Francois Grobler

Experience

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  Dept of Minerals and Energy (Minerals Bureau)

  Jan 1994 - Mar 1998

  Mineral Economist
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  De Beers

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Geologist (Mineral Resource Evaluation)
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  Namdeb

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Project Mining Economist
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  De Beers

  Jan 2003 - Mar 2005

  • Mineral Economist

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2005

  • Mining Economist

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004
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  Snowden Mining Consultants

  Mar 2005 - Apr 2011

  • Principal Consultant

    Jan 2005 - Apr 2011

  • Principal Consultant

    Mar 2005 - Nov 2007
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  Curtin University

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2016

  PhD Researcher

  PhD Research - Thesis: open pit design and scheduling using mixed integer programming and heuristics - with grade uncertainty introduced through conditional simulation scenario optimisation.Curtin Maths & Stats Dept. - As part of Curtin Industrial Modelling and Optimisation (CIMO) - Promoting the application of Operations Research Methodology (optimisation, simulation, analytics) in the mining industry and beyond - establish and facilitate opportunities for collaboration between academia and industry. Show less

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  Xstract Mining Consultants

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2012

  Principal Consultant

  Corporate Division (Project & Operations Valuation, Risk Analysis, Probabilistic Modelling)

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  CAE Mining

  Feb 2012 - Jul 2013

  Executive Consultant - Optimization & Financial Evaluation
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  FG Solutions Pty Ltd

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2018

  Managing Director / Principal Consultant

  Independent consultant providing advisory technical, management and valuation consulting services to various clients.Areas of expertise:Mining project and asset evaluation and valuationDue Diligence and IER'sMining Feasibility StudiesMining Governance, Compliance & RiskQualitative (PI Matrix, Risk Register) and quantitative (Monte Carlo and Real Option) risk analysisMining production schedule, equipment selection and supply chain optimisationSimulation and Optimisation Modelling & AnalysisScenario and strategy analysisPrevious and current clients and associative agreements:Current:>>Worley Parsons - Managing Consultant (Decision Analysis & Dynamic Simulation)>>Value Adviser Associates (VAA) - Corporate Adviser, General Manager - WA>> MiningMath Associates (SimSched probabilistic scheduling optimization software - BD and training/consulting)>>WIPRO - Associate Consultant (Strategic Advisory - Optimisation and Simulation)>> WACEIO (Curtin University Industrial Engineering consulting services - BD and consulting)Previous:>> River Logic (Enterprise Optimizer software – BD and training/consulting)>> RPM (Xeras budgeting, strategic planning, financial modelling software – training/consulting)>> Whittle Consulting (Enterprise Optimisation Valuation Framework – BD and consulting)>> Paradyn Systems (BlendOpt Mining Optimization Software - BD and consulting)>> Resource Governance International (RGI) (R Cubed Resource Reserve governance framework - Product Manager / Subject Matter Expert)>> Solosi Simulation (Simio simulation software - BD and training/consulting)>> PwC (Optimisation and Simulation - River Logic Enterprise Optimizer software – BD)>> NPV Consulting (NPV One online financial modelling platform – BD)>> TMN Simulation (Flexsim simulation software – BD and training/consulting)>> Kogi Iron (Qualitative Risk Assessment - workshop facilitation and modelling) Show less

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  WorleyParsons

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  Managing Consultant - Decision Analysis & Dynamic Simulation

  Recent assignment: Develop a Dynamic Simulation (Discrete Event Simulation) model and run various future scenarios for a large marine port expansion study in China. Components included maritime shipping import and exports, road and rail imports and exports, four large stock yards for bulk mineral commodities (iron ore, coal, and base metals) inflows and outflows, storage and stock level control. Objective: provide design and construction engineers confidence around the achievability of stock yard and berth size design and capacity assumptions. Show less

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  Value Adviser Associates

  May 2015 - Nov 2018

  Business Valuation and Management Consulting Recent assignment:Develop an independent Technical Valuation model for a US-based industrial mineral mining company investing in AUS/NZ as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise associated with a term/milestone based acquisition.

  • Principal Consultant / General Manager WA

    Feb 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Associate Consultant - Resource & Asset Valuation

    May 2015 - Jan 2017
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  Sandpit Innovation Pty Ltd

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2018

  Principal Consultant

  BHP Strategy & Innovation - Mining Innovation Strategy and Advisory

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  ImpRes (Improvement Resources)

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2018

  Principal Consultant

  South32, Vale - Mine Planning Process Optimisation and Integration

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  RPMGlobal

  Dec 2018 - Sept 2019

  Executive Consultant
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  SmoRTech Pty Ltd

  Jul 2019 - now

  Founding Director "Everyone deserves to breathe fresh air"
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  Dassault Systèmes

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2022

  GEOVIA Senior Portfolio Manager - Mine Planning and Design

  Define & Management of the GEOVIA Roles Portfolio for the Earth Design & Engineering discipline

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  ERM

  Aug 2022 - Mar 2024

  Principal Consultant (Mining Transaction & Corporate Advisory)
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  AMC Consultants

  Mar 2024 - now

  Principal Consultant

  Advisory - Strategy Optimization