Winsor Lewis

ABOUT US Our People Winsor Lewis financial consultant Winsor Lewis has worked in the mining industry throughout the world for almost forty years and has been an associate of Core Consultants since 2012. He began his career in the UK and for ten years worked as a project engineer carrying out research into the ventilation […]

Iain Bryson

ABOUT US Our People Iain Bryson geologist and metallurgist Iain has over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry and has worked in numerous African countries, including Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria and Mauritania. He is skilled in both process engineering and geology with an in-depth knowledge of diamond and […]

John Parker

ABOUT US Our People John Parker process and chemical engineer John has over thirty years’ experience as a chemical and process engineer. His most recent roles include Managing Director, Head of Technology and Process Engineering and Acting Managing Director of SNC Lavalin and Bateman Engineering. Since 2014, John Parker has consulted to the mining and […]

Nicole Smith

ABOUT US Our People Nicole Smith client relations and marketing manager Nicole, through her company Core Group London Limited has been formally engaged as a marketing adviser to the company since January 2018, but has worked with Core since the company’s inception.  She is passionate about assisting companies with their business goals and development through […]

Lara Smith

ABOUT US Our People Lara Smith Founder, Managing Director, Analyst Lara has been an analyst for over fifteen years, starting her career as an equity analyst at Foord Asset Management and then as the lead analyst as for the Steinmetz Group, Group, where she was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and evaluating potential mining acquisitions in […]

What We’re About

ABOUT US What we’re about Life at Core Independence As a private company, we are answerable only to our clients and ourselves. So that means we can stay focused on the work, and invested in our client’s advancement. We only use the most talented analysts, writers and profesionals, and support them in order to ensure […]

Why Core?

ABOUT US Why Core? CONTACT US Client Focused Core will never take on a project nor push a client into commissioning work which is not in their best interest. Meeting the needs of our clients is central to all our engagements. Independence As an independent consultancy, with no equity stake in any mining or related […]

The Core Story

ABOUT US The Core Story In January 2009, Lara Smith bought a desk and a laptop and wrote a 185-page in-depth outlook on the lithium market. Although the endeavour was largely a personal challenge, the publication achieved unexpected success. The report was published to wide acclaim, and companies began to request further commodity market insights. In June of the same year, […]

Serving our Clients

ABOUT US Serving our clients Serving our clients is at the heart of everything we do- whether it is cultivating stakeholder relationships, developing thought leadership reports, creating digitial strategies, making strategic introductions or writing market forecast studies. In each engagement we undertake, we have in mind our clients’ unique business goals and how we can […]

Meet the Team

ABOUT US Meet the team Lara Smith founder, Managing director Linkedin Envelope Nicole Smith client relations & marketing manager Linkedin Envelope Experts John Parker process and chemical engineer iain bryson geologist and metallurgist sofi napier geotechnical expert winsor lewis financial consultant