Department Mining Advisory

Stephen Harmer

Stephen is a mining engineer with more than 13 years of experience at surface mines in a diverse set of technical, studies, and leadership roles. He has a proven track record of creating and delivering business value through both technology…

Phil Morriss

Phil has more than 46 years of experience in open pit mining, including: 25 years of large open pit precious and base metals operations with Rio, BHP Billiton and Placer Dome in a range of technical and managerial roles in…

Danny Tolmer

Danny is Snowden Optiro’s North American Regional Manager.  He has more than 19 years of mine operational and consulting experience specialising in both open pit and underground mine optimisation.  He has experience in project economic evaluation, open pit drill and…

Pedro Ladeira

Pedro is a Senior Consultant – Mining Studies. He has more than twelve years of mining experience: specialising in pit and stope optimization, scheduling, mining strategy selection and design.  He has been involved in studies across commodities including Iron ore,…

Matthew Cotterell

Matthew is a mining engineer with more than 25 years’ surface mining industry experience, with almost 20 years in a consulting role. Since joining Snowden, now Snowden Optiro, he has worked on numerous studies from scoping to feasibility level standard…

Gilberto Takahashi

Gilberto is a mining engineer with extensive experience in the application of new technologies and software in the mining area. He graduated in Mining Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo in 1991. He has experience in geological…

Allan Earl

Allan Earl, Executive Consultant from Executive Advisory Department, Snowden Optiro

Allan Earl, is an Executive Consultant in the Mining Advisory division. Allan has more than 35 years’ mining experience in operating mines and consulting. During the last eight years, Allan has parallel roles in technical consulting and as a senior…

Tarrant Elkington

Tarrant Elkington, Snowden Optiro's Executive General Manager

Tarrant Elkington is Snowden Optiro’s Executive General Manager. He has more than 16 years of mine consulting experience specialising in mine optimisation and M&A Due Diligence. Tarrant specialised in mining strategy selection, early stage scoping studies, project management, and providing…

Hamish Guthrie

Hamish has more than 25 years of mining experience with a focus on underground and open pit metalliferous mining. His experience covers many mining engineering roles in the mining industry including strategic corporate planning, senior production and planning roles, contract…

Frank Blanchfield

Frank is a mining engineer with more than 34 years surface mining industry experience, with the last 18 years in a consulting role. His consulting expertise includes project financial analyses and Competent Person sign-offs. His consulting work includes project management…