Shan Lu
Val Caron
Summary
Mining engineer with a diversified background with regards to the mining industry in Canada for over 10 years. My experience includes longhole drilling/blasting, reserves and life of mine, as well as geomechanical. Proficient in Map3D, IMS, Rocscience software, Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan, Promine, Amine, AutoCAD.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Mining Engineer
WSP
01.2021 - Current
- Reserves/ Life of Mine Holt Mine and Black Fox Mine: Update (make new shapes and deplete the mined-out shapes) mineable shapes for Reserves and life of mine using the annually updated block model, design of the development and mine infrastructure, validation for the stope economical assessments
- Grey Fox prefeasibility study: Make mineable shapes using different cut-off grade options, design the development drift and ramp, mine plan trade-off study
- Production Planning Holt Mine: Longhole (narrow veins) drill and blast design, including blast sequences, the drop/inverse raises designs, upper/down stopes optimize study
- The stopes reconciliation reports
- Cement rock fill and rock fill packages
- Coordinate with the drilling/blasting crew to ensure the production safely meets targets
- Monthly production reports
- Black Fox: Daily production reports, long hole (narrow veins) drill and blast design, including blast sequences and drop/inverse raises designs
- The stopes reconciliation reports
- Lamaque Mine: Short term planning with room and pillar method, daily/weekly production reports
- Geotechnical/ Ground Support Holt Mine: Routine underground inspection and geotechnical data collection, issue the rehabilitation plans if required
- Conduct wedge risk assessment (collect dip/dip direction underground) using unwedge software
- Stope stability study and implement the cable bolt designs in the Avoca stope to improve the hanging wall failures
- Update ground control management plan report
- Coordinate ground support pull testing
- Lead the micro-seismicity system expansion project, coordinate with IMS and drilling crew to complete the project safely on time
- Conduct the numerical modeling with MAP3D to calibrate the alternatives the sill pillar extraction options, interpret the results
- Taylor Mine: Weekly ground control tour inspections, geotechnical data collection and issue rehabilitation plans if needed
- Update the ground control management plan report
- Coordinate ground support pull testing
- Shafts Scissors Creek Shaft Sinking Project: Contribute to the shaft grouting program to eliminate/reduce the underground water inflow, design the pump station for the shaft, update the shaft sinking methodology report
- Projects Vale Creighton Phase 5 Early Works: participate the underground infrastructures design and layouts
- Crater Lake PEA: trade off study for the material handling options Canmore Mine: reinterpret the mine opening with surface drill holes Backforty FS: participate the underground shapes improvement process Newmont: Improve the historic outlines data Blubber Bay: Open pit design and optimization Raglan Q5 quarry design: Open pit design and optimization Bell Creek Mine: Dewatering pipes design, Pumps and Drain holes layouts, Alimak raises designs
- Old Tailings Site near Timmins: Conducted detailed analysis of historical data for an old tailings site, gathering public information such as drilling and survey data to support project development and ensure data reliability
Mine Engineer
Kirkland Lake Gold Corp.
01.2017 - 01.2020
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Primero Mining Corp.
01.2015 - 01.2017
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Stratum Group Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2014
Project Engineer (EIT)
Associated Mining Construction Inc.
01.2011 - 01.2012
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Century Mining Corp.
01.2010 - 01.2011
Internship at Production Department
Windsor Salt
01.2009 - 12.2009
Internship at Mining Engineering Department
IAMGOLD Corp.
01.2007 - 12.2008
Education
Bachelor of Mining Engineering -
Polytechnique De Montréal
Montréal01.2010
Skills
- Map3D
- IMS
- Rocscience software
- Deswik
- Datamine
- Vulcan
- Promine
- Amine
- AutoCAD
Professionalassociations
Professional Engineers Ontario, 01/01/20, PEO
Timeline
Mining Engineer
WSP
01.2021 - Current
Mine Engineer
Kirkland Lake Gold Corp.
01.2017 - 01.2020
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Primero Mining Corp.
01.2015 - 01.2017
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Stratum Group Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2014
Project Engineer (EIT)
Associated Mining Construction Inc.
01.2011 - 01.2012
Mining Engineer (EIT)
Century Mining Corp.
01.2010 - 01.2011
Internship at Production Department
Windsor Salt
01.2009 - 12.2009
Internship at Mining Engineering Department
IAMGOLD Corp.
01.2007 - 12.2008
Bachelor of Mining Engineering -
Polytechnique De Montréal
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