Christopher Droste Email & Phone Number

Center ND

Minnesota

• Worked at Essar Steel Minnesota llc, as they were developing the first taconite mine in Minnesota in forty years.Some of my responsibilities included...
• Planned daily operations for the pre-strip area during pit development for a taconite operation
• Created long range plans for pit design using Minesight
• Assisted with Blasting operations working to achieve 5 million tons of blasted ore prior to startup
• Designed waste stockpiles for lean ore and overburden
• Communicated with lease holders to finalize property boundary’s for royalty payments

Chisholm MN

• Worked at a scram iron mining operation reprocessing waste mine tailing discarded from previous mining operation to remove excess iron that had been left behind. I was involved with...
• Generated short and long range plans for excavating and hauling of iron ore
• Supervised contractors and employees working on mine site development projects
• Managed tailing basins to ensure safe operating levels and ensured there would be no failures
• Planned and coordinated mine pit de-watering
• Worked with environmental group to control fugitive dust and prevent surface water flow off site

I was the lab TA for a Petrology and Understanding the Earth Lab while attending Michigan Tech, Lab classes contained 15-20 students.

Greenland MI

Gave tours of old underground mine workings from the old Adventure Mine.

Goodrich MI

Loaded machines, help customers, maintained pathways.

Master'S Degree, Mine Engineering And Management

Bs Geological Engineering, Mining

Activities and Societies: Concrete Canoe