Audit & Compliance

Our audit services provide an unbiased and detailed assessment of your operation's performance against the highest standards of safety, environment and governance.

Independent Assessment

We conduct thorough audits that evaluate your mining operations against internationally recognized frameworks including GISTM, TSM, The Copper Mark and the upcoming Consolidated Mining Standard (CMSI). Our multidisciplinary team ensures every aspect of your operation is examined with technical rigor and impartiality.

Our audit methodology is designed to identify gaps, prioritize corrective actions, and provide a clear roadmap for continuous improvement.

Audit and Compliance

Gap Analysis

Comprehensive assessment of current practices versus international standards.

Action Plans

Prioritized recommendations with clear timelines and KPIs for improvement.

What We Audit

GISTM Compliance

Full assessment against the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management requirements, optionally supported by GISTM.ai.

TSM Protocols

Evaluation across all Towards Sustainable Mining protocol areas including tailings, water, biodiversity, and safety.

The Copper Mark

Assessment against The Copper Mark responsible production criteria covering ESG dimensions.

CMSI Readiness

Pre-assessment against the upcoming Consolidated Mining Standard (24 performance areas, 48 subsections, Foundational/Good/Leading levels).

Regulatory Compliance

Verification of compliance with national regulations including ANM 95, ANM 175 and other applicable standards.

Governance Reviews

Evaluation of organizational governance structures, roles, responsibilities and decision-making processes.

Document-Intelligence-assisted audits

Audits accelerated by Document Intelligence: automated evidence reading, requirement mapping and prioritized gap identification.

Service Pages

Deep-dive into each of Data Riders' audit and compliance workstreams.

Related reads, platforms & cases

Audit and compliance work connects with our AI platforms, consulting services, and real case studies.

Document Intelligence for mining

How AI reads and maps technical documents to accelerate audit readiness.

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Understanding GISTM and TSM

Where the two frameworks converge and diverge, and how to use both without rework.

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GISTM.ai — Continuous compliance

Our AI platform mapping evidence to the 77 GISTM requirements in continuous audit readiness mode.

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TCM AI Assessor — Copper Mark pre-audit

AI tool that evaluates the 33 RRA criteria from your documents. Verdicts, evidence, gaps and recommendations — for free.

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CMSI AI Assessor — Consolidated Standard pre-audit

AI tool that evaluates the 48 subsections of the Consolidated Mining Standard with Foundational/Good/Leading verdicts and concrete evidence.

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Blog: Consolidated Mining Standard

What changes with CMSI, who it applies to and the consultation timeline (first draft 2025, final draft review 2026).

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AI Solutions for mining

Document Intelligence, agents and RAG systems that power audit acceleration.

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Case: AI-assisted GISTM audit (PT)

Prioritized gaps and actionable recommendations delivered with GISTM.ai, from real engagements.

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Case: Reliable Assurance framework

Six components of a living assurance system with a monthly executive cadence.

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SiteVisits.ai — Site-inspection AI

AI co-pilot that turns inspection forms, photos and notes into structured, GISTM-aligned evidence cycle after cycle.

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PAEBM.ai — Emergency Action Plan pre-audit

AI tool that evaluates each section of your dam emergency action plan against ANM Resolution 95/2022.

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ISO 14001 Pre-Auditor

AI pre-audit for ISO 14001:2015 environmental management systems — every clause, your live evidence base.

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Need an independent audit?

Contact us to discuss how our audit services can help your operation achieve and maintain compliance.

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