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Richard Varden, Senior Geotechnical Engineer

2024-07-08T11:11:57+08:00By |Team Profiles|

BEng (Mining) (Hons) MEngSc (Mining Geomechanics) MAusIMM(CP) Richard graduated from Camborne School of Mines in 1993 with an honour’s degree in Mining Engineering. Subsequently, he has undertaken a Master's in Geomechanics at the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie. Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in mining in Zimbabwe and Australia in

Colin Thomson, Senior Geotechnical Engineer

2024-07-12T13:11:54+08:00By |Team Profiles|

BEng (Mining) (Hons) MMineGeotech MAusIMM (CP) Colin graduated from the Western Australian School of Mines in 2011 with an honours degree in Mining Engineering and completed his Masters in Mine Geotechnical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in 2023. He has more than 12 years experience in the mining industry having worked

Peter Evans, Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Shafts

2022-05-06T16:40:43+08:00By |Team Profiles|

BEng (Geological) (Hons) MEngSc (Mining Geomechanics) MAusIMM Peter is a Geotechnical Engineer with more than 16 years of experience in the mining industry. Peter’s experience has covered many years as a site-based and consulting geotechnical engineer. He has a broad range of experience covering the design, implementation and verification of geotechnical engineering with a

Gordon Sweby, Principal Consulting Geotechnical Engineer

2024-07-31T09:42:18+08:00By |Team Profiles|

BSc Eng (Geological) MSc Mining (Rock Mechanics) PrEng (ECSA) Gordon completed a Geological Engineering degree at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) in 1984 and a Master's in Rock Mechanics (Wits) in 1994. Gordon also holds the Chamber of Mines (South Africa) Certificates in Rock Mechanics (Coal and Metalliferous) and the Advanced Certificate

Dr. John Player, Director and Principal Engineer

2022-05-12T12:22:50+08:00By |Team Profiles|

BEng (Mining) (Hons) MEngSc (Mining Geomechanics) PhD MAusIMM(CP) RPEQ (Geotech) John has more than 25 years of experience in mining and geotechnical engineering. His specialties include: Dynamic testing and analysis of rock reinforcement and support systems, resulting in a vast knowledge of reinforcement response to dynamic energy, and using this knowledge in

Meet the Team: Chamila Nishshanka

2024-07-22T09:04:49+08:00By |Meet the Team|

Chamila Nishshanka Core Logging Supervisor | Geotechnical Data Collection and Analysis What is your role, and how long have you been at MGT? I’ve been with MGT since November 2015, so 5 years and 10 months. I first started as an admin assistant, supporting engineering; core logging supervisor, and assisting the team.

Aspire Scholarship Spotlight: Jessie Tattam

2024-03-13T13:30:14+08:00By |Community|

The UQ Young Achievers Program was launched in 2009 to assist students from low-income backgrounds to access tertiary education. The students are from state schools, and often rural Queensland, where they will be the first in their family to attend tertiary education. So far over 370 Young Achievers have been welcomed to the program. MineGeoTech’s

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