Consulting COO · Strategy · Communications
The Conduit Partnership
From depth to daylight
Working with entrepreneurial teams to translate expertise into clear, strategic & relevant messaging to a broad stakeholder environment at every stage of a company’s development.
What We Do
Expertise surfaces here.
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Consulting COO
Embedded operational leadership for exploration-stage companies — providing the strategic structure and management capacity that lets founders and boards focus on growth.
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Strategy
From corporate strategy to stakeholder engagement plans, we build the frameworks that give direction to decisions. Clear, actionable and grounded in operational reality.
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Communications
We translate the technical into the human. Expert knowledge surfaced in plain language, reaching investors, regulators, communities and media with equal clarity and confidence.
The Name
The channel through which expertise flows.
In geology, a conduit is the fault pathway through which mineralising fluids travel — depositing ore as they move from depth to surface. The conduit is the reason the deposit exists at all. Without it, the value stays buried.
“Good communication is not a layer added on top of leadership. It is the mechanism by which leadership functions.”
Chelsea Hayes is a UK-based fractional COO serving Canadian-listed exploration companies. Active across Scotland, Nevada, Canada and beyond.
How We Work
Direct. Clear. Human.
The Conduit Partnership communicates with the same qualities it brings to its work: clarity, warmth, confidence and genuine understanding.
Confident without arrogance
We know what we’re talking about. That confidence comes through in directness and precision — not volume or self-promotion. We let the work speak.
Warm and approachable
We use humour to build empathy and rapport. We make complex things feel accessible without dumbing them down.
Authentic
No corporate boilerplate, no buzzword bingo. If Chelsea wouldn’t say it in a meeting, it doesn’t belong in a document.
Clear above all else
Every sentence earns its place. We edit ruthlessly. If something can be said in fewer words without losing meaning, it should be.
Get in Touch
Let’s start a conversation.
Whether you’re navigating the complexity of an exploration project, need operational structure, or want communications that actually land — we’d like to hear from you.