Acquisitions/ Divestment History
· December 2021 Acquisition of Three Underground Mine Optimisation Products A$165k from Laurentian University, a leading Canadian mining University. MIRARCO has developed three separate but complementary underground mine planning optimisation software products, which RPM has under this agreement agreed to acquire and commercialise. These products extend and complement the functionality of RPM’s mine optimisation software solutions in the areas of Advanced Valuation, GeoSequencing, and Ventilation. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20211217/pdf/4548m11zq6qwwn.pdf
· December 2021 Acquire a copy of Eden Suite A$400K - Environmental Data Management and Reporting Software. Eden Suite software used in the mining and quarrying industries along with the ability to extend and integrate use of the software inside RPM’s suite of software products. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20211216/pdf/4546z19349d127.pdf
· September 2021 Blueprint Environmental Strategies Pty Ltd A$3.5m - Perth headquartered Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) services company. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210921/pdf/450py4c2c3xr9b.pdf
· August 2021 Divestment of GeoGas $500K - entered into a share sale agreement to divest 100% of its shareholding and control of the GeoGAS Pty Ltd coal gas testing business to the existing GeoGAS management and staff via a management buyout (MBO). The GeoGAS laboratories in Mackay and Wollongong carry out coal gas compliance and exploration content testing services for underground coal mining companies on the East Coast of Australia. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210816/pdf/44zbk4g9dlv2vy.pdf
· June 2021 Nitro Solutions Pty Ltd A$2.1m - Australian headquartered Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) services company. Privately-owned Nitro was founded in July 2015 by Ngaire Tranter who along with her experienced team of ESG professionals pride themselves on providing the mining industry with a quality focused ESG service in the areas of environmental approvals, impact assessment, regulatory advice, environmental audits, compliance reporting (due diligence) and environmental economics, policy & legislation advice. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210616/pdf/44xdsxs417flfm.pdf
· October 2020 IMAFS CAD$1.3m A Canadian based software company. Its main product is IMAFS a cloud delivered inventory management and forecasting software solution that has a proven track record of increasing the financial performance of asset intensive companies by greatly improving inventory management through state-of-the-art optimisation. The IMAFS product has been designed and built for the sole purpose of optimising the inventory holdings of large asset intensive companies. In the mining industry, management and optimisation, specifically the Maintenance, Repair and Operational (MRO) inventory is critical to ensuring operational continuity and attainment of production targets. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201028/pdf/44p632xhg2vv55.pdf
· July 2020 Revolution Mining Software CAD$500,000 Privately-owned Revolution Mining Software has more than six years’ experience developing and selling its flagship Schedule Optimisation Tool (SOT), a cutting-edge mine scheduling optimisation software solution for tier one miners around the globe. RPM has also acquired Revolution Mining Software’s Attain and Surface SOT software solutions. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200709/pdf/44kct9k3mfj1cj.pdf
· December 2017 Minvu $1.2m upfront followed by further post completion earn out payments over a two year period up to $1.28m. Leading global provider of mine-wide operational reporting and analytics software solutions to the mining industry. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20171218/pdf/43q7xvlv7mylkf.pdf
· August 2017 MineOptima a private company developing software applications which design the optimal equipment access layouts for underground mines. MineOptima are the exclusive developers and intellectual property owners of the Decline Optimisation Tool (DOT), Planar Underground Network Optimiser (PUNO), Large-scale Underground Network Optimiser (LUNO), Gas Gathering Network Optimiser (GGNO) and Underground Mine Optimal Infrastructure Designer (UMOID) software solutions. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20170801/pdf/43l2k89vqlb39k.pdf
· December 2016 Acquire a copy of the source code and intellectual property rights of the Fewzion Short Interval Control (SIC) and work management software product. The Fewzion platform is designed for planning and managing frontline work, it replaces old fashioned spreadsheets, whiteboards and paper based tools with a modern, easy to use integrated management system and short interval control toolkit. This innovative system integrates high-level planning tools and empowers those working on the frontline to plan and track progress to ensure goals are met in a transparent and consistent manner. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20161221/pdf/43dwkdtcr990ty.pdf
· June 2015 Acquire a copy of FlexSim Software Products simulation software. FlexSim and RPM have been working together since February 2014 when RPM incorporated FlexSim’s simulation engine into HAULSIM, RPM’s haulage simulation product. HAULSIM gives users the ability to accurately model complex mine haulage systems in an interactive visual 3D environment so they can easily identify and remove operational bottlenecks. This acquisition provides RPM with the underlying infrastructure capability to both extend the HAULSIM Desktop product and develop an Enterprise version of the product. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150622/pdf/42z9x4v9k5s29h.pdf
· January 2015 Software code of Geospatial management software from PrimeThought Software Solutions CK. RPM has acquired unrestricted rights to rebrand, commercialise and exploit the Geospatial management software code and any successor products developed by RPM. RPM’s enterprise mining software products address the transactional integration between the operational mining environment and the corporate systems. While this is a major step forward for the industry, it does not address the sharing of spatial data across the enterprise which changes every time an operational event occurs in the mine. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150127/pdf/42w5l5hjzsbffv.pdf
· July 2014 Software code of the Mine2-4D mine design application from South African mining technology company MineRP. RPM undertook a review of the alternatives (build, buy, partner) to obtain mine design capability, including diligence on a number of trading entities. The Mine2-4D design tool is well known across the mining industry and has recently undergone a complete rewrite, using next generation development tools, to provide superior levels of enterprise integration and processing capacity. The opportunity to fast track a specific RPM design solution, by building upon the foundations of Mine2-4D, provided the lowest risk and quickest approach to progressing RPM’s software roadmap. The acquisition of a copy of the Mine2-4D software code will allow RPM to develop its own mine design capability. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20140703/pdf/42qmczgwh60wtd.pdf
Note: Haven't included acquisitions before 2013.
