Martin Broome, Bsc, MSc
Principal Engineer and Managing Director – CA; FIMMM; MEIZ
Martin Broome, Managing Director of African Mining Consultants founded AMC in 1994 following a 25 year career with ZCCM in the Zambian Copperbelt. Martin, an MSc graduate in Rock Mechanics from Imperial College London, progressed to being the Group Rock Mechanic Engineer for ZCCM until 1989. Following this Martin was involved in project management for the Baluba and Chambishi mining projects before initiating AMC where he has overseen open pit and underground rock mechanics design projects, feasibility studies for large and small scale open pit and underground mining projects; mine audits, due diligence and competent person’s reports, mining methods, backfill and rock mechanics studies, government and parastatal mining company privatisations and environmental auditing and project management.
Dr Chris John, PhD
Senior Consulting Metallurgist – MIMMM; FEIZ; CE (UK)
Dr Chris John has over 30 years experience in mineral processing in the Central African Copperbelt. Following graduation from the University of Birmingham, Chris undertook his PhD at the Mining Engineering department in Newcastle University before joining ZCCM in Kitwe, Zambia. After an extensive 25 year career with ZCCM, Chris became an independent consulting metallurgist in the Central African Copperbelt including work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More recently Chris has been involved in the control of metallurgical test work and process design work (at GRD Minproc and DRA Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa) for three copper projects: Mwambashi and Konkola North in Zambia, and Kalumines in D.R Congo) (African Rainbow Minerals/Teal Mining and Exploration Inc.). Most recently Chris has co-ordinated the control of metallurgical test work (at Mintek, S.A) and process design work (at GRD Minproc, S.A.) leading to a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Deziwa copper-cobalt project in DRC (Platmin Congo sprl).
Edwin Mukonka, Bsc (Hons)
Senior Consulting Mining Engineer (Surpac Resource & Mine Planning) – Reng, MEIZ
Edwin has over 8 years experience in the mining industry in Southern Africa following graduation from the University of Zambia. He has extensive experience in Surpac software more especially in open pit mine design and optimisation with whittle, underground mine design and solid modelling, ring design, drill and blast design, geological and resource modelling. Edwin’s main duties currently include: geology and drill hole database modelling, open pit optimisation and mine design (open pit and underground, resource estimation and mine audits, short and long term mine scheduling and planning, marketing and Surpac software sales and training of mining personnel in the use Surpac software
Jules Paluku Batsotsi, Bsc (Hons)
Consulting Geologist (Surpac - Resources)
Paluku has over 13 years experience in the mining industry in Africa following graduation from the University of Natal, in South Africa. He has had an extensive career in gold and base metals with Anglo American in Tanzania, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for eight years. Following this, he then joined Anvil Mining Services as Senior Geologist on the Kinsevere Copper Project where he was responsible for resource geology and exploration management. Paluku joined African Mining Consultants in 2009 and his experience in resource geology and exploration management is being used on the Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum (Pty) Ltd Kamoa Copper Project. Currently Paluku is completing his correspondence MSc in Economic Geology at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Paul Hadlum, Bsc (Hons)
Junior Consulting Geologist (Surpac - Resources & IT Services)
A recent graduate from the University of Leeds, UK, Paul has two years of professional exploration experience in Africa having worked in the Central African Republic for Axmin Inc and most recently in the Central African Copperbelt. Paul has working knowledge of greenstone Au, magmatic Ni-Cu-Co and Stratiform Cu-Co and is practiced in regional and detailed mapping programs, Rotary Air Blast (RAB), Air Core (AC), Reverse Circulation (RC) and diamond drill programs; soil, termite mound and drainage geochemistry sampling and interpretation.
Software Applications
- Surpac Vision Software
- GIS software: ArcView GIS; Geosoft Target, Micromine 10.1, MapInfo 9.0 Interdex 8.1 - Database: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access.
