Resource Consulting Services (RCS) is a globally leading consultancy that specialises in the extractive industries, natural resources and land investment. We provide research and advisory services for a range of world-class clients, helping them develop organisational strategies, make investment decisions and comply with good practice and regulatory obligations.

RCS works on crosscutting issues such as natural resource governance, business sustainability and human rights and we have a reputation for excellence in specific areas, such as supply chain management, anti-corruption, due diligence, artisanal mining, strategic community investment, local economic linkages development, and conflict resources.

RCS has a strong track record working in countries undergoing political transition or affected by conflict and insecurity – our recent country experience is diverse as Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Kyrgyzstan. RCS assists a number of companies and governments manage their response to the Dodd Frank Act 1504 and 1502, as well as other “conflict minerals” regulation.

What we do

  • Assess and Advise

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    Identify, analyse and explain risks and opportunities and develop strategic management tools for:

    • Investment feasibility and operating environment
    • Corruption and transparency
    • Due diligence
    • Traceability and certification
    • Supply chain risks and opportunities
    • Economic governance
    • Domestic resource mobilisation, trade development and economic linkages development
    • Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)
    • Socio-economic impact and development strategies
    • Political economy, institutions and stakeholders
    • Conflict (armed and migration)
    • Human rights impact, indigenous people and gender
    • Resettlement

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  • Develop and Implement

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    Develop and effectively deliver management policies and tools to mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities:

    • Investment strategies
    • Assurance and certification systems and processes
    • Best practice guidelines
    • Engagement strategies
    • Management toolkits

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  • Manage, Sustain and Evaluate

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    Manage and sustain the implementation of processes, policies and tools and evaluate outcomes:

    • Assurance and monitoring services
    • Assessment methodologies
    • Stakeholder relationship management
    • Reviews, validation and auditing

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What RCS's
clients say

  • Resource Consulting Services (Nicholas Garrett) have done very professional and superb work on a recent economic governance assessment for the US Government in the DRC. Their in-depth knowledge of the mining sector has added substantial value to the final deliverable and they were a pleasure to work with.

    Lewis Lucke, US Ambassador, Team Leader US Economic Governance Assessment Team DRC

  • Work from Resource Consulting Services has been of consistently high quality and most helpful in finding solutions to modern day governance challenges the private sector, governments and civil society are facing in natural resources sectors in complex environments.

    Dr. Peter Eigen, Chairman, EITI

  • Resource Consulting Services are highly competent and great to work with. They have produced valuable and original input to help solve dilemmas in natural resources sectors of immediate interest to De Beers.

    James Suzman, Director Corporate Citizenship, De Beers Group

  • Resource Consulting Services have repeatedly undertaken important work for DFID in the Great Lakes Region and have made valuable contributions to UK Government strategy development for the local natural resources sectors. I look forward to working with them in the future.

    Nick Bates, Senior Political Analyst, East and Central Africa Unit, UK Department for International Development (DFID)

  • Resource Consulting Services have contributed substantially to the solution finding process on how to make natural resources work for development in the Great Lakes region. They have been great to work with in the past and I am looking forward to working with them again in the future.

    Dr. Markus Wagner, GTZ Team Leader, Support to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (GTZ)

  • Resource Consulting Services have repeatedly undertaken important work for and with the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics. They have generated valuable insights concerning the natural resource sectors and contributed original and useful ideas to global debates about natural resources and development. I look forward to working with them further in the future.

    Prof. James Putzel, Director, Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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