MINING ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE
Cypress, Texas
Telephone: 832.331.6237 (cell)
Email: matt@blattbros.com or MJB@I2MAssociates.com
Education
B.S. Mining Engineering, Mackay School Mines, University of Nevada, Reno
Professional Memberships / Awards
Professional Engineer, Mining, Nevada License #015254
Founding Registered Member of Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) #4059667RM
- Former Chair of the Young Leader’s Committee
- Member of the Strategic Governance Committee
Society of Mining Engineer’s Mining and Exploration Division’s “Outstanding Young Professional Award”
nominated by Northern Nevada Section of SME, 1999
Career Summary
Senior-Level Mining Engineer with broad and global experience in project management, mining methods, commodities and practical application of engineering principals. Knowledge base spans cost estimation, computer applications, technical writing, general geostatistics, ventilation, and optimization theory. Related areas of expertise are: computer-aided mine design, mine planning and scheduling, resources and reserves, equipment selection, efficiency and automation, and operational improvements. Considered “super-user” with Surpac, Minesched and other mine planning software.
Professional Experience
2011-Present: I2M Associates, LLC, Mining Engineering Associate, Houston, TX. Mr. Blattman will be involved in a range projects for I2M Associates. They will include property evaluations of gold and silver, base metals, potash, phophate, and other commodities. He will also be involved in feasibility studies and due diligence investigations in mergers and acquisitions.
2011-Present: Blattman Brothers Consulting LLC, Managing Director, Cypress, TX. Founder and principal of a successful mining engineering and project management consulting company. Projects include overall management of a $19M feasibility study of a brownfield IOCG deposit in Northern Finland including 25 direct team members and various supporting consultants; teaching fundamentals of computer aided mine design to graduate mining engineers, and full implementation of Surpac and Minesched at a premier underground mine in the U.S.
2008–2010: Northland Resources, Inc., Senior Manager of Engineering, Luleå, Sweden. Effectively managed an engineering budget of more than $6.0M per year to develop studies in support of feasibility studies of four greenfield iron ore projects in Northern Sweden and Finland. Feasibility study was accepted by lenders in near record time. Coordinated technical data for inclusion in mineral right and environmental permit applications. Developed work packages necessary to advance project from Scoping to Feasibility level, including resource, reserve, and cost estimates, hydrogeological and geotechnical analyses, and production scheduling.
2005–2008: CEMEX, USA, Corporate Mining Manager, Houston, TX. As part of a four-man technical services team, responsible for mining activities in 14 cement-grade limestone quarries throughout the U.S. and assisted with over 100 aggregates quarries. Devised a methodology to maximize productive quarry life while meeting all process quality targets, significantly increasing reserve base. In some cases, this algorithm extended profitable life of the quarry by more than 10 years and in others, reduced operating costs for the raw materials by 15%. Worked to help integrate newly acquired assets into the company structure while identifying optimization projects and best practices. Instituted KPI reporting procedures to measure quarry performance.
2000–2005: Mine Development Associates, Senior Engineer, Reno, NV. See below for functions performed.
1997–2000: HECLA Mining Company, Mine Engineer, Winnemucca, NV. Developed and directed mine planning efforts at a small, profitable underground gold mine in Northern Nevada. Designed the primary ventilation system and effectively supervised the construction of the main fan installation and emergency evacuation equipment. Guided resource estimation efforts, developed mine designs, reserve calculations, production and development scheduling, and worked closely with operations personnel to implement long and short-term mine plans.
1994–1997: Mine Development Associates, Project Engineer and Surpac Technical Support, Reno, NV. Provided technical consulting services to a variety of clients in a wide range of commodities and mining methods, including: open pit and underground extraction of gold, silver, copper, cobalt, magnesite, mineral sands, limestone, aggregates and phosphate beds.
The consulting services included mineral resource estimates, reserve calculations, conceptual and detailed mine planning, capital and operational cost modeling, and production scheduling. Managed multiple technical projects and technicians concurrently while meeting strict deadlines and budgets.
Importance placed on close interaction with the client insuring practical results based on feedback and review.
Publications
Blattman, M. J., 2003, “Creation of an Underground Mine Development Sequencing Optimizer”, SME Preprint 03-064
Blattman M. J., “Construction of the Main Ventilation Borehole at the Rosebud Mine”, paper presented at the SME mini-conference in Elko, Nevada, May 19, 2000.
Allen, K. & Blattman, M. J., 1999, “Mine to Model Reconciliation at the Rosebud Mine”, SME Preprint 99-71
