AMC at the CIM Convention 2022

David has 30 years of experience including mining executive, chief operating officer and group general manager for underground and open cut mining operations. He is an accomplished underground and open cut mine operations management and development specialist who has been responsible for mineral infrastructure projects of $0.9b, operating budgets of $500m/yr, and workforces of up to 1,000 employees. 

With 30 years of experience, Kingsley is a principal ventilation consultant who has provided ventilation design, planning, and management expertise to a variety of underground operations. His work has included heat load studies, refrigeration plant sizing, ventilation optimization, ventilation on demand, and network modelling. He has participated in peer and risk reviews for various mining projects. This often includes undertaking site visits to conduct audits of mine ventilation systems. 

Tony has 40+ years of broad global experience in mining. This experience spans underground mine production, quarrying, scheduling, planning, and technical computing. He has specialized in mine backfill systems for 30+ years and is a leading expert. He consults on all areas of backfill, from selection, design, and implementation through to operational support, technical audits, and training. He is a co-author of two books, the Handbook on MineFill, and Paste & Thickened Tailings - A Guide (3rd Edn.).

Patrick is a mining engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in mining His expertise is in the design and operation of open-pit and underground mines, including mine design, scheduling and budgeting, equipment selection and specification, ore reserve estimation, technical studies, and operations management. In addition, Patrick has broad expertise in gold, nickel, and mineral sands operations in both planning and management roles. 

Mark is Executive Lead - Business Development at AMC Consultants. He has the task of leading AMC's Business Development function. In this role, Mark brings together 20 years experience in mine operations as a mining engineer and operations manager, and 20 years experience as a consultant advising clients on a range of operational aspects and in preparing feasibility studies in a variety of settings and commodities.

Mort has 45+ years of diverse geological experience in a variety of mining situations and geological environments. He has managed and contributed to grassroots and brownfields exploration around producing mines, as well as mine exploration replenishing Mineral Resources. He has worked on open pit and underground mine production geology and evaluation work, including Mineral Resource estimation and reporting. He has held chief geologist roles in two substantial producing gold mines, managing large staffs, providing services to operations, and running significant exploration programs. Mort has extensive international experience through working in many different cultures around the world. He also has co-authored numerous NI 43-101 and transaction-related reports and has significant experience in auditing and reporting Mineral Resources.

Frank possesses extensive international experience across the Americas in open pit strategic mine planning development and execution. He has strong technical and analytical abilities combined with a solid business acumen and an innovative mind. With 25+ years of experience, Frank is a successful leader in recruiting and development of professionals into a trusted, international, agile, and high functioning team working within a multi-disciplinary environment. 

Mo has more than 35 years of experience in the mining industry. His technical expertise includes underground mine design and planning, mechanical excavation and haulage systems, shaft and hoisting operational experience, rock mechanics, and ground control in soft-rock mining, mine ventilation, and general mine infrastructure. He has managed feasibility studies that have advanced to construction and production. He is familiar with logistics issues of mines in remote areas. 

Gene is an open pit mining engineer with more than 20 years’ experience. He has extensive operational and corporate experience in coal, copper, gold, and molybdenum throughout North and South America and Greenland with mines moving up to 200 Mtpa. Gene has held senior technical and operations positions with multiple companies including Vice President, Technical Services with Conuma Coal Resources, Mine Planning Superintendent for Detour Gold and Taseko’s Gibraltar mines, some of Canada’s largest open pit mines.

Gary has 30+ years of experience in the industry. His primary expertise is in narrow-vein precious metal deposits as well as bulk and selective mining methods for base metals. This includes mine infrastructure design, planning and construction management, technical services, mine production and financial evaluation, reserve estimation, technical reviews and audits, scoping, feasibility and pre-feasibility studies, project management, contracts management, and cost estimation. His software expertise includes Vulcan, Datamine, MineSite, and Talpac. His commodity experience includes lead, zinc, nickel, copper, PGMs, gold, and silver. Gary has worked in Africa, Australasia, and North and South America.