The company · an early-stage venture
What comes after miningis infrastructure
Aftermine develops projects for closed and abandoned mines — starting with residual methane measurement and mitigation, and extending to mine-water energy, water recovery and site reuse.
We create evidence-backed digital twins of closed and abandoned mines, measure and mitigate residual methane, and identify viable pathways for mine-water energy, renewable power, water treatment, ecological restoration, and biological resource recovery. Every project is selected according to site conditions and verified through continuous measurement.
Delivery process · six stages, in order
Find. Verify. Design. Finance. Deploy. Report.
Eight platform modules describe what exists on a site; these six stages describe how any one project moves through them.
- 01
Find
Rank sites from the regulation's own inventories, historic mine data and first measurements.
- 02
Verify
Install compliant source-level monitoring; establish the defensible baseline.
- 03
Design
Match concentration, flow and site conditions to capture, oxidation, heat recovery or use.
- 04
Finance
Build the project economics; contract with the state, the operator or climate finance.
- 05
Deploy
Integrate proven equipment while retaining responsibility for the client relationship, the data system and verified project performance.
- 06
Report
Recurring regulatory MRV and verified abatement reporting.
Who would buy first
| Buyer | Problem | First purchase |
|---|---|---|
| National or regional authority | Inventory and compliance gap under 2024/1787 | Portfolio screening and a monitoring programme |
| Mine owner / operator | Liability and reporting duty | Site baseline and mitigation feasibility |
| Municipality | Post-mining redevelopment | Integrated site opportunity assessment |
| Utility or heat network | Heat-source opportunity | Mine-water heat feasibility |
| Climate-finance provider | Verified abatement | MRV-backed project diligence |
Where the money would come from
| Line | Kind |
|---|---|
| Site assessment & feasibility | Paid studies — the wedge |
| Monitoring & regulatory reporting | Subscription |
| Engineering & deployment | Project margin |
| Operations & maintenance | Long-term contract |
| Carbon revenue | Upside only — never the base case |
Kill criteria · published, not private
Six ways this dies.
An early-stage venture earns credibility by stating, in advance, what would falsify it. If any one of these proves true, the thesis is dead and will be marked as such.
- K1
No authority or operator acknowledges responsibility for a defined group of sites.
- K2
No customer pays for assessment, monitoring or mitigation without relying entirely on voluntary credits.
- K3
No site shows flow and concentration stable enough for plausible economics.
- K4
The first site cannot be addressed with existing equipment — it needs years of original reactor R&D.
- K5
Site access and operational data cannot be obtained.
- K6
The opportunity does not repeat across enough mines to support a company rather than a consultancy.
From the field study · the record at depth
The case, the ladder, the plates — live.
The company thesis as the field study presents it at the bottom of the mine: the case in three plates, the six operating layers, the mitigation ladder under both GWP lenses, and the six ways this dies — every figure stamped.
Next actions · phrased honestly
What a visitor can actually do.
Aftermine is a thesis, not an operating company — so every action below is an expression of interest, not a purchase.
Authorities and operators: a screening review of a specific mine or portfolio. Researchers: methodology inspection and corrections. Technology providers: monitoring or mitigation equipment that fits the concentration bands on the Methane module. Collaborators: the kill criteria above are the milestones — challenge them.
Who is behind this
One person, stated plainly.
Aftermine was created by Sam Frons. There is no legal entity, no funding, and no team — the thesis, the field study and this site are the whole of it. Conflicts of interest: none to declare. hello@aftermine.tech
The expanded vision
Former mines, no longer invisible.
We envision a future in which former mines are monitored landscapes and productive infrastructure: methane is measured and mitigated, mine water provides useful heat, disturbed land supports renewable energy and restored ecosystems, and new biological systems are tested for carbon and water recovery. Aftermine provides the intelligence, engineering platform, and evidence needed to make that transition credible.