LUKE COX

Mine Manager with 15 years’ experience in senior roles across multiple disciplines, commodities and operations. Seeking to leverage his technical, operational and innovative expertise.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

DMP: Unrestricted Quarry Manager (1002)

RR: Mining Engineer of Coal Mines (0488)

Membership: AusIMM

Qualifications: BSc, MSc Mineral Project Appraisal, Imperial College

Positions: Mine Manager, Technical Services Manager, Geol. Manager.

Commodities: Gold, Iron Ore, Nickel, Manganese, Diamonds.

SUMMARY OF ACHEIVEMENTS

·      Fifteen years in senior roles including Mine Manager and Acting General Manager.

·      Experience across a wide range of commodities and operations, including Iron Ore, Gold, Silver, Nickel, Manganese, Tungsten and Diamonds.

·      Held statutory positions as Vent & Void Officer, Quarry Manager and ARM in Australia.

·      Engaged the workforce in a successful drive to become the safest site within Evolution.

·      Have led teams of up to 10 direct reports and 150 indirect reports.

·      Maintained excellent working relationships with Explosive, D&B & Fleet contractors.

·      Negotiated a EBA directly with workforce, achieving company and employee objectives

·      Ability to quickly adjust to a downturn/upturn in commodity prices keeping operations at optimal NPV and IRR whilst maintaining a stabile LOMP.

·      Reduced drilling costs by 38%, fleet by 18% and built a batch plant onsite to stabilise bulk explosives supply and reduce costs by 12%.

·      Systematically upgraded all the haul roads which reduced production downtime 50%

·      Managed operational and infrastructure projects such as cut backs, satellite pits, land purchase, new WD, moving public infrastructure, Bore fields and TSF.

·      Member of the AusIMM for 17 years with a paper published on Mining Apps.

·      Competent Person for Exploration and Reserves reporting (JORC).

·      Passionate about innovation introducing Mining App’s, Drones, wifi solar safety cams, IoT devices, AWS cloud storage, smart phone live reporting and analytics.

·      Numerous awards for initiatives in safety, production and group collaboration.