Paulo Laymen

Experience

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  CRN Consultores S.A.

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  Mining Consultant

  Mining Consultant. Developed various feasibility, pre-feasibility and scoping studies; technical trade-off studies.

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  EPSA Internacional S.A.

  Jan 2005 - Nov 2007

  Operations manager

  Mine operation manager. Projects undertaken:- Radomiro Tomic Copper Mine (Chile): Heap-leaching earthmoving- Mina Gaby Copper Mine (Chile): Pre-stripping earthmoving- Cobre Las Cruces Copper Mine (Spain): Pre-stripping and production earthmoving

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  Snowden Mining Industry Consultant Pty Ltd

  Dec 2007 - Jun 2016

  Senior Consultant

  I have worked more than 9 years for Snowden. My focus is strategic mine planning: mine optimization, mine scheduling, open pit and underground design, IPCC vs T&S trade-off studies, fleet calculations, Capex and Opex estimate for various commodities (iron ore, phosphates, gold, copper, nickel, coal and niobium) and mining methods (Open pit: T&S and IPCC; Underground: Cut&Fill, Sublevel Stoping, etc).

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  LOM Consultants Ltd

  Jul 2016 - now

  Principal Consultant

  I work as a Principal Consultant for major, mid-tier and junior mining companies, primarily undertaking:- JORC/NI43-101 reserve reporting - Feasibility, Pre-feasibility and Conceptual Studies, OP/UG Transitions. - Mine Valuation, Technical Auditing, Due Diligences, Mining Reconciliation.- Reserve Optimization, Mine Scheduling, and Design, Equipment Selection, Capex & Opex.- Mine Planning for In-pit Crushing and Conveying , Truck&Shovel, Sublevel Stoping, Cut&Fill and Block Caving Methods- Mine Planning under Uncertainty (Montecarlo and Real Options methods) Show less