Module 9, Logistics and Moving Minerals Across Borders
A Partner Hand-off
Move It Across a Border
A parcel standing at a border earns nothing and costs money every day, and the reason it is standing there is almost always a document.
The Hand-off
Three Things, Specifically
The course teaches you what to ask for. This is what competent work on it looks like when it comes back.
| What You Should Walk Out With | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Export permit, certificate of origin and customs declaration prepared against the parcel as it actually is, not as it was planned. |
| 2 | Transit bonds and bonded storage arranged before the truck leaves, not after it arrives. |
| 3 | A clearing agent who is accountable to you, because what the agent does is attributed to you. |
Why It Is Handed Over at All
NDARAMA teaches the commercial side of mining. It does not file your returns, incorporate your company or sign off your accounts, and a school that pretended otherwise would be doing you harm. What it does is make sure that when you walk into Moeletsi Africa you already know what you are asking for, what it should cost and what a bad answer looks like.
That is the whole point of the hand-off. A client who understands the work is the client who gets it done properly.