Raphael is a Senior Mining Engineer with more than 13 years of experience in strategic mine planning and Life of Mine planning for both underground and open pit operations. He has worked across iron ore, limestone, gold and base metals…
Romulo Sanhueza is an Associate Executive Consultant based in Santiago, Chile, with over 30 years of international mining experience across Chile, Argentina, Colombia, South Africa and Mali. He specialises in mine planning, mining studies, Mineral Reserve estimation and audits, with…
Charles Faria is an Executive Consultant based in Brazil, bringing over 22 years of experience in mine planning and strategic mine development across large-scale open-pit operations. Charles has deep expertise in pit optimisation, strategic mine planning, and resource and reserve…
Jake Gram, is a Principal Mining Consultant – Mining Engineer, with over 15 years of underground mining experience, specialising in mine planning, mine design, production engineering, and operational improvement across complex underground operations. Based in Canada, Jake brings deep technical…
Daniel Silva Dutra is a Mining Engineering student at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), currently completing an internship with Snowden Optiro. During his internship, Daniel is supporting a range of internal and client-facing initiatives. His work includes contributing…
Joel Cockman – Principal Mining Consultant, APAC Joel is a Principal Consultant – Mining at Snowden Optiro, based in Perth, with over 25 years of experience in mine planning, optimisation and mining studies across iron ore, mineral sands, gold and…
Principal Consultant – Geotechnical Ezilma Cordeiro Dias is an accomplished Principal Consultant in Geotechnical Engineering with more than 18 years of experience in the global mining industry. Based in Perth, she specialises in open-pit geotechnical engineering and underground mine geotechnical…
Sarah de Vries is a Principal Consultant based in Perth, focusing on Mine Electrification. With over 15 years of experience in open pit and underground operations across Australia and Africa, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the role. Over…
Rodrigo Barbosa is our Regional Manager LATAM. He is a mining engineer with an MSc in Mining Engineering. Rodrigo has consolidated and recognised experience in feasibility studies, fleet sizing, mining operations, and related activities in large-scale open-pit operations. He has…
Doug is a Mining Engineer and Associate Principal Consultant with Snowden Optiro. He started his career at Teutonic Bore underground copper/zinc sublevel open stope mine in Western Australia in 1980 as a longhole production driller. Doug has worked in many…
