Malika Imambayeva
Sudbury,ON
Summary
Mine Planner with underground and open pit mining experience, specializing in mine design, scheduling, and optimization. Expertise includes pit optimization, life-of-mine (LOM) planning, budgeting, pit and waste dump design, stope reconciliation, and data analysis. Skilled in drill and blast design for long-hole stoping, development of monthly and weekly mine plans, as well as end-of-month and end-of-year reporting and reconciliation.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Mining EIT
Vale, Creighton Mine
05.2023 - Current
- Produced drill and blast designs for long-hole stoping (VRM)
- Developed mid-range stope plans that minimize dilution and maximize ore extraction
- Conducted stope stability studies and wedge analysis, cleaned, analyzed rock mass data using Excel/VBA
- Performed vent readings, fan selection, and updated emergency prints to ensure compliance and optimize ventilation
- Produced various KPI reports on project development
- Analyzed the equipment cycle times and built KPI dashboards in Power BI to monitor performance and identify optimizations
- Developed dynamic QA/QC dashboards for Ground Control, enhancing quality assurance
- Created VBA scripts to automate various processes: historical data extraction, gyro probing data processing, vent report preparation, data export for use in Deswik
- Created process maps in Deswik to automate process; created drawing templates enhanced with dynamically updating data
Mining Engineering Intern
Lake Shore Gold, Bell Creek Mine
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Performed stope reconciliation and optimized stope processing in Deswik to align with mine planning
- Estimated stope dilution (ELOS studies) to optimize production and minimize waste
Mining and Backfill Engineering Intern
WSP
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Prepared paste backfill mass balance and updated PFDs, ensuring efficient backfilling and waste management
- Calculated underground equipment cycle times, improving utilization and scheduling accuracy
- Assessed Cut-and-Fill and Long-hole mining methods in Feasibility Studies
Long Term Mine Planner
KAZ Minerals PLC, Bozshakol Mine
09.2019 - 07.2020
- Performed pit optimization and scenario analysis in Whittle to identify optimal strategies
- Contributed to resource and reserves estimation, supporting planning for sustainable extraction
- Designed pit, dump, stockpile, and infrastructure layouts to enhance material handling
- Developed LOM plans outlining resource leveling of all major equipment and infrastructure
- Created budgets, cash flow models, and forecasts, ensuring cost-effective operations
- Conducted mine economics studies, including equipment selection and replacement analysis
- Maintained production databases, tracking performance and identifying improvement areas
- Produced monthly and yearly reconciliation reports to verify key mining parameters and identify optimization opportunities
Short Term Mine Planner
KAZ Minerals PLC, Bozshakol Mine
06.2014 - 09.2019
- Developed production schedules detailing drill, blast, loading, hauling, and stockpiling sequences
- Identified production optimizations, minimizing dilution, improving blending, and increasing equipment productivity
- Collaborated with geologists, geotech engineers, and operations teams to ensure accurate execution of the mine plan
- Produced drill pattern design and blast timing design
- Performed Quality Assurance/Quality Control on drilling, blasting (fragmentation analysis) and loading practices
- Planned mine dewatering to maintain safety and efficiency
Education
B.Eng. - Mining Engineering
Laurentian University
Greater Sudbury, ON05-2023
Mining Engineering Technology -
East Kazakhstan State Technical University
Oskemen, Kazakhstan05-2014
Mining Engineering Certificate -
University of British Columbia
Skills
- Deswik (CAD, IS, SCHED, UGDB, OPDB, SO)
- Surpac
- MineSched
- HaulSim
- Whittle
- AutoCad
- Dips
- UnWedge
- Excel
- VBA
- Power BI
- Languages – English, Spanish, Russian, Kazakh
- Common Core Training – U0000, U0001, U0002, U0012 and U0024 (operate utility vehicle)
Timeline
Mining EIT
Vale, Creighton Mine
05.2023 - Current
Mining Engineering Intern
Lake Shore Gold, Bell Creek Mine
05.2022 - 08.2022
Mining and Backfill Engineering Intern
WSP
06.2021 - 06.2022
Long Term Mine Planner
KAZ Minerals PLC, Bozshakol Mine
09.2019 - 07.2020
Short Term Mine Planner
KAZ Minerals PLC, Bozshakol Mine
06.2014 - 09.2019
B.Eng. - Mining Engineering
Laurentian University
Mining Engineering Technology -
East Kazakhstan State Technical University
Mining Engineering Certificate -
University of British Columbia
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