App/tech business of the week ~ PerthMining.com

What? ~ PerthMining.com is an online marketplace for all things mining – tenements, commodities, equipment, consumables and services.

The online service takes care of the entire process starting with verification, valuation and connecting sellers with buyers.

Where? ~ www.perthmining.com

Who? ~ Based in West Perth and founded in 2014 by Carl Popal (chairman). Mr Popal is also the chairman of Eclipse Metals and managing director of Ghan Resources Pty Ltd.

Fellow directors are Bernard Chia (also managing director of Alyka) and Thushara Weerakody (director of Lateral).

Quotation ~ "The main objective for Perth Mining is to be a true one stop mining platform to connect everyone in the mining community together in the world" -Carl Popal

$ ~ The company has invested over $200,000 in building a web portal (beta), and is raising more capital to increase sales and marketing activities as well as further mobile development.

Market ~ A multi-billion dollar potential market, future plans for PerthMining.com include an interactive international virtual mining forum, a mobile app, the establishment of a trust team and increased outreach.

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PerthMining.com launched in June 2015 and is ranked #17 by launch date in BNiQ Startups List