Diligent is one of the world's leading board management platforms. That's exactly the problem for a four-person junior miner.
| Capability | Diligent | Generic GRC | GroundOne |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASX Listing Rules compliance calendar | Manual configuration | Custom build required | ✓ Pre-loaded, day one |
| Onboarding for a 4–10 person team | Months + impl. partner | Weeks to months | ✓ Days |
| Pricing for junior mining scale | Enterprise licensing | Mid-market pricing | ✓ Fit-for-purpose |
| Tenement register & renewal tracking | ✗ Not available | ✗ Not available | ✓ Native |
| Exploration approvals workflows | ✗ Not available | ✗ Not available | ✓ Native |
| Board pack from live registers | Manual assembly | Manual export | ✓ One click, 30 sec |
| Risk register — mining-specific taxonomy | Generic framework | Generic framework | ✓ Pre-configured |
| HSE and field risk management | Separate product | Separate module | ✓ Included |
| Continuous disclosure workflow | Add-on module | Not included | ✓ Built-in |
| Time to first value | Months | Months | ✓ Weeks |
Diligent is a world-class platform — but it was built for the Fortune 500. Implementation requires a dedicated project team, external consultants, and months of configuration. For a four-person junior miner, that's simply not viable.
Diligent's pricing reflects its enterprise positioning. Junior miners pay for features they'll never use — proxy advisory tools, SEC filing integrations, ESG reporting for complex multi-entity structures — while the features they desperately need, like ASX-specific compliance calendars and tenement approvals, require custom builds.
GroundOne starts from the other end. We built the governance operating model for junior ASX miners first — the obligations, the registers, the workflows — and wrapped software around it. No implementation partner. No months of configuration. Live in days.
If your company has grown into a mid-cap or large producer with a dedicated Co-Sec team, in-house counsel, and a complex multi-jurisdictional structure, Diligent's breadth becomes valuable. It's excellent for the organisations it was designed for.
But if you're a junior explorer or developer with 4–50 people carrying the same listing obligations as a $5B producer, you need a tool that understands your world — not one that requires your world to be translated into an enterprise model.
GroundOne is built for your obligations, your team size, and your regulatory environment.