Capital becomes capacity
Equipment converts capital into a measurable daily capacity: material moved, material processed, and ultimately grams recovered. That chain is the reason a venture can be modelled at all.
Our public projection tool works from exactly this chain — machinery in service, working days, recovery per day, costs and the landowner's share removed, then the remainder split with participants.
Utilisation decides the outcome
The purchase price of a machine matters far less than how many productive hours it delivers. Downtime for maintenance, fuel supply, operator availability, rain and site access all subtract from the same number.
This is why a pooled fleet behaves better than a single machine: work can be moved to whichever site is running, and a breakdown does not stop everything.
- Fuel and consumables are the largest recurring cost line.
- Maintenance discipline is the difference between a working asset and a parked one.
- Equipment retains residual value, which cushions a weak production period.
How this shows up in your projection
Change the recovery per day or the number of working days in the calculator and the result moves immediately. That sensitivity is honest: it is the same sensitivity the operation has in reality.