Key Personnel Profiles

Warwick Smyth has been active in the Industry for over fifteen years. His main expertise and experience lies in Underground Coal Mining operations and mine feasibility studies; with valuable experience gained in the Bowen Basin with Anglo Coal (Shell) at their Capcoal Collieries, and Moranbah North Coal Project. Proposed BMA (BHPAC) Goonyella Riverside Underground, and other proposed underground sites; Wards Well and Red Hill. XStrata (MIM) Newlands Southern and Northern Undergrounds, Collinsville BOCUM Underground, Oaky Creek No.1 & No. 2 Colliery’s and proposed underground sites, North Goonyella Underground Mine. He has recent experience in open cut and underground pre-feasibility studies in New Zealand and Indonesia.

He also has vast experience in conventional open cut and highwall mining exploration and project management at Collinsville Coal Project and Oaky Creek Coal, BHPAC mines, and Shell Capcoal and Callide Mine Sites and Blair Athol and Rio Tinto mine sites. He has been responsible for project management required by clients with a particular interest in geological and geotechnical site investigations having completed projects for Anglo Coal Australia: MNCP, Capcoal Collieries, & Callide, Thiess Contractors, BHPAC, ISCOR Australia and Xstrata (MIM): Oaky Creek Coal, Newlands & Collinsville, Pacific Coal, Blair Athol Mine. Warwick has also completed civil geotechnical and groundwater site investigation for Brisbane City Council (BCC), with projects including the Inner City Bus Tunnel and S1 Sewer Tunnel Project.

He has experience in coal seam gas testing for underground longwall mines and coalbed methane projects in both the data acquisition phase and the technical evaluation stage for BMA (BHPAC), MGC Resources, Anglo Coal and Xstrata (MIM) Coal sites. He also has an extensive background in green fields and wild cat exploration.

Warwick also retains a broad knowledge of geological database management systems and geological modelling packages, with practical experience gained on numerous coal mining projects; Xstrata (MIM) Oaky Creek Coal, Xstrata NCA Project, BMA (BHPAC) Goonyella Riverside, and BHP Manganese – Groote Eylandt, Solid Energy NZ, and Indonesia. He has also been extensively involved with resource and reserve JORC compliant statements for various clients.

From 1978 to 1985, as a member of MIM Holdings Coal Division, his responsibilities included assessing mining, coal quality and washability conditions during the development phase of the Newlands-Collinsville-Abbot Point Project and the Oaky Creek No.1 Colliery, exploration of the Newlands-Collinsville area and mining and quality control supervision of an open pit project at Collinsville.

From 1985 to 1991 he was a member of a team of coal experts within MIM consulting on mining and exploration projects within the Bowen and Surat Basins. Feasibility studies were a major activity of the group and he was responsible for the geological, geotechnical and coal quality aspects of these projects while working closely with other members on mining engineering and coal preparation. All coal related work involved organising and leading field operations and the preparation and editing of major reports.

From 1991 to 1996 Richard managed a coalbed methane exploration and production programme, in the Bowen Basin, for an MIM / Japanese company consortium joint venture. This project involved extensive supervision in the field and included target selection, seismic, stratigraphic and production drilling, well testing, hydraulic fracturing and production.

Dick joined GeoConsult in 1998 and has project managed in the following areas: Geology, Coal Quality, Coal Seam Gas, Geotechnical Site Investigation and Mine Feasibility Studies.

Ross is a qualified Hydrogeologist with over 9 years broad experience in hydrogeology and 8 years in environmental geology and instrumentation. Ross has worked for BSES, Department of Primary Industries, Mackie Martin & Associates and Rust PPK.

Ross has spent the last 5 years with IESA, providing an extensive range of environmental and hydrogeological services to clients throughout Australia, but particularly the Bowen Basin, Central Queensland. These services include large scale groundwater investigations, aquifer testing (pumping testing, packer testing etc), mine inflow studies, specialist shallow hydrology studies, design and installation of large scale instrumented environmental and groundwater research and monitoring program (including acid mine drainage), implementation of major mine site environmental monitoring programs (weather, water, dust, air, groundwater, potable water, sewage treatment & landfarm management) for compliance with statutory licensing.

Ross also manages IESA's retail sales division and is the key contact for the supply of Campbell Scientific, Greenspan, Pacific Data Systems, Water Studies and Sentek products.

Ross presently manages numerous major projects with:

Other recent major clients include:

Prior to becoming involved in the computer applications field, she worked as a metals exploration geologist and a seismic data processor. While in her years with Maptek, she was involved in many diverse projects including:

• Geological Consulting - preparation of geological models, reserves / resource estimation, feasibility
  studies, preliminary mine plans, database design and setup, assessment of computing requirements.
• Sales and Marketing of the VULCAN software package and Silicon Graphics hardware,
  preparation of software and hardware quotations, detailed demonstrations.
• Software Installation - involved in installing hardware and software at mine sites.
• Training - preparation and presentation of courses covering basic courses to discipline
  specific courses such as geological modelling, stratigraphic modelling, mine design.

Preparation of geological models	Data analysis
Derivation of ROM model	Computer system setup, network configuration
Reserves estimation	Programming
Database design and implementation	Computer training

Previous projects include:

• Rio Tinto Coal NSW, Hunter Valley Mine, Brisbane - Baranj Project, Technical Services Melbourne.
• Coal Operations Australia, Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture & Catherine Hill Bay
• Coal & Allied, Hunter Valley Mine
• Mining & Exploration Geological Services
• Thiess Contractors, Collinsville Coal Mine, Burton Coal Project
• Groundsearch Australia
• Solid Energy, NZ
• MIM, Oaky Creek and NCA Project
• Xstrata NCA Project

Michael has over 14 years experience working as an engineering geologist, geologist and environmental scientist. Michael has worked for Dames & Moore, private consulting and currently with GeoConsult.

Michael has spent the last 10 years consulting to GeoConsult on a wide range of projects within the Queensland coal industry and civil engineering industry. Major clients have included Shell, Anglo American, Rio Tinto, Santos, MIM and Brisbane Department of Geomechanics. Recent projects include highwall stability evaluation and hazard mapping at Callide Coalfields; management at GeoConsults' acoustic scanner interpretation division for various sites, a review of geotechnical systems and procedures used at Capricorn Coal; and incorporation of the Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) into general practice at Capricorn Coal and Anglo Qld.

Previous to this Michael worked as an engineering geologist/coal geologist. Major projects included exploration for the BHP Ramp Zero project and geotechnical assessment of Rio Tinto’s Wolfang Deposit.

Initially he worked as an engineering geologist/environmental scientist for the international consultancy company Dames & Moore on a wide range of projects in both civil engineering and the mining industry.

Areas of expertise include:

• Geotechnical site investigation fieldwork and coal exploration geology.
• Slope stability assessment and analysis in both rock and soil.
• Rock mass characterisation and the assessment of roof and floor conditions for underground exposures.
• Training in the practical methods of geotechnical site investigation and coal exploration field work.