Paul is a geologist with more than 37 years of technical and operational experience. He has worked as a consultant in resource geology for over 30 years. Paul’s skills include resource evaluation, technical audits and reviews, geostatistics, reconciliation, grade control, competent persons reporting and project management. During Paul’s career as a resource consultant, he has been exposed to a wide range of commodity types, including extensive experience in many types of gold deposits from narrow vein extreme nugget variations through to porphyry copper-gold styles. Paul also has substantial iron ore experience and significant exposure to copper, PGE, base metal and mineral sands commodities. Paul has considerable practical experience in resource estimation, technical audits and reviews, and grade control systems. The application of tailored resource evaluation and grade control methods to produce the best possible estimates and to optimise ore recovery have been long term areas of interest. These skills and experience have led to Paul acting as the Competent or Qualified person for a large number of resource projects. Paul has passed on these skills to numerous geologists over the years through the delivery of training courses and mentoring programs.

Ian Glacken is an Executive Consultant and is a mine and resource geologist and geostatistician. Ian has over 35 years’ experience in the mining industry, both for major companies and in advisory. He was a former General Manager of Snowden and a founding Director of Optiro. Ian specialises in training, Mineral Resource reviews and audits, and reconciliation studies. Ian has consulted in a variety of commodities worldwide in a 25 year consulting career.

Susan Havlin is the Managing Consultant – Geology at Snowden Optiro, leading our team of Australia-based geologists. With over 23 years of experience across exploration, mine, and resource geology, she has developed deep expertise in a wide range of commodities, including gold, copper, base metals, uranium, iron ore, lithium, nickel, and mineral sands.

Susan’s core skills include mineral resource estimation, production geology, drilling program management, due diligence, technical reporting, sampling and QAQC, reconciliation, grade control design, project management, and Competent Person reporting. She is a recognised Competent Person for gold, mineral sands, iron ore, and lithium (as co-CP).

Susan has spent 15 years at Snowden Optiro, where her commitment and capability have seen her grow steadily into senior leadership. She is a passionate mentor, presenter of our professional development courses, and team leader.

Julian is based in the UK and is our Regional Manager - International. He has more than 20 years of experience as a geologist in resource assessment, mineral exploration and project management of grassroots to feasibility stage projects. He is skilled in 3D modelling, resource assessment, QAQC assessment and data/statistical analysis. He is a Chartered Geologist (CGeol) with the Geological Society of London, a Member of the IOM3 (MIMMM) and acts as a CP/QP.

Before working as a consultant, Julian spent 10 years as an exploration geologist, managing drill programmes, running geochemical sampling and geophysical programmes in multiple countries. He has a superb practical knowledge of modern mapping, sampling and analysis techniques and has spent time working on remote sites and communicating in different cultures, allowing him to develop an excellent analysis and interpretation ability. Julian has an expert knowledge of genetic and descriptive metallogenic models.

Julian has experience with the following commodites Mineral Sands, Silica sands, Lithium, REEs, Bauxite, and Vanadium and is a Competent Person for Gold, Silver, PGEs, Iron ore, Base metals, Copper, Nickel laterite, and Graphite.

Jane is an Associate Principal Consultant in the Geology division. She has more than 20 years of experience in exploration, mine and resource geology working with companies including Gold Road, Gold Fields, Newcrest, Rio Tinto, and Optiro. She has geological expertise in a variety of commodities, including gold, copper, base metals, uranium, and iron ore. Jane’s experience includes mineral resource evaluation, production geology, drilling programme management, due diligence, technical reporting, sampling and quality assurance/quality control (QAQC), reconciliation, grassroots exploration and feasibility studies. Jane’s recent focus has been in resource estimation where she is experienced in linear and non-linear estimation techniques, including complex multi-element estimation. She has exposure to simulations to quantify estimation risk and has been involved in technical audits and reviews. With a proven track record of delivering projects on time with appropriate documentation applicable to Competent Person standards, Jane is continually motivated to learn new techniques and methodologies. Jane is proficient in Datamine, Supervisor, and Leapfrog software to facilitate the completion of projects.

Senzeni is a seasoned Resource Geologist with 22+ years' experience in Resource/Evaluation, Exploration, Mining, Planning Geology, and Consulting. Holds an MSc in Engineering (Mineral Resource Evaluation & Management), GDE in Mining Engineering, and BSc in Geology & Chemistry. Specializes in Mineral Resource modeling, Technical Report writing, feasibility studies, and audits. Proficient in geological software: Datamine Studio RM, Leapfrog Geo, Isatis, Strat 3D, GEOVIA Gems, and Surfer. Registered Pr.Sci.Nat, GSSA Member, CP/QP for multiple commodities, and global project experience.

Laurie is a geologist with more than 13 years’ experience in mineral exploration, project development and mining operations relating to Tungsten, Tin and Lithium. Having held senior geology and technical services management roles for many companies across the SW of England, he has been at the forefront of a revival in UK mining & exploration activity.

Clementine is a Resource Geologist who is a proficient user of Supervisor, Datamine and Leapfrog for data analysis, variography, geological modelling and wireframing, and two and three-dimensional resource estimates. She has worked on various Platinum Group Element (PGE) , Base Metal and Silver projects across Africa and the Americas and is considered a Competent Person in PGE and related deposits. She has significant experience in copper-cobalt, gold, and polymetallic skarn deposits and in addition has worked on projects dealing with chrome, manganese phosphates and vanadium. She has carried out resource estimates using various techniques, including Inverse Distance, Ordinary Kriging, MIK, and Conditional Simulation. Projects worked on primarily involve geological modelling and Mineral Resource estimation; QAQC training, review and analysis; technical reviews and audits; CPRs; exploration plans and designs; project valuations; and reconciliation reviews. Clementine presents Snowden Optiro’s professional development courses.