RockWorks International Limited

Cleaner gold extraction for Africa.

We manufacture GreenLeach™ — a non-toxic, eco-friendly replacement for sodium cyanide in gold processing — under exclusive Eco-Goldex® rights for West Africa and SADC.

80+
Countries Deploying
Eco-Goldex®
~90%
Au Recovery
in 48 Hours
1–2%
Toxicity vs
Sodium Cyanide
About RockWorks

A Nigerian mining house, building the cleaner future of African gold.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Lagos, we hold federally-licensed mining interests across six Nigerian states — and the exclusive continental rights to manufacture the eco-friendly gold extraction technology now being deployed in 80+ countries worldwide.

RockWorks International Limited combines on-the-ground mining expertise with a research-led approach to processing technology. We hold federally-licensed mining interests in Benue, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Katsina, Cross-River and the Federal Capital Territory — spanning gold, lithium, tantalum and gemstones.

Critically, we hold the exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute Eco-Goldex® products across West Africa and the SADC region. These rights pre-date the 2023 global export embargo on the technology — making GreenLeach™ the only authorised eco-friendly leaching solution available at scale across the continent.

We are now building Africa's first dedicated GreenLeach™ manufacturing plant inside the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos — designed for 100,000 tons per annum and full ECOWAS export reach via Lagos's deep-water ports.

6
Federally-licensed mining states across Nigeria
2019
Founded in Lagos with operations across the country
100k t
Annual capacity, designed for LFTZ facility
Exclusive
Eco-Goldex® rights, West Africa and SADC
Capabilities

End-to-end expertise, from earth to refinery.

Four integrated capabilities position RockWorks as a single point of delivery for African mining and minerals processing.

01

Prospecting & Mining

Active mining licences across six Nigerian states. Geology, prospecting and gemology delivered by in-house technical staff.

02

Reagent Manufacturing

GreenLeach™ production for West Africa and SADC. Turn-key build by Eco-Goldex Inc. of Canada. 100,000 t/p.a. design capacity.

03

Processing & Refining

Eco-friendly chemical leaching, smelting and downstream recovery of gold, silver and PGM streams.

04

OEM & Distribution

Industrial equipment fabrication and OEM tool modification for African operating conditions. ECOWAS-wide distribution via Lagos ports.

The Problem

African gold mining still runs on poison.

Sodium cyanide and elemental mercury remain the dominant reagents in gold extraction across the continent. The cost of that dependence is visible in poisoned rivers, abandoned tailings and damaged communities from Zamfara to the Witwatersrand.

3–4M tons

Estimated annual sodium cyanide consumption across African gold operations — virtually all of it imported from outside the continent.

The Benchmark Incident

Baia Mare, Romania

January 2000

Thirty cubic yards of cyanide-laced mine waste spilled into the Tisza River from a gold operation jointly run by Australian and Romanian companies. Drinking water for 2.5 million people across 24 locations was disrupted; tons of fish and wildlife were killed. Two decades on, the river ecology has not fully recovered.

The Solution — GreenLeach™

Proven. Deployed. Ready.

GreenLeach™ is the African brand of the Eco-Goldex® O-Series — a cyanide-free gold leaching reagent already commercially deployed in over 80 countries. It does the same job as sodium cyanide. And several jobs better.

  • 01 ~90% gold recovery in 48 hours under standard CIL/CIP conditions — equivalent to or stronger than sodium cyanide.
  • 02 Approximately 1–2% of cyanide's toxicity on standard LD₅₀ / LC₅₀ measures, classified as "slightly to practically non-toxic."
  • 03 Drop-in replacement — no flowsheet redesign, no new equipment, no retraining of plant operators.
  • 04 Classified as ordinary goods — no special permits, no escorted transport, no restricted-storage requirements.
  • 05 Soil-restorative residue — post-leach land remains agriculturally viable, reducing remediation cost and community resistance.
  • 06 Selective recovery from copper-gold, oxide and refractory ores, with E-Series chemistry available for gold-from-e-waste applications.
At a Glance

GreenLeach™ vs Sodium Cyanide

Metric
GreenLeach™
Sodium Cyanide
Au recovery (48h)
~90%
~90%
LD₅₀ (rat, oral)
584 mg/kg
10 mg/kg
Permitting
Minimal
Onerous
Logistics
Ordinary goods
Restricted
Soil impact
Restorative
Contaminating
Community licence
High
Contested

Sources: AGAT Laboratories & Aquatox Testing Inc., Quebec, Canada; Eco-Goldex Inc. comparative metallurgical data.

Technology Partner

Eco-Goldex® — the inventor, the OEM, the proof.

Eco-Goldex Inc. of St-Laurent, Quebec is the inventor and OEM of the Eco-Goldex reagent family. Their O-Series powers GreenLeach™; their E-Series enables gold recovery from electronic waste. They are our turn-key build partner under a signed Memorandum of Agreement.

Eco-Goldex Inc.
St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada

Eco-Goldex Inc. invented and manufactures the Eco-Goldex reagent family — a group of eco-friendly precious-metal extraction agents formulated by high-temperature fusion (650–760 °C) of common, low-toxicity chemicals.

Two product series serve global demand: the O-Series for gold, silver, PGM and oxide-copper ores; the E-Series for selective gold stripping from electronic waste and PCB recycling.

Deployed in 80+ Countries Including
CanadaUSAMexicoBrazil ChinaVietnamMyanmarPhilippines RussiaTanzaniaBurkina Faso
Under Contract

200 t/d Turn-Key Build

Memorandum of Agreement signed December 2023

Eco-Goldex Inc. is engaged on a turn-key basis to design, supply, install and commission the GreenLeach™ production system at the Lekki Free Trade Zone facility.

Delivery Milestones
Design phase 3 weeks
First fusion unit shipped +4 weeks
First product produced ~4 months
Full commercial operation ~8 months
The Facility

Lekki Free Trade Zone — built for export from day one.

Our flagship GreenLeach™ manufacturing plant sits inside Nigeria's most investor-friendly free zone, adjacent to the Lekki Deep Sea Port — engineered for ECOWAS-wide and global export from the first shipment.

Walvis Bay Cape Town Dar es Salaam — THE PLANT Lekki Free Trade Zone Lagos, Nigeria
Strategic Position

One coast. Two continental rights territories.

The Lekki Free Trade Zone sits on Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, adjacent to the Lekki Deep Sea Port — connecting RockWorks to the full ECOWAS market and, via maritime export, to the SADC region where we hold our second exclusive Eco-Goldex® rights territory.

  • ECOWAS 15 nations · West Africa
  • SADC 16 nations · Southern Africa
  • LFTZ Lekki, Lagos · the plant
Plant at a Glance
Capacity100,000 t/p.a.
SiteLekki Free Trade Zone
Footprint3,000–4,000 m²
Production lineCoal/oil fusion, 200 t/d
Power250–450 kW back-up
Build to first product~4 months
Full commercial operation~8 months
On-site labQA/QC + customer testing

Why Lekki Free Trade Zone

  • 01
    Duty-free imports
    Capital equipment and raw materials enter the Zone without import duty — material CapEx and OpEx savings.
  • 02
    Corporate tax holidays
    Statutory tax incentives for manufacturing operations within the Zone.
  • 03
    Profit repatriation
    Unrestricted FX repatriation — returns flow without exchange-control friction.
  • 04
    Port proximity
    Adjacent to the Lekki Deep Sea Port for ECOWAS-wide and global export.
  • 05
    USD-denominated trade
    Free Zone status enables USD pricing — natural FX hedge for the operation.
Leadership

Built by operators, not financiers.

RockWorks is led by a Nigerian operator with deep on-the-ground experience across mining, manufacturing and project delivery in West Africa — supported by a senior team across geology, engineering and commercial.

KI·A

Korede Ipindumi-Adams

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Korede founded RockWorks in 2019 and has led the Company's expansion from a single prospecting licence into a multi-site, federally-licensed mining and manufacturing business spanning six Nigerian states.

Under his leadership, RockWorks secured the exclusive West African and SADC rights to the Eco-Goldex® technology prior to the 2023 global export embargo — a position no new licensee can replicate. He also executed the December 2023 turn-key construction contract with Eco-Goldex Inc. that underpins the Lekki Free Trade Zone manufacturing plant now in development.

Korede is based in Lagos and leads all strategic, regulatory and capital-markets activity at the Company.

Investor Relations

A USD 30M build, in a market no one else can serve.

RockWorks International is currently raising USD 30 million to commission Africa's first dedicated GreenLeach™ manufacturing plant at the Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Investment Proposal, Term Sheet and supporting models are available under NDA to qualified institutional and family-office investors.

Request Investor Pack
$30M
Capital Raise
35%
Equity Offered
~42%
Base-case 5-yr IRR
~2.4 yrs
Payback Period