Beny Steinmetz’s Former Ace Analyst Builds Up Team at Core Consultants

This article was taken from African Intelligence

Lara Smith, a former analyst for Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR), is using her expertise in cobalt to make a name for Core Consultants (CC) among mining firms. She can count on the help of a team of sector experts to do so. One of Smith’s former BSGR colleagues, South African geologist, Iain Bryson, who had cut his teeth at Newmont Mining and then diamond giant De Beers before working for several rare earth projects, is also a consultant for Core Consultants. Another former De Beers geologist, Sofi Napier, works with CC, as does John Parker, who has been assigned to several coppery and cobalt mines in Katanga.

Lara Smith

Lara is the CEO and founder of Core Consultants. She has been an analyst for over thirteen years and has focused on commodity markets for just over a decade. She began her career as a buy-side analyst at Foord Asset Management in Cape Town, before taking a Head of Research role at a mining corporate finance and investment firm.

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