AFRICA & AUSTRALIA

South Africa and the broader African mining belt, through to the iron ore, coal and gold operations of Australia. We source where the skills are and place where the work is.

AFRICA

Map of Africa — DrawPoint sources and places specialists across the African mining belt

South Africa and the broader African mining belt — proven specialists from regions with deep mining heritage, placed into operations across the continent.

Gold Copper & Cobalt Platinum Group Diamonds Chrome & Manganese Coal

SA | Namibia | Zimbabwe | Zambia | DRC | Mozambique | Tanzania | Ghana

AUSTRALIA

Map of Australia — DrawPoint places specialists into the Pilbara, Goldfields and east-coast operations

The iron ore, coal and gold operations of the Pilbara, Goldfields and beyond — where the work is, and where proven specialists are placed into permanent roles.

Iron Ore Gold Lithium Nickel & Copper Critical Minerals

Pilbara, WA | Goldfields, WA | NSW | QLD

WHY THIS CORRIDOR EXISTS

The demand side

56,000+

Additional mining workers Australia needs by 2033

Australia needs 56,000+ additional mining workers by 2033 beyond existing vacancies. The mining-engineer fill rate is 42% — the sixth-lowest of all Australian occupations — and the 2023 vacancy rate passed its 2011–12 supercycle peak.

Source: AU Critical Minerals Strategy 2023–2030 · Jobs and Skills Australia · AREEA

The supply side

470,000

People directly employed by South African mining

South Africa's mining industry employs around 470,000 people directly, yet the sector is contracting and its experienced specialists are already leaving. The corridor points that experience at the operations that need it.

Source: Stats SA QLFS Q2 2024 · Minerals Council South Africa

FROM OFFER TO ON SITE

A placement is not done when the offer is signed — it is done when the person is on site, inducted and working. It lands one of two ways:

South Africa & the African belt

PLACED AT HOME

A South African specialist into a South African operation — or in-country anywhere on the belt. No visas, no relocation machinery: the same screening, the same verified paperwork, and someone who can be on site quickly. Local placements are as much our work as the corridor.

No sponsorship needed Same checks, faster to site

Africa → Australia corridor

PLACED ACROSS THE BORDER

On this corridor, the visa and the relocation are run by the Australian employers through their own sponsorship programmes. Our part is making that step easy to say yes to: candidates screened for international mobility and relocation readiness, with qualifications, certificates, medicals and references verified before the offer stage — so sponsorship starts with a clean, complete file.

Employer-sponsored visas & relocation Candidates screened relocation-ready Papers verified before the offer stage

Specialists who have done the job, placed where the job is.

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