David Drew Email & Phone Number

A member of the Minserve group.

Brisbane, Australia

• Delivering a variety of solutions to clients, including:
• Reserve generation and review
• Scheduling - short, medium and long-term
• Haulage modelling and verification of existing models
• Block model generation and auditing.
• Dozer-push studiesand a variety of other planning activitiesClients include:

Brisbane, Australia

• Leading a team of Brisbane-based and onsite engineers to work with clients to deliver a range of projects, including:
• Life-of-mine plans
• Due diligence studies
• Site engineering support worksSome key clients:
• Yancoal Australia
• BHP

Brisbane, Australia

• Working with clients in open-cut coal and open cut metals, to deliver:
• Feasibility studies of various levels.
• Life-of-mine plans.
• Due dilligences
• Resource optimisation studies.
• Project evaluations.

Brisbane, Australia

Working under contract for BHP-Billiton, doing Medium-Term scheduling for the Goonyella-Riverside mine using Deswik.

Brisbane, Australia

• Creation and maintenance of the JORC Reserves models and calculations pertaining to JORC.
• Development of the annual life-of-mine schedule for delivery to the Business Development team for the annual Corporate Plan.
• Performed feasibility analysis of M&A targets.
• Wesfarmers Resources ACARP representative on the open-cut coal committee.Achievements:
• Developed long-term reserves schedule and haulage model from scratch.
• Member of the Product Strategy team which changed the coal washing and sales strategy for the Curragh site.

Blackwater, Queensland

• Ran multiple projects to investigate and analyse methods and equipment which could be used to increase productivity and save cost across site.
• Formed the ‘Practice Leads’ for the Technical Services disciplines.
• Responsible for the development of the technical graduates across site.
• Wesfarmers Resources ACARP representative on the open-cut coal committee.Achievements:o Winner of the Wesfarmers Resources Gold and Bronze Innovation awards in 2014.o Creation and promulgation of sitewide definitions.

Blackwater, Queensland

• Leading team of up to eleven engineers who developed the short-term designs for draglines and truck shovel fleets.
• Responsible for the weekly planning and management of all fleet activities.
• Management of the weekly and monthly reporting to management of all site activities.

Blackwater, Queensland

• Leading team of four engineers.
• Responsible for all short-term designs in the Curragh pits.
• Weekly and monthly reporting to management of all site activities

Blackwater, Queensland

• Training and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate engineers
• Dragline designs and schedules
• Truck and Shovel designs and schedules
• Coal mining review and sign-off

Blackwater, Queensland

• Designs – all types and products
• Scheduling – Weekly to Yearly
• Creation of the annual Drill and Blast budget
• License applications and approvals with the DME.
• Projects internal and external.
• Contract discussions and dispute discussions.

Blackwater, Australia

• Dragline Designs and plans of all types:
• Scheduling – Short Term
• Projects and Studies
• Cost estimations for dragline works and options

Brisbane, Australia

• Technical assistance to clients on all aspects of mine design, scheduling and financial modelling:
• Direct client contact, frequent independent operations.
• Multiple levels of client contact, from mining engineers, to Mine and Corporate Management.
• Report writing and presentations.Primary clients:North Goonyella (both underground and open-cut)Burton CoalIsaac PlainsLake LindsayEnsham CoalConsolidated Broken HillGoonyella-Riverside Mine

Wollongong, Australia

• Determination of tender quantities, costs and prices.