General Manager - Kevin Irving

Xstract's team of mine engineering consultants have capabilities in open cut and underground coal, precious metals and base metals mining. We have worldwide experience with conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, short- and long-term coal mine planning and scheduling, underground thin vein mining and hard rock mining using software such as XPAC, Vulcan, Surpac, Datamine and Whittle. We have worked with projects ranging from very small operations through to multinational operations across numerous countries and commodities including coal, precious metals, base metals and industrial minerals. Our mining engineering team offers expertise in the following areas:

• Scoping, prefeasibility, feasibility study input and management
• Strategic development
• Reserve estimation
• Financial and technical evaluation
• Due diligence and audits
• Project assessment
• Mine planning and scheduling
• Equipment selection
• Mine optimisation and operational optimisation
• Contract management and more...

Our areas of specialisation:

• Geology
• Corporate Advisory (including Valuation and Risk)
• Technologies
• Processing
• Environment
• Geotech
• Training