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Drill and Blast Specialist
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About Freelancer

Professional Engineer with over 14 years of experience managing multi-million-dollar underground mining projects, coordinating 4 Underground crews labors of 75 each including mobile fleet crew and Electricians, performing a semi-automated mine execution of a 3.665 million tones Mine Production equivalent of (600,038 Oz) using AutoMine Multi-Lite Sandvick system.

Experienced in Drill and Blasting Design and engaged on the execution and set-up of the Drill & Blast Parameters of the Kibali Underground Project in regard to fragmentation, recovery, cost optimization.

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2009 Bachelor of science in Mining Engineering

Work & Experience

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Oct 2021 - Oct 2023 Underground Production superintendent
Barrick Gold (Kibali Gold Mines)

• Lead the journey to Zero harms for the UG Mining team. • Manage the underground operation to achieve 2023 Plan. 3, 6Mt@5.11g/t for 600K Oz. • Manage underground costs on a weekly basis and drive unit cost efficiency. • Drive production discussions, planning and operational meetings to deliver an integrated plan • Provide technical, operational and management inputs to the UG team across disciplines. • Promoting and managing the upskilling of the underground workforce.

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June 2017 - Oct 2021 Drill and Blast superintendent
Barrick Gold (Kibali Gold Mines)

• Supervised and mentored 8+ designers ensuring timely deliverables with zero harm • Directed the Webgen implementation project in secondaries stopes exposed to paste • Spearheaded the automation drilling project that resulted in over 200m drilled between shifts • Updated the technical services department operating procedures ensuring they are current • Reviewed and signed off on monthly reports; production and compliance to plan • Performed economic evaluations of stopes and mining method tradeoffs for the best option • Acting technical services manager ensuring collaboration between the different departments • Engaged consultants to fill key positions ensuring continued support for operations • Monitored costs to find saving opportunities in bringing project deliverables ahead of schedule • Developed procedures for training and knowledge transfer to ensure no gaps in the teams

Skills

Deswik, Vulcan, Surpac; I-Ring; Aegis; Datamine; Studio 5D; Draft sight; Mine CAD, and Microsoft Office applications

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