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Safwan Khalid

Timmins,ON

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

MINE ENGINEERING - EIT

Newmont
Timmins, Canada
07.2023 - Current
  • Underground Miner (Oct 2024): Assisted experienced miners in day-to-day operations and learned best practices to operate heavy machinery for drilling, blasting, and material movement in compliance with safety standards.
  • Midterm Planner (April 2024): Modified long-term designs to achieve a 4% higher overall grade and 11% more tonnage by collaborating with geologists, using updated block design in new mine zones. Also, developed master layouts for level designs.
  • Short-Term Planner (July 2023): Worked on short-term plans, including but not limited to drilling, loading, mucking, and backfill prints. Optimized the average stope recovery from 93% to 95%, and reduced dilution from 15% down to under 10%.

DRILL AND BLAST EIT

Kan-Arm Contracting
Hope, Canada
06.2022 - 05.2023
  • Designed over 100 technical blasts for the project taking into consideration the nearby utilities and infrastructure to provide controlled vibration results
  • Assisted in short and long range planning to blast out the rock effectively and use the drill support provided on that site efficiently to prioritize tasks and timeline targets
  • Daily reports submitted to management including assessment of production, delays QA/QC documentation, post-blast reports and explosives shipment tracking
  • Manage multiple worksites at a time and constantly work towards improving the safety and costs of project

Education

Bachelors of Mining and Mineral Engineering -

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
05.2022

Skills

  • Deswik
  • Maptek Vulcan
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • AutoCAD Promine
  • ExtendSim

Volunteer Experience

FIRST RESPONDER                                                                                                       09/2023 to Present

Newmont Mine Rescue                                                                                                Timmins, ON, Canada

  • Expertise in responding to mining emergencies including fires, gas leaks and cave-ins.
  • Strong knowledge of mine safety regulation and emergency response procedure to ensure compliance and minimize risks.
  • In-depth familiarity with rescue equipment including but not limited to BG4, iBrid MX6, Kestrel and First Aid kit.

Projects

OPTIMIZE MINE HAULAGE ROAD DESIGN FOR REGENERATIVE POWER             09/2021 to 04/2022

Teck 

  • Built an Excel model that helped conduct an in-depth sensitivity and risk analysis on the key performance indicators of road design on power regeneration.
  • The values of electrical energy obtained for Highland Valley Copper mine site were used to generate a financial analysis with and without regenerative braking technology in electric haul truck.

UNDERGROUND MINE DESIGN AND STOPE OPTIMIZATION                                   01/2021 to 04/2021

UBC

  • Created block model in Vulcan using the excel file with drill hole coordinates.
  • Ran Stope Optimizer for the underground block model to create the optimum stope angle, size and direction.
  • Designed ramps and roads that would allow for an effective extraction of ore.
  • Using the information from stope optimizer and the ore type calculated the CAPEX and OPEX of mine and the total profit generated over the lifetime of mine.

Certification

  • Engineer in Training (EIT) or Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.

Work Availability

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Timeline

MINE ENGINEERING - EIT

Newmont
07.2023 - Current

DRILL AND BLAST EIT

Kan-Arm Contracting
06.2022 - 05.2023

Bachelors of Mining and Mineral Engineering -

University of British Columbia

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