OUR TEAM

Dean Basile

Managing Director – Melbourne, Australia

Dean Basile has over 24 years of experience in the mining industry and over 16 years of experience at a management level and is the Managing Director of Mining One.

His career began at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines in Western Australia and he has worked at senior and mine management levels in Ghana and Peru, mainly covering surface mining techniques as well as extensive experience in long-term and strategic planning of gold and copper mines.

Dean has conducted work on and managed various feasibility studies; as well as the implementation of mining fleets at two green field operations. Dean has an intermediate level of written and spoken Spanish.

Dean Basile

Managing Director – Melbourne, Australia

Dean Basile has over 24 years of experience in the mining industry and over 16 years of experience at a management level and is the Managing Director of Mining One.

His career began at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines in Western Australia and he has worked at senior and mine management levels in Ghana and Peru, mainly covering surface mining techniques as well as extensive experience in long-term and strategic planning of gold and copper mines.

Dean has conducted work on and managed various feasibility studies; as well as the implementation of mining fleets at two green field operations. Dean has an intermediate level of written and spoken Spanish.

Gary Davison

Director/Senior Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Gary Davison has over 45 years of experience in the Australian Mining Industry. He has worked at senior mine management levels in Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales covering underground and surface mining techniques.

As well as a practical, hands-on approach, Gary has worked for a variety of clients including lawyers on expert witness cases, merchant banks conducting a high number of due diligence examinations and many other feasibility studies.

Gary is highly innovative in many areas having developed unique mine designs and infrastructure for difficult mines and he has a particular passion for ground support and improving the safety and efficiency of underground mining.

Gary has written and presented a variety of papers on mining topics.

He has visited mine sites and conducted work in Indonesia, Canada, Finland, UK, Sweden, Ghana, Canada, Central and South America, and China, as well all states and territories in Australia.

Marcus Jacobs

General Manager WA/Principal Mining Engineer – Perth, Australia

Marcus Jacobs has over 20 years of experience in operational mines, engineering studies and business consulting roles.

He started his career in open cut gold and iron ore mines in Western Australia, and in his career has had exposure to a number of commodities including: gold, iron ore, limestone, copper, lithium and tantalum.

He is a skilled project and study manager; providing leadership and coaching to achieve safety performance, schedule and budget targets.

Marcus is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and holds a Western Australian Quarry Manager’s Certificate of Competency.

Mike Botting

GM Underground Technical Lead, WA – Perth, Australia

Mike holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the South Australian Institute of Technology (University of South Australia), a Western Australian First Class Mine Manager Certificate and NSW Mining Engineering Manager of Underground Mines Practising Certificate.

Mike has extensive operational, technical and management experience working with mine owners, consultants and mining contractors over the course of his career.

Mike has experience in a variety of hard rock mining methods ranging from narrow view open stoping, modified Avoca, cut and fill, room and pillar through to caving methods.

Mike has been involved in project feasibility studies and has successfully implemented both technical and operational business improvement initiatives.

Mike is well versed in first principle costing for underground mines, performance expectations, improving mine designs and schedules to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Darryl Dyason

Mining Manager, Underground – Melbourne, Australia

Darryl is an experienced Mining Engineer with over 24 years’ experience in the industry. He has worked on various project around Australia as well as Indonesia.

Darryl has managed all aspects of technical services and planning both in open pit and underground operations.

He is skilled in mine planning, drill and blast, ventilation, LoM designs, feasibility studies, Geotech, QA/QC, projects and surveying.

Darryl is also proficient in using mine planning software.

Cameron Farrington

Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Cameron is a Principal Mining Engineer who has a diverse background in mining. With over 20 years of experience as a mining professional, Cameron has become an effective leader in both operational and technical roles across a broad spectrum of commodities including Copper, Iron Ore, Gold, Diamonds and Coal.

Cameron holds an engineering degree as well as an MBA in finance which is supported by experiences ranging from Mining Engineer to front line management including his legislatively appointed role as the site SSE.

His skills and experience provide the ability to be an effective workforce leader as well as the ability to develop, implement and effect site safety management systems to establish a productive safety culture.

Cameron is a chartered professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM (CP)).

Joseph Tachie-Menson

Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Joseph is a Principal Mining Engineer with technical and operational expertise having worked in multinational organisations over the past 23 years.

Joseph’s experience includes equipment operation, fleet management, mine planning, business improvement, mine supervision, contract administration, and mine management. Expertise also covers mine financial modelling/costing, enterprise optimisation, explosives management, asset management and management of Tailings Storage Facilities. He has been involved in various feasibility studies.

Joseph is an efficient user of various mine packages including Minemax, Surpac, Talpac, XPac, Xeras, MineSched, Whittle, ArcGIS, Modular Mining and MineStar, Vulcan and Alastri.

Joseph holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mining and is a Chartered Professional of AusIMM and a member of SME. He is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree at the Melbourne School of Business.

Ievan Ludjio

Director/Principal Mining Engineer (Australia/Indonesia) – Brisbane, Australia

Ievan has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry.

He has undertaken a wide variety of roles within various technical teams including short/medium/long term planning engineering roles and production engineering roles.

Ievan also has extensive experience on a variety of projects and has been involved in the various study phases from concept study to feasibility study to project implementation for various commodities such as coal, gold, silver, copper, nickel, bauxite, iron ore, tin, limestone, phosphate, and rare earth minerals in various countries.

Ievan has a sound understanding of computerised 3D design work, dragline, and truck shovel operation, mine scheduling, budgeting, pit optimisation and cost modelling.

Ievan is well versed in various mining software packages, including Minex, MineScape, Surpac, Whittle, Vulcan, XPAC, 3D Dig and Talpac.

Ievan is a Chartered Professional (Mining) and Fellow of AusIMM, FAusiMM CP (Min), Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), Competent Person Indonesia (CPI) for KCMI Ore Reserve Reporting for gold & base metals, primary & alluvial tin, and coal as well as Competent Person for Reporting of Ore Reserves Estimate for base metals in accordance with Indonesia National Standard (SNI 4726:2019).

Remon Sinaga

SE Asia Regional Manager/Principal Mining Engineer – Jakarta, Indonesia

Remon has over 19 years of industry experience as a Mining Engineer and has spent 8 years working in Australia and another 11 years in Indonesia. During that time, he has worked in open pit coal and gold mining, as a mining consultant and for a blast service company in various areas from upstream to downstream mining chains.

Remon has a solid knowledge of mining coupled with a strong commercial acumen and has been involved in many critical project implementations. He is familiar with recent end to end digital solutions in mining industries and the dynamic markets.

Remon is efficient with mining software packages, mining cost models, cash flows and financial reporting.

Stephen Manning

Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Stephen is an experienced Principal Mining Engineer with 24 years of experience particularly in underground mine design and planning.

His experience covers all aspects of underground mine design and scheduling, stope design / optimisation and drill and blast design and mine cost / financial modelling.

He has a high level of proficiency in Deswik mining software, including Mineable Shape Optimiser (MSO), and experience with other mining software (Maptek Vulcan, Datamine, EPS).

Stephen has been involved with reserve estimation work, scoping studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies as well as multiple, operations-based mining engineer roles.

Philips Aggrey

Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Philips is a Principal Mining Engineer with 16 years of experience in mining engineering, specializing in strategic resource development, mine planning, innovation, and project management.

He has a proven track record in driving value creation through the development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies and strategic initiatives.

Philips is an expert in leading cross-functional teams, managing large-scale projects, and fostering a culture of safety, sustainability, and innovation.

He is adept at delivering significant operational improvements, exceeding production targets, and enhancing shareholder value.

Adrian Hills

Principal Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Adrian is a Principal Mining Engineer with extensive underground technical experience along with contractor, management and corporate exposure gained over 20 years in the mining industry.

He is able to offer effective management of small to medium workforce through supportive and productive supervision of staff utilising his strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Adrian has superior organisational and planning ability, having implemented many Life of Mine plans, production schedules and financial models.

Wisnu Kardana

Senior Mining Engineer – Perth, Australia

Wisnu has more than 15 years of experience as a Mining Engineer, in several underground engineering roles. He has strong skill set in underground short, medium and long-term scheduling and with underground drill and blast.

He has experience dealing with various ground types, conditions, and underground mining methods, such as underground block caving, cut and fill, avoca and underground stope.

Steve Rempel

Manager Mining Engineering, North America/Principal Mining Engineer – Canada

Steve is a motivated Senior Mining Engineer with over 13 years of technical and operational experience.

He is a skilled project manager with experience in mining best practices for conventional and autonomous operations.

Steve has proven skills in enhancing productivity, efficiency, and bottom-line profitability with forward-thinking leadership.

Steve brings experience in years of fieldwork and is ready to take on challenges and provide the best solutions to all projects.

Marolop Yandry

Principal Mining Engineer – Perth, Australia

Marolop is a Principal Mining Engineer with 11 years of planning/scheduling, production and reporting experience in open pit coal mining. Block model geology, mineable reserves estimation, pit optimizations, concept studies, mining contractor supervision, JORC 2004 & 2012 reports and KCMI 2011 report. Competent in Minescape, Minex and Surpac software.

Nur Alim Kadir

Senior Mining Engineer – Jakarta, Indonesia

Alim is an experienced Mining Engineer with over 5 years in the mining industry, with a strong focus on the nickel laterite sector.

He is skilled across the mining value chain—from operational execution to strategic mine planning. Alim is recognized with multiple awards, including the Platinum Award at TKMPN XXVII for cost-saving initiatives.

He is a Certified Competent Person in Reserve Estimation (CP-ACM) by BNSP, with solid experience in mineral reserve estimation, pit optimization, mine planning and scheduling, as well as financial modeling and project evaluation.

Seen Lee

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Seen has fifteen years of experience in the mining industry, with experience from greenfields pre production sites through to fully operational mining operations.

Seen’s multi disciplinary background in geology and geotechnical engineering allow for seamless communication within projects.

Seen’s core competencies include open pit medium to long term project investigations and evaluations, with particular expertise in pit optimisation, ground modelling and design.

Seen also has strengths in medium to long term mine planning, and is proficient in various mining software packages, including Whittle, Datamine, Surpac, MineSched, Mine 24-D and Deswik.

Seen has worked with a number of metalliferous commodities, including gold, copper and iron ore.

Phelan Trinh

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Phelan has more than eight years in the mining industry with expertise in pit optimisation, mine design and scheduling, cost estimation, and financial modelling.

His operational experience includes all facets of Production Engineering with core competencies in drill & blast and short / medium term mine scheduling.

Phelan is a well-rounded engineer having worked in a number of commodities including gold, silver, copper, tin and iron ore.

His core competency has been in the area of Mine Planning and Evaluation Lead on feasibility and Life of Asset planning studies.

Phelan is a competent user of MineSched, Surpac, Whittle, Deswik, Minemax Scheduler, Datamine and Vulcan.

Phelan also has experience in implementation of solutions in multi-objective optimisation problems such as ore-blending.

Chico Wall

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Chico has over 14 years of experience in underground mine planning and mining operations, he regards himself privileged to have been exposed to and experienced many facets of the industry.

Through his time in the industry, he has developed a passion and capabilities for high-level strategic planning, including Cut-off Grade calculations, Reserves calculations and reporting in compliance with the JORC Code.

To compliment this, he has a broad range of UG Ventilation experience from planning and modelling to operating chiller systems and managing ventilation project setups both on surface and underground.

Throughout his career, he has also gained a diverse operational experience, from operating various large machinery to managing contracts and contractors.

The above passion for mining stems from his agriculture upbringing. Not long into his mining career, he came to learn that mining and farming are quite similar. Each requires a high level of awareness towards safety, a multi skilled work force/support network and the ability to be dynamic for ever changing environments, all to achieve an attractive product.

Michelle Xu

Senior Open Pit Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Michelle has over 10 years of industry experience, with expertise in 3D mine design and planning.

Michelle has assisted in completing numerous mining projects in Australia and China, as well as conducting Surpac training courses for various mining companies.

After joining Mining One, she has been involved in a number of prefeasibility, feasibility studies and Life of Asset planning.

She is a competent user of Surpac, MineSched, Whittle, Deswik, and Minemax Scheduler and a basic user of Minex and Datamine. Those tools give her flexibility in achieving high efficiency and enable her to find better solutions when conducting pit optimisation, mine design, mining and blending scheduling.

She is also fluent in English and is a native Chinese speaker.

Tegar Ksatria

Senior Mining Engineer – Jakarta, Indonesia

Tegar is an experienced mining engineer with over 10 years of work in both national and international mining industries, covering copper, gold, and coal projects.

Skilled in underground mine planning, production optimization, risk management, and cross-disciplinary coordination (geology, geotechnics, hydrology, and environment).

He is experienced in multinational companies such as PT Freeport Indonesia, LKAB Sweden, and Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk.

Proficient in modern mining software (AutoCAD, Deswik, Microsoft Office) and certified in strategic planning, mining safety, and frontline supervision. Strongly oriented toward safety, efficiency, and sustainable mining.

Thomas Indrawijaya

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Thomas is a Senior Mining Engineer with over thirteen (13) years of experience in open pit mining with exposure in various projects and operations.

Thomas has been involved in a number of mining studies across a broad spectrum of commodities such as coal, gold, copper, iron ore, and quarry.

He has developed a strong knowledge of open pit mining including mine planning (short/medium/long and Life of Asset Planning), strategic planning and pit continuation project, pt and dump designs, pit optimisation, mine scheduling, fleet selection, haul road modelling and analysis, production reporting, project cost analysis, financial modelling, and technical reporting. He also has strong operational knowledge and experience as a truck and shovel engineer across several coal and gold mines as well as quarries.

Thomas is a competent user of many mining software packages including Vulcan, Surpac, Studio 3, Mine 2-4D, MineScape, Talpac, Xact, MineSched, Whittle, Deswik, Alastri Packages (Spatial Conformation and Haul Infinity), AutoCAD and Rocscience.

Mwenzi Lungu

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

A dedicated mining engineer with over eight years of hand on experience in the mining industry in both operational and corporate roles, specialising in the optimisation of efficient mine design and planning from short term to life of asset.

Adept to problem solving, Mwenzi is able to use her previous experience and understanding of sustainable mining practices to ensure operational timelines and budgets are met.

Skilled in presenting technical data and project updates to senior leadership, effectively communicating information to non-technical stakeholders, and influencing decision making.

With a strong background in working with Multi-disciplinary team, Mwenzi is confident in her ability to contribute to organisation success.

Harry Subekti ST MM

Mining Engineer – Jakarta, Indonesia

Harry is a Mining Engineer with 15 years of experience in Drill and Blast.

Drill and Blast skills involve conceptualizing & implementing process development to enhance productivity. He prepares reports to contain work status, progress, productivity analysis, and activities. He reports and monitors all Drill and Blast. Harry sets up and prepares project plans to contain stages, deadlines, and critical paths. He monitors project and liaises with line managers, department leaders, and stakeholders.

Harry has experience in working on Surface and Underground Mining. He has effective communication skills along with management, strong analytical, problem-solving & organizational abilities. He is proficient in developing & streamlining systems with proven ability to enhance operational effectiveness and meet operational goals in industrial management. He employs business process analysis techniques in work control, performs analysis on the blasting system, and improves the operations and implementation.

Benjamin James

Mining Engineer – UK

Benjamin has 13 years’ experience in the hard rock underground industry, predominantly in the gold sector. 10 years associated with open stoping, 1 year bulk underground mining and 2 years with early-stage project development.

Ross Dickinson

Mining Engineer – Perth, Australia

Ross is a Mining Engineer with over 7 years of experience in production and technical services in underground mining operations and SBR shaft sinking.

He has an aptitude for technical and analytical tasks, with drive and attention to detail.

Ross is a good communicator, also capable of leading production teams with the goal of improving safety, well-being, and productivity.

Ning Xu

Underground Mining Engineer

Ning is a results-oriented underground mining engineer with P.Eng (registered with Professional Engineers Ontario), specializing in hard rock underground mining across diverse commodities.

With hands-on experience at multiple mine sites, she has developed extensive expertise in underground operations.

Since joining Mining One, she has contributed to projects such as Pre-Feasibility Studies (PFS), Feasibility Studies (FS), scoping studies, and due diligence assessments etc.

Ning has developed a level of proficiency in a range of mine planning software, including Deswik, Amine, and Promine. She also has exposure to Datamine, Aegis, WaveView, Shotplus, Ventsim, and Whittle, enabling her to deliver efficient and data-driven solutions for mine design and scheduling.

Zola Munkhbat

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Zola is a mining engineer and qualified mine surveyor with over six years of operational and technical experience.

She was involved in several feasibility studies in Mongolia, performing cost and cashflow models.

At Mining One, Zola has focused her efforts on pit optimisations, mine design and scheduling and block model manipulation.

Zola is an efficient user of various computer packages including Micromine, Minesight and Surpac. She is also a competent user of RocSience 2D slope stability analysis tools.

Zola obtained her master’s degree in mining engineering technology at Federation University Australia, specialising slope stability investigation.

Brett Cosgriff

Senior Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Brett is an underground mining engineer with 9 years of experience in underground metal mines throughout Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. Brett has strong operational experience, having completed underground time on crew for 14 months in pursuit of an Underground Mine Manager’s Ticket as well as 6 months as an underground shift boss. Brett is experienced in most facets of mining engineering, including drill and blast, long and short-term scheduling, ventilation, backfill, risk assessment, and economic modelling.

Edward Cooke

Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Edward is a mining engineer with 4 years experience in underground metal mining. His experience centers on long-term mine design and scheduling, drill and blast design, and financial modelling. Previously, Edward specialised in numerical modelling to optimise mine design and extraction sequencing. Edward also has extensive practical underground geotechnial experience from secondments to Australian sites in Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria.

Yanic Liu

Mining Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Yanic is an experienced mining professional with a strong background in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, open pit design and related fields.

He recently completed a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering, enhancing his understanding of the mining value chain and its impact on operations.

Yanic has a proven track record of collaborating in diverse teams to deliver results under tight timelines and is passionate about exploring new methodologies and technologies.

James French

Manager, Geotechnical – Sydney, Australia

James is a motivated mining professional with diverse operations and project development experience in Australia and overseas.

His 20 years’ experience includes delivery of early phase studies, planning & execution of development projects and management of operations.

He has had a broad exposure to surface and underground settings in hard and soft rock geology, including civil earthworks design and construction, across a range of commodities including gold, copper and zinc.

James’ exceptional work ethic, strong technical competencies and practical approach enable him to be a proactive and adaptable leader, who thrives in a team dynamic and promotes a strong performance culture aligned to business objectives and organisational values.

David Lucas

Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Open Pit – Melbourne, Australia

David Lucas is a mining geotechnical specialist with over 35 years of experience in mining and civil geotechnical engineering, of which nearly 30 years have been in mining in Australia and South-East Asia.

He is a specialist in slope stability in open-cut mining, with considerable experience in rock and soil slopes, overburden dumps and stockpiles, in a wide range of hard rock mines, coal mines and quarries.

With a first degree in geology, he is skilled at understanding and interpreting geological processes and bringing geological knowledge to solving geotechnical challenges.

His on-site mining experience includes 12 years in site-based operational roles where he provided practical advice on slope stability, geotechnical hazard management, and failure remediation.

His consulting experience since 2005 has included design applications for all stages of mining from scoping and feasibility studies, operational mines, and mine closure studies, risk-based stability assessments, and communicating technical concepts to key stakeholders including regulatory authorities and the public. He also specialises in high level geotechnical reviews of mining operations.

David is a registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and Victoria and is a chartered professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM (CP)).

Dr Peter Cepuritis

Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Underground Manager – Brisbane, Australia

Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the mineral resource and engineering sectors for a variety of organisations including research, consulting and engineering, and mining corporations.

Throughout his career he has been responsible for planning and managing civil and mining project studies from initial site investigations, analysis and design, through to operational risk assessments, due diligence, audits/reviews, and project closure.

He has experience in Australia, the Americas, and the Middle East, with projects ranging from conceptual studies through to feasibility and operations experience. Peter also has specific experience in block and sublevel caving projects in both North and South America.

Peter has dedicated a significant portion of his career in consulting, providing engineering solutions to international corporations, gaining a reputation for adding value and providing innovative solutions whilst maintaining projects within budget and schedule.

Dr Jeff Price

Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Jeff Price has over 30 years’ experience in mine operations, consulting engineering and research for civil and mining projects.

His expertise includes review, design implementation and rationalisation, feasibility investigation and design for open pit mines, GIS geohazard and risk evaluation, waste dumps and mine infrastructure. He also has global experience in complex numerical modelling and field implementation for slope depressurisation and rock mass characterisation for open pit and underground mining for projects.

Jeff has been involved in slope design for metallic and industrial minerals and operational geotechnical design review or audit in Australia and overseas.

Jeff has published on mining geotechnics, engineering in weak and weathered rock and researched the role of fracture flow on the behaviour of rock masses.

Additionally, Jeff has spent over 5 years providing corporate governance and assurance on geotechnical risk and business improvement opportunities for 5 global base metal operations across. This has involved significant liaison on risk and business improvement between with site and corporate management teams.

Michael Bijelac

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Michael has over 24 years of geotechnical experience in underground and open-cut metalliferous and coal mines.

The majority of this experience has been focused on consulting services to the mining industry, from geotechnical logging/data collection, secondment to sites for operational support assistance to mining studies from scoping to feasibility levels.

Michael has considerable experience in numerical modelling and slope stability analyses and has extensive operational and design/analysis experience in the geotechnical field.

Selcuk Erol

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Selcuk is an experienced Mine Geotechnical Engineer with fifteen years of worldwide experience. This includes work in Laos, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and throughout Australia.

He has experience in both on-site and consulting roles, delivering underground operational support, geotechnical investigation and studies, technical reviews and audits. This work has covered not just mine work but also major infrastructural such as shafts.

Selcuk has contributed to both static and dynamic ground support design and ground control management of deep seismic underground mines. He is interested in gaining further exposure to geotechnically challenging underground mine projects.

Gerson Tappang

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Jakarta, Indonesia

Gerson is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer who has over 12 years experience in the industry.

He works well independently as well as in a team. Gerson is highly motivated, has strong leadership skills with good communication and organising ability.

Didy Ramli

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Didy is a Mining Geotechnical Engineer who has over nine years of experience in the mining industry based on mine sites, which includes exploration (greenfields and brownfields), production (open pit and underground) and technical roles.

She started her career as a Geologist and her operational experience encompasses various roles in the Hunter Valley and Bowen Basin and more recently Savage River Open Cut Mine.

Didy possesses extensive experience in geological modelling, resource reconciliation, geotechnical highwall and overburden mapping, geological structural interpretation and exploration, which is supported by substantial stakeholder engagement; of which has generated significant culture and business performance improvements on site.

George Shali

Geotechnical Engineer – Johannesburg, South Africa

George is a Geotechnical/Rock Mechanics Engineer with more than 4 years in medium and shallow level massive mining experience as well as experience in open pit mining. He is also experienced in mining hard and soft or weak rock formation, numerical modelling of mine workings and interpretation, provision of professional geotechnical input into mine planning & design.

George has comprehensive knowledge in mining methods such as Sublevel Open Stoping (SLOS) and developing short to medium term safe support plans based on collected, analysed geotechnical data and implementation.

Jarrod Warren

Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Jarrod is a Masters qualified Geotechnical Engineer with underlying Engineering Honours Degrees in Civil Engineering and Surveying.

Jarrod spent the first five years of his career working in open cut coal mines. He has held roles of Mine Surveyor and Site Geotechnical Engineer within this time.

Jarrod has specialist skills in Geotechnical design and operational support for large scale in pit waste rock dumps on steeply dipping foundations.

As a consultant Jarrod has worked in a range of commodities (Gold, Iron Ore, Coal and Base Metals) from the PFS level through to mine closure both domestically and internationally. His scope ranges from Geotechnical modelling, site inspections and audits, Geotechnical drilling campaigns and groundwater instrumentation install.

Ian Hulls

Geotechnical Services Manager – Melbourne, Australia

Ian has over 45 years of experience in the mining and civil industries. His mining experience covers both open pit and underground metalliferous and coal mines across Australia and overseas.

Ian offers a range of geotechnical skills including onsite geotechnical support, instrumentation design and installation, in-situ testing, stress measurements, cable and roof bolt load monitoring and cable and roof bolt pull out testing programs. He has carried out these tasks at Australian mines such as Sino’s Iron Cape Preston Mine, WMC Mount Keith Mine, Kidston Gold Mine, Telfer Gold Mine, Endeavor Mine, Ballarat Mine, Cadia Mine, NorthParkes Mine; as well as overseas mines like Chatree Gold Mine, Thailand, Aguas Tenidas Mine, Spain and Porgera Mine, Papua New Guinea.

Davron Lu

GM China/Global Contracts Officer – Melbourne, Australia

Davron has over eight years of experience in contract laws, due diligence, project management, and geotechnical engineering.

Working on a variety of projects both on site and office based, her experience includes technical due diligence, project permitting review, environmental legislations, technical translation, project management and delivery, and client liaison.

She has been involved in many technical due diligence and has conducted various reviews on mining and environmental permits for projects in Australia, Canada, Chile, Philippines, etc.

She has also conducted geotechnical training for our clients in China to improve their mine safety and economics.

Further, Davron is a qualified Australian Lawyer, admitted as an officer of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She has been involved in several high-profile transactions with matters involving research and development tax claim, mergers and acquisitions, construction laws, etc.

Stuart Hutchin

Geology Manager – Melbourne, Australia

Stuart has over 23 years of experience in the Australian and international mining industry. He has worked in a wide range of gold, base metal, rare earth, bauxite, iron ore, diamond and emerald deposits.

He has experience ranging from grass roots exploration through to mine geology and resource estimation in both underground and surface mining operations. Stuart has also had extensive experience with project assessment, geological audits, project valuations (VALMIN) and due diligence studies on both exploration and mining projects.

He is a proficient user of Surpac, Vulcan and Micromine software packages.

He is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. He is deemed as a Competent Person and Qualified Person for JORC 2012 and NI43-101 resource estimate sign off covering multiple commodities and deposit styles.

Anthony Reed

Principal Structural Project Geologist – Melbourne, Australia

Anthony a classically trained structural geologist with over 15 years of extensive mapping and interpretive experience in complex metamorphosed terranes, porphyry, sediment, and vein hosted Cu systems, chonolith, dyke hosted, and laterite Ni and structurally modified VMS Zn/Pb.   He has also had experience with modelling of pegmatite hosted lithium deposits. Over the last 10 years Anthony has specialised in scientific analysis and interpretation of complex geological data, including surface and downhole structural, geochemical and geophysical data, in order to develop robust, resource ready, implicit 3D models for the purposes of asset acquisition, longevity and iterative geoscientific studies to expand orebody knowledge. Recent roles had a large focus on management and synthesis of geoscientific 3D modelling for porphyry and sediment hosted copper project acquisition opportunities, the deposits at the Las Bambas, Kinsevere, Rosebery and Dugald River mines, as well as coaching and training colleagues globally to employ implicit techniques for both geoscience and resource evaluation. More recently, Anthony’s focus has expanded to include economic and geotechnical studies, with structural and geotechnical domain modelling conducted as a key component of downstream failure risk analysis.

Muhaemin Sutami

Mineral Resource Geologist – Jakarta, Indonesia

Muhaemin is a highly experienced geologist with over 18 years in the Indonesia and international mining industry, covering in a wide range of commodities of gold, base metal, iron ore, silica sand, nickel laterite, bauxite, tin, and rare earth.

Proven expertise in exploration, project development, due diligence, resource estimation, mine geology, mineral valuation, merger & acquisition projects. Proven ability to assess geological data, optimize resource potential, and support strategic business decisions in the mining sector.

He is a member of AusIMM and is also a Competent Person in Indonesia CPI-IAGI qualified resource estimation of primary gold of epithermal and intrusion related deposits and exploration reporting and resource estimation of nickel laterite deposit.

Louis Cohalan

Senior Project Geologist – Melbourne, Australia

Louis is a Senior Project Geologist with 11 years of experience within the mining and exploration industry.

Louis has worked for junior exploration companies in Canada and Australia, as well as a team of geoscience specialists at MMG Ltd. He has provided geological and implicit modelling expertise supporting operations worldwide.

Dr. Dylan Price

Geologist – Melbourne, Australia

Initially specialising in rare earth element mineralisation with a doctorate, Dylan has experience working in chemistry laboratories, 3D geological modelling (Leapfrog), geological and structural mapping, drill program management and QAQC protocol implementation. He mainly has experience working on Au and Cu deposits.

Grace Tambunan

Geologist – Jakarta, Indonesia

Grace graduated Geology from Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia. Grace has interest in geoscience and machine learning. So she is accustomed Microsoft Office (Ms. Excel, Ms. Power Point, Ms. Word), Mining tool (Surpac), Remote Sensing (ArcGIS, Global Mapper, QGIS), Slope Stability (Geostudio, Slide) and coding tools such as Python, VS Code. By joining organizational projects she is shaped as someone who has critical way of thinking, able to work under pressure, good time management, and teamwork skills.

Berry Casanova

Principal Hydrogeologist – Jakarta, Indonesia

Berry is a Principal Hydrologist and Hydrogeologist with over 15 years of experience working on various mining projects in Asia and Australia and some in Africa. He has completed hydro work for several open pit mines and underground mines.

His experience covers a wide range of hydro work, including hydrology/ hydraulic modelling; groundwater modelling; water and drainage management; sediment control; contaminant modelling; groundwater environmental study; surface water, and groundwater supplies with effective evaluations, models, and management plans. His experience in mining exploration and geological modelling makes his competence in the hydrogeology field more comprehensive.

As well as his practical experience, Berry has delivered many projects management in his experience, lead in many hydrology and hydrogeology projects, and several times led projects related to geotechnical works. He also has demonstrated his expert knowledge through training others in short courses covering material related to hydrology and hydrogeology modelling.

Peter Gribbin

Principal Hydrogeologist – Melbourne, Australia

Peter is a Chartered Professional Geologist with over 35 years of experience spread across the mining, civil engineering and environmental sectors in the fields of mineral exploration, mining engineering, geotechnics and hydrogeology.

The diversity of project experience gained throughout his career in Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and UK has allowed him to apply many of the branches of engineering geoscience in an integrated manner.

Following extensive periods in the mining industry in Africa and Australia, and in environmental regulation in the UK, Peter has been providing engineering and environmental consultancy services for the last 15 years supporting mining, major infrastructure, tunnelling, land development and water resource projects in Africa, Asia, UK, and the Australasia-Pacific region.

A key area of expertise is in Technical (environmental and hydrogeology) Due Diligence in relation to acquisitions, ASX listing, and the application of mining standards codes for new mining operations.

Michael Duggins

Geologist – Melbourne, Australia

Michael is a qualified Project Geologist and Camborne School of Mines Master’s graduate with fieldwork experience within the mineral exploration and mining industry across Western Europe. He has successful exploration project and target generation experience including orogenic Au, magmatic-hydrothermal Sn-Cu-W, and alkaline igneous REEs, specialising in advanced geochemical dataset development, manipulation, analysis and interpretation.

Kira Woodward

Exploration and Environmental Geologist – Melbourne, Australia

Kira is a geoscience graduate with a strong academic background in geoscience and environmental science, supported by hands-on experience in geological fieldwork, spatial analysis, and environmental monitoring. She has demonstrated capability in collecting and interpreting geological and environmental data, producing geomorphological maps, and applying GIS tools to support field assessments and office-based analysis.

Dr. Abouzar Vakili

Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Abouzar is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer and numerical modelling specialist with over 22 years of experience in operations, geotechnical analysis, design, and research. His main expertise is in applying modern geomechanical tools for geotechnical engineering and design in extreme ground conditions. He has worked on studies involving large open pits and deep, high stress underground mines. He has authored more than 30 technical papers and articles and he is an AusIMM Chartered Professional and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland.

Abouzar is also the founder of Cavroc, a software company which facilitates cutting-edge geotechnical numerical modelling for all geotechnical engineers in an easy and user-friendly platform without the need for specialised skills. Mining One has a formal collaboration with Cavroc.

Dr. Tom Styles

Principal Geotechnical Engineer – UK

Tom Styles is a chartered engineer with more than 15 years experience. He completed a PhD on numerical modelling of fractured rock slopes through the Camborne School of Mines, and further post-doctoral research at universities in Vancouver, Canada. This applied academic background, in combination with a number of consulting roles, provides a strong foundation in advanced numerical modelling, characterising and monitoring the rock mass, and general geotechnical support for open pit and underground mines, quarries, and green field sites. His work as a consultant focuses on rock mechanics, with experience in terrestrial LiDAR and drone-based photogrammetry, as well as both satellite radar data, offering solutions for both data collection and high-resolution remote monitoring. Tom has worked on mine sites throughout Eurasia, Africa and Australia and North America, directing geotechnical site investigations and collecting data. His office-based analytical analyses and numerical modelling of ground stability provides mine design parameters during feasibility and mine optimisation studies. Tom is also the agent for Cavroc in Europe and Africa.

Dr. Stephan Arndt

Head of Technology and Innovation – Brisbane, Australia

Stephan has over 25 years of professional experience in the industry. He has worked in a global lead consulting role for Dassault Systèmes, working with major mining companies on digital transformation projects to deliver business value. Throughout his career, Stephan has been managing, developing, and mentoring teams, focusing on geomechanics disciplines and mining. He has been part of global technology groups for software and R&D and gained experience as Director of Resources Engineering and Professor of Practice at Monash University. For 20 years, Stephan has been performing geomechanics analysis and simulation for many of the world’s caving studies, including Rio Tinto, BHP, Vale, Newcrest, OZ Minerals, Freeport Indonesia, Debswana, and DeBeers.

Raymond Mateveke

Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Ray is a highly skilled geotechnical engineer with 15 years of geotechnical experience and 8 years of mining engineering experience (23 years total) in mining and consultancy environments. He has extensive experience across shallow, intermediate and deep‑level operations, covering both narrow tabular hard rock and large‑scale massive orebody mining. Proven in managing projects from inception to completion, Ray delivers safe, practical and cost‑effective geotechnical solutions focused on performance and sustainability.

Core competencies include 3D  numerical modelling (FLAC3D); life‑of‑mine sequencing and stability analysis; design of underground and surface excavations (portals, boxcuts, declines, shafts, stopes); raisebore stability assessments; ground‑support specification and costing; geotechnical investigations and data processing (Q, RMR, MRMR, joint characterisation); mine design optimisation (dilution, recovery, seismicity); and independent geotechnical reviews and due diligence.

Detail‑focused and adaptable, Ray consistently meets technical and schedule targets while ensuring compliance with industry standards and stakeholder requirements.

Christopher Mears

Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Christopher is a Senior Consultant and Chartered Geotechnical Engineer with over 8 years’ experience and expertise in geotechnical data collection, rock mass characterisation, geotechnical risk assessment and geotechnical mine design. He is a very personable and driven individual whose main strengths are communication and leadership.

Simon Jackson

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – UK

Simon is a Chartered Mining & Geotechnical Engineer with a problem-solving mindset and a positive attitude to challenges. He has worked on a wide variety of open pit and underground mining projects across all stages of development, from early concept studies through to operational support.

 Simon specialises in advanced numerical modelling and simulation of complex geotechnical problems, including the visualisation, interpretation, and communication of modelling results to support safe and practical engineering decisions. His experience includes detailed numerical analyses for operational challenges, geotechnical design studies, open pit and underground optimisation and design, mine scheduling, and cash flow forecasting.

 To date, Simon’s work has supported metalliferous mining projects across Australia, Europe, Russia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Botswana, and Kazakhstan. Simon is also a developer for Cavroc Software, where he contributes to the creation of innovative numerical modelling solutions for mining geotechnical applications, and is actively involved in delivering training and knowledge transfer to clients and project teams.

Richard Shellam

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – UK

Richard is a chartered geotechnical engineer with 14 years of experience across open pit operations, with additional exposure to underground projects. He has worked in both operational and consulting roles across the UK, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Central and Eastern Asia, developing a strong understanding of geotechnical challenges across varied mining contexts.

He specialises in coordinating, collecting, and interpreting geotechnical data for characterisation, and has extensive experience applying numerical modelling tools. In addtion, Richard extensivly uses Python-based analysis and visualisation tailored to the specific project challenges, enabling interrogation of large geotechnical datasets supporting clearer, evidence-based decisions when developing geotechnical models.

Richard has a proven track record in assessing and managing geotechnical risk in operating mines, leading geotechnical teams, and promoting strong safety cultures. He is committed to professional development through training and mentoring, supporting the growth of both individuals and high-performing teams.

Dr. Yousef Abolfazlzadeh

Senior Ground Control and Rock Mechanics Engineer 

Yousef is a Senior Ground Control and Rock Mechanics engineer with substantial professional and academic experience in analysis and interpretation of mining induced seismicity. He has completed over 9 graduate courses in mining engineering including advanced rock mechanics, numerical modelling, stability analysis, and management and use of mining seismic systems. He also has strong writing, communication, and technical presentations skills, and highly experienced in team management and teamwork

Dr. Olga Verezub

Head of Partnerships and Business Development, Numerical Modelling and Cavroc 

lga has over 20 years of diverse experience in research and development leadership across academia, manufacturing and mining industries, coupled with an extensive global network, and a proven track record of developing and delivering multimillion-dollar collaborative R&D programmes from embryonic ideas through to commercialisation. She strives to assist business optimisation and deliver value to stakeholders.

 Her key strengths include her ability to combine exceptional interpersonal skills, teamworking, transparency, trustworthiness, cultural awareness, attention to detail, strong business savviness, ability to identify valuable project ideas, strategic thinking with high-level problem-solving expertise, and achieving on-time and on-budget delivery of multidisciplinary programs with multiple stakeholders, to drive business profitability and growth.

Dr. Kyuseok Woo, P.Eng

Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Kyu is a senior geotechnical engineer with over 19 years of experience in rock engineering research and consulting.

He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, where his research addressed a broad range of challenges in rock engineering and block caving. Since then, he has worked on rock mass characterization, empirical analysis, and geotechnical design for both underground and open-pit operations, as well as advanced 2D and 3D numerical modeling for mining projects worldwide. Kyu has authored numerous technical papers on numerical simulation and its application to mining.

Dr Karim Yousefi Bavil

Senior Geotechnical Consultant

Karim is a senior geotechnical consultant with over 12 years of industry experience. He holds a PhD from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Karim specializes in rock mechanics, tunnel design, numerical simulation, and slope stability. He has a strong background in geotechnical data collection, including mine slope stability assessments, gap analysis, and rock mechanics data review for open pit projects. He has also contributed to seismic data evaluation and the development of re-entry protocols for underground mines. Additionally, Karim is skilled in site characterization, cost analysis, and preparing Project Management Plans.

Amirshahriar Rostami

Geotechnical Engineer

Amir is a self-motivated and deadline-focused Geotechnical Specialist with over 10 years of combined experience in the Mining and Oil & Gas industries. He has been a reliable and committed team member on various multidisciplinary projects, offering a solid background in geomechanics, with expertise in Rock Mechanics, Seismicity, and Mining Engineering.

Amir has practical experience in seismic analysis and modeling, with proficiency in tools such as FLAC3D numerical modeling software, ESG Solutions packages, and ACG’s mXrap software. He is skilled at addressing geotechnical challenges with a focus on safety and efficiency.

Amir holds a master’s degree in mining engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston. His balanced combination of technical expertise and teamwork makes him a valuable contributor to geotechnical projects.

Richard Heath

Geotechnical Engineer

Richard is a geotechnical engineer with several years’ experience in geotechnical data collection and analysis as well as business development.

After completing an MSc in Applied Geotechnics at Camborne School of Mines with distinction, he has worked on mine sites and geotechnical drilling projects all over the world including Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Eritrea, Finland, Turkey and Spain, with responsibilities ranging from collecting high-quality data himself, to training groups of local staff and overseeing the entire data-collection project.

Richard has performed office-based geotechnical analysis for more than 20 projects at all stages of the mining process, for both open-pit and under-ground mines.

Trent Jolly

Principal Process Engineer – Melbourne, Australia

Trent is an experienced Process Engineer with over 14 years in project delivery, process optimisation and operations improvement. He has held a variety of site-based and global consulting roles focused on driving optimisation and efficiency of processing plants.

He has extensive experience across a range of commodities and processes, including gold and base metals mineral processing and hydrometallurgy. This includes studies from scoping to feasibility study level, as well as delivery, commissioning and optimisation of site projects and initiatives.

He has a strong interest in data analytics and using data to inform process changes and benefit evaluations.

More recent expertise has been developed in large-scale international mining acquisitions including technical due diligence and valuations.

Nathan Walpole

Senior Metallurgist – Melbourne, Australia

Nathan is a results-driven Process Engineer with 8 years of experience in mineral processing, pyrometallurgy, water management, and manufacturing.

Skilled in process commissioning, optimisation, and technical leadership in high-risk plant environments. Proven capability in furnace and smelter operations, with expertise in plant monitoring, root cause analysis, and risk-based decision-making under MHF standards. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration across operations, safety, and engineering systems.