Critical Minerals Feasibility, Project Economics & TOR Advisor

About the opportunity

Axyde Analytics is assembling a U.S.-eligible team for USTDA Global Critical Minerals Project Scoping Services. The anticipated 24-month assignment may include concept screens, assessments, TORs and budgets, project reports, sector deep dives, stakeholder consultations and limited international travel. This is a contingent, project-based consulting opportunity; engagement depends on contract award and assignment demand.

What you will do

• Lead technical-economic-financial screening of mining, processing, refining and supply-chain projects from concept through investment readiness.
• Build or review production, revenue, capital-cost, operating-cost, working-capital, tax/royalty, cash-flow and sensitivity assumptions.
• Develop implementation-ready TORs, task structures, staffing plans, schedules, deliverables and budgets for feasibility studies, technical assistance and pilots.
• Assess financing pathways, sponsor capacity, public/private roles, DFI/ECA participation and opportunities for competitive U.S. exports.
• Translate technical uncertainty into clear decision gates, information requirements and commercially grounded recommendations.

Minimum qualifications

• At least 10 years of mining or minerals project economics, feasibility, project finance, commercial due diligence or owner advisory experience.
• Demonstrated authorship or management of feasibility-study, technical-assistance or pilot-project TORs and budgets.
• Strong Excel financial-modeling skills and experience linking geological/technical assumptions to economic outcomes.
• Degree in engineering, geology, finance, economics, business or a closely related discipline.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with USTDA, DFC, EXIM, MCC, USAID, World Bank/IFC, regional development banks or comparable project-development institutions.
• Direct work on critical-minerals projects in emerging markets and familiarity with U.S. export-content analysis.
• MBA, CFA, graduate engineering/economics degree or recognized project-finance credential.

Required eligibility

• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident; able to certify eligibility before proposal use or engagement.
• Available for short-turn remote assignments, on-call work during an anticipated 24-month period, and international travel when requested.
• Able to sign confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, commitment/consent and other required representations.

How to express interest

• Apply through the posting platform or the Axyde Analytics contact that shared this announcement. Include:
• Resume or CV limited to three pages, emphasizing directly relevant projects and personal responsibilities.
• A 150-word summary connecting your experience to this role and identifying critical-minerals commodities and countries supported.
• Availability through the anticipated performance period, travel capacity, and confirmation of U.S.-citizen or lawful-permanent-resident status; do not send identity documents.
• Proposed hourly/daily rate or rate range and any known organizational or financial conflicts.