BCM committed to quality assets ownership globally
Mining firm, BCM has said it is committed to building a quality portfolio of assets in the mining sector globally.
The company’s strategy is to acquire and develop high-quality mines in Africa while creating value for its shareholders, stakeholders and host communities.
Its first acquisition was Adamus Resources Limited, a gold mine in Ghana, in 2016. The company then expanded its presence in Mali by acquiring Segala Mining SA, a gold mine, in 2018.
In 2019, the company bought 80% of Samira Hill SA, a gold mine in Niger, from the government of Niger.
The company also acquired Northern Ashanti Mines Co. Ltd., a gold mine in Ghana, in 2020. The company has an advanced mine in Burkina Faso.
About BCM
The BCM Group was founded in the early 1950’s beginning life as “Bayswater Contracting”, a family run company based in Perth, Western Australia, which concentrated on civil works and mining infrastructure and construction business.
Today, headquartered in Accra, Ghana and still owned by the same family, 100% of its annual revenues are derived from its international activities servicing customers from more than 15 countries, in the surface mining and civil earthworks contractor sectors. Since 1990 the company has grown to become Africa’s largest private mining contractor, generating revenue of US$15M per month, having firmly established itself as a leader in reliable earthworks and surface mining contracting, now with offices in 8 countries.
The company employs nearly 5,000 people at its sites with its diversified business, ranging from mining contracting, earthworks, civil construction, exploration drilling, drill and blasting and in-mine technical and management support.
BCM were the only western-class mining contractor in the Central Asian region, based in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.