Mining & Extractives
Access the biodiversity intelligence you need to secure permits, cut closure costs, and meet IFC PS6 baselines.
Speak to the teamWhy nature evidence matters in mining & extractives
For mining and extractives, biodiversity has become a bankability issue. Permitting hinges on IFC PS6-aligned baselines and TNFD disclosure, lenders and auditors expect data that is credible and repeatable, and closure obligations create long-term liabilities that begin with the survey commissioned today.
The operators moving early treat nature evidence as a way to de-risk permits, protect asset value and satisfy financiers before ecological pressure becomes a project-stopping problem.
Over 200 mining projects globally use NatureMetrics
40-70%
lower environmental cost than multi-season survey campaigns
6-24mths
permitting time brought forward with a defensible baseline
$100m
In asset value safeguarding
How NatureMetrics can help
The applications where nature evidence changes the outcome in mining & extractives.
Portfolio risk screening
Front load risk discovery by screening operating mines, development projects and legacy sites for protected species, habitat sensitivity and water-catchment stress before issues reach the critical path.
Permitting &
lender-ready baselines
Generate IFC PS6-aligned, audit-ready baselines that satisfy regulators and lenders and cut months from permit timelines.
Meet growing demand for traceable minerals
Buyers like Apple and HSBC-backed funds are paying premiums for sustainably sourced minerals.
Closure & bond release
Track recovery against closure criteria with comparable metrics, to release rehabilitation bonds and free posted capital. Optimise closure plans to reduce long-term monitoring requirements and other associated costs.
Safer monitoring in
remote sites
Replace hazardous field surveys with water and soil sampling, reducing safety risk in remote and sensitive locations.
Tailings & water stewardship
Auditable early-warning signals on tailings-adjacent and downstream water systems, a high-risk area where most surveys lack traceability.
Solutions for the mining sector
Global Nature Risk
A 0-1 nature risk score per site to screen operating, development and legacy assets and prioritise where survey effort matters most.
eDNA
Species-level detection from water and soil, replacing hazardous field surveys and catching cryptic species traditional methods miss.
Species & Habitat Insights
Comparable, standardised metrics from site to landscape, to benchmark across a global asset base and track recovery.
The Nature Intelligence Platform
The portfolio dashboard and system of record that centralises nature data across thousands of sites.
Permitting
and EIA
Defensible, IFC PS6-aligned baseline surveys and EIA support — built to stand up to regulators and lenders from application through to approval.
Mine
closure
Verified, comparable recovery evidence to meet closure criteria and reduce
long-term liability.