About

Orimco was founded by Brett Gossage, Nick Harch and Colin Jones in 2012.

The Orimco founders met in the late 90s working on mining transactions for Macquarie Bank. John Fitzgerald joined the Orimco team in 2018 and Avijit Dey in 2023.

Our multidisciplinary team has financial, investment, markets, legal and mining technical expertise. We have a global reach having worked on all continents, and very broad experience across a range of projects, commodities, and transactions.

  • Acting with integrity is an overriding principle that governs everything that we do.
  • We ask questions and listen carefully to our clients to understand their needs and objectives.
  • We strive to deliver value to our clients and their beneficial owners, being cognisant of our clients’ relationships with stakeholders.

We prefer to work closely with our clients as trusted team members. A close working relationship promotes our understanding of our client’s needs and efficient execution of the assignment.

Our expertise and experience allow us to generate innovative solutions to the questions that arise under our Investment and Advice assignments.

Our People

NICK HARCH

Nick Harch

Managing Director of Orimco since establishment in 2012. Before that, Nick worked with Macquarie Bank for over 15 years where he was an Executive Director in Macquarie’s Metals and Energy Capital business.

Nick is based in Perth, Western Australia.

Brett Gossage

Founding Director of Orimco, Brett is a geologist with over 30 years’ experience, specialising in resource and reserve estimation. Prior to that, Brett was Principal of RSG Global and then General Manager, Technical Development with Coffey Mining after Coffey acquired RSG Global.

Brett is based in Perth, Western Australia.

COLIN JONES

Colin Jones

Principal Consultant with Orimco since establishment. Colin is a geologist with over 40 years’ experience. Previously, Colin was based in Toronto initiating and managing proprietary resource equity investments on behalf of Dundee Corporation. Prior to Dundee, Colin was Principal and Manager Audits with RSG Global in Perth. Colin is also an experienced company director.

Colin is based in Ottawa, Canada.

JOHN FITZGERALD

John Fitzgerald

Principal Consultant to Orimco. John has over 30 years of financing experience. This includes providing advisory services to many companies in the resource sector. Prior to this John held senior positions with NM Rothschild & Sons, Investec, Commonwealth Bank and HSBC Precious Metals. John is also an experienced company director.

John is based in Perth, Western Australia.

Avijit Dey

Director of Mining and Green Finance at Orimco. Avijit joined the team in 2023 with a strong advisory background and broad financing experience. Previously, Avijit worked in Grant Samuel’s capital advisory business as well as for a leading Australian restructuring and turnaround firm.

Avijit is based in Perth, Western Australia.

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