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Underground Operators Conference 2025

This AusIMM conference will bring together more than 1,000 mining professionals and leading experts to connect, learn, share and collaborate on issues facing underground operations and finding new solutions.

Meet Our Team

Robert Urie | Principal Consultant (Mining Engineering) | SRK Australia

Robert is a mining engineer with over 25 years’ operational and engineering experience in underground and open pit mining. Robert has significant experience in the design and development of complex underground mining projects. His expertise includes strategic planning, mine design and scheduling, cut-off grade optimisation, ventilation planning, infrastructure design, cost estimation and financial modelling.

Maxim Thomas | Consultant (Mining) | SRK Australia

Maxim is a mining engineer with over 5 years of operational and technical experience in both open pit and underground mining environments. He possesses extensive practical expertise in underground mining, coupled with a broad skill set in mine planning, drill and blast design, and mine scheduling across a range of operations from small-scale projects to large, complex sites. 

Maxim Thomas

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Daniel C. Jackling and His Gilded Age
Denver, CO, USA
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Join Terry Braun's talk on Daniel C. Jackling, the legendary American mining engineer, and how his life changed with sudden affluence in the early 1900s during the final years of the Gilded Age. 

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Reconciliation in Open Pit Mines: Issues Explained and Solutions Recommended

Denver, CO, USA
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

In this talk, Anoush Ebrahimi shares his knowledge and experience on reconciliation reports and how the quality of measurements can impact the outcomes.

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Integrating Prospectivity: Mineral Systems, ML and Sterilisation/Enhancement via Previous Exploration
Toronto, ON, CA
Sunday, March 02, 2025

Discover how SRK Exploration's innovative Bayesian framework transforms regional prospectivity modeling by integrating diverse methodologies and guiding explorers to high-potential, underexplored areas.

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