About Us

SmartAccEss is a sustainability-focused international consulting

Based in San Diego, California, SmartAccEss provides international sustainability services including strategic plan development and implementation, due diligence and evaluation, project revision prior to funds approval, management system implementation, training, advisory services and assurance.

SmartAccEss is also proud to provide auditing and assurance services, including certification, recertification and gap assessments against the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC) for gold companies, as well as Bettercoal Code assessments (for coal producers), Copper Mark audits (for copper producers), Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard, and World Gold Council’s Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMP) and Conflict-Free Gold Standard (CFGS), and the upcoming Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI).

Firm that specializes in helping extractive industry companies achieve strategic objectives and gain access to resources.

The company has developed an impressive international reputation for successfully coordinating various aspects of sustainability, including strategic planning, permitting, community relations, environmental and social responsibility, government relations, external relations and communications. Understanding the many challenges faced in the extractives sector, SmartAccEss offers organizations the ability to successfully implement systems that achieve greater inter-organizational understanding, cooperation and communication, positively impacting a company’s ability to achieve community support and commence/continue activities and operations.

SmartAccEss’ multinational expertise in supporting on-the-ground performance achieves results and obtains access needed to initiate or continue extractive activities without compromising long-term goals for short-term strategies. This is the heart of SmartAccEss: gaining access not in the easiest way, but in the smartest way possible. This reputation for excellence in socio-environmental consulting is reflected in the firm’s impressive international client list, which includes: Kinross Gold Corporation, Rio Tinto, Newmont Corporation, Barrick Corporation, Aura Minerals, Calibre Mining Corp, Agnico Eagle, First Quantum Minerals, Buenaventura Mining Company, Troy Resources, Consol Energy, Hudbay Minerals, Minsur, Victoria Gold, Barksdale Capital, Glencore, Anglo American Exploration, Drummond, Minas Argentinas, Penmont, Golden Queen Mining, Equinox Gold Corp, Codenla s.a, Torex Gold, Lundin Mining, Antamina Mining Company, MMG Las Bambas, Hochschild Mining, Capstone Copper, Pan American Silver, Coeur Mining, Sierra Metals, Anglo Gold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Zijin, among others.