Principal drill and blast consultant
Metso Outotec
Total years of experience :36 years, 4 Months
Business development for process monitoring and control systems.
Hands-on work on integrated Mine-to-Mill optimization projects in various countries (Ghana, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Mexico) and different commodities (nickel, zinc, iron ore, copper, gold etc.).
Optimization of mining operations to increase the downstream process efficiency (cost reduction, throughput increase, debottlenecking) in an integrated approach.
Detect local challenges and opportunities to generate synergy between mine and process plant.
Benchmarking local working and safety standards against the best practices.
Safe Operating Procedures (SOP): revision and improvement.
Drill and blast audit: design, implementation, assessment.
Project management, budgeting, planning and cost estimation. Report writing.
Management of tunneling and shaft sinking activities.
Short and medium term planning of drill and blast blasting activities.
Drill and blast design for optimum pull length and damages minimization (overbreak).
Pull length optimization to maximize the average tunneling rate under restrictions in explosives delivery.
Tunneling cycle optimization based on mathematical modeling.
Loading, haulage and hoisting flow design.
Safe Work Procedure (SWP) writing.
Environmental risk management and mitigation.
Consulting for mining operations in different stages of development.
Feasibility studies review for mining projects.
Operational optimization for alluvial and laterite gold mining operations to increase recovery and profit.
Optimization of mining methods, mining equipment selection.
Support FEDOM in different technical, legal and environmental issues with DRIRE, ONF, Prefecture, customs.
Support for small companies in project licensing.
Establishing sustainable development strategies of the mining industry in French Guyana.
Preparation of long term program (2-5 years).
Planning, coordination and supervision of development works (adits & ramps).
Feasibility Study and mine design team leader for Melendez Mine.
Preparation of monthly dill and blast programs. Drill and blast operational support.
Optimization and implementation of drill and blast patterns for adits and ramps (-7% blasting costs).
Geotechnical risk assessment. Development and implementation of adequate rock bolting patterns for geotechnical conditions of the rock mass (-11% rock bolting costs).
Strategies for long-term and short term. Continuous improvement leader.
Safety standards implementation and revision.
Production planning, budgeting, cost control.
Drill and blast technical design, supervision and assessment.
Relations with the community, authorities and suppliers, permits etc.
Management activities, contract negotiation, development and implementation of strategies to increase economic efficiency.
Design and consultancy for underground and open pit mines: rock mechanics and geotechnical studies, drill and blast optimization, rock mass stability, KPI’s analysis and improvement, rock bolting patterns, stope size design.
Feasibility studies for Purcaret and Razoare narrow veins ore bodies .
Safety improvement program in the Baiut Mine.
Courses: "Management for mining", "Mining Explosives”, "Open-pit mining" .
Member of Commission for Technical Accidents Prevention and Investigation.
Rock mechanics: research on ore properties, including laboratory testing and rock classification.
Project leader for Rock mass stability analysis in Baia Mare basin. Rock bolting design for different rock conditions.
Scientific research, design and consulting for open pit and underground mines.
Optimization of drill and blast design to increase the rock mass stability.
Costs and quality control, work measurement, work and methods design.
Project manager of Herja-Central Process Plant tunnel. Technical advisor for introduction of Mobile Drilling Installation IMP-1.
Work productivity improvement program.
Mine planning: LOM planning, medium term planning.
Study of all the mining engineering related sciences, including management and economics. Duration: 5 years I graduated with maximum grade (10 from 10).