structure payments across key milestones such as fabrication completion port arrival site delivery

Q How far advance should we engage your services?
A Engagement at time order placement fabrication ideal allows logistics engineering inform optimal disassembly points crate design Lead times less than weeks feasible but may limit routing optimization potential increase cost