Department Mining Advisory

Hamish Guthrie

Hamish is the Managing Consultant of Snowden Optiro’s Mining services. He 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…

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…

Chris Jones

Chris has worked as a mining engineer in the mining industry since graduating in 2006. Following his initial training with Rio Tinto Iron Ore in Australia, Chris moved to Snowden Consulting, initially in Australia then in South Africa gaining international…

Andrew Grubb

Andrew is a mining engineer with more than 40 years of diversified experience in the West Australian and International mining industry, including 10 years as operating/technical superintendent, 10 years as operations/general manager and 15 months at managing director level. Areas…