Designation Principal Consultant

Ezilma Cordeiro Dias

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…

Diego Campos da Veiga

Principal Consultant – Geology | Mineral Resource Estimation Specialist Diego Campos da Veiga is a Principal Geological Consultant based in Brazil with over 15 years of experience in the mining industry. He is a recognised expert in Mineral Resource estimation,…

Sarah de Vries

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…

Fabrício Aragaki Carvalho

Fabrício is a Mining Engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the mineral industry. He is a Principal Consultant based in our Brazil office. Fabrício is specialized in surface and underground mining and have conducted numerous studies for…

Richard Fry

Richard has been involved in the field of geotechnical engineering, principally for mining and tunneling projects for more than 35 years. He has worked on projects in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Africa, S America and Asia. He joined Snowden’s Brisbane…

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…

Jane Levett

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…

Vince Agnello

Vince Agnello – Competent Valuator (CoV) and Mining Industry Consultant Expertise in Mining Valuations and Advisory Services Vince Agnello is a highly experienced Competent Valuator (CoV) and consultant to the global mining industry. With over 23 years of industry expertise,…

Matt Walker

Matt Walker, Principal Consultant with Snowden Optiro’s Geology Advisory, is a geologist with more than 15 years of experience through the mine cycle chain, covering production, resource definition and resource estimation across a variety of projects, commodities, and continents. Matt…

Jan Graham

Jan Graham is a Resource Geologist with over 18 years of experience in the mining industry, bringing strong technical expertise across a range of commodities and deposit types. As a consultant, she has worked extensively with mining software including Datamine,…