Resume

Greg G. Hawkins

(Mining Engineer)

**** * **** *

West Jordan, Utah 84088

Phone: office 801-***-**** cell 801-***-****

E-mail: abhxmm@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

Senior Supervisory positions in Surface Mining Operations, Engineering

and Project Management, Heavy Civil Construction, Environmental Permitting/

Reclamation / Remediation, Health & Safety (EH&S) and other Associated

Industrial Fields.

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Extensive proven skills in mine operations management, mine planning,

project contract negotiations and site construction management, resource

management of land and water resources, and mine financial due diligence.

Additional proven skills include public speaking, public relations, EH&S,

environmental permitting and remediation's. Many career project management

successes, all resulting with a safe, timely, cost effective and profitable

projects. Major career achievements are summarized as follows: 16 Open

Surface Mines, 7 Tailings & Containment Dams, 6 Heap/Dump Leach Operations,

5 Mine Site Environmental Reclamations Remediation's, 460 Residential and 4

Industrial Sites. The residential and Industrial sites included

construction of several roads, walks, parking lots, curb and gutter with

water diversionary structures, and associated utilities and facilities.

Successfully Planned, Engineered, Permitted, Budgeted, Financial Project

Feasibility, Scheduled and Managed Mining and Construction Operations

ranging from 5-110 employees with annual operating and capital budgets from

$5-50 M. These skills have led to over 40 successful projects resulting in

increased productivity, while minimizing cost and setting excellent safety

and environmental records.

EMPLOYMENT:

10-08/Present Mining / Milling Consulting Engineering: West Jordan, Utah

Client Project Mine Engineering/Management. Currently compiling data to

conduct project financial feasibility due diligence for outside project

financing of two new mining projects. This includes development of a

technical and financial package for WUCC Copper Mine and Century Gold

Mining and Milling a precious metal property. Assembled and provided due

diligence technical information package to investor prospects for financial

capital and operational support of future exploration, mining and

metallurgical process improvements as needed. Also, at Century Gold

currently estimating & budgeting all stockpiled reserves coupled with

sampling and process optimization testing program to determine economics.

Negotiation of Joint Venture Contracts for mining, milling and refining by

JV contractors as phase one operations are also taking place.

Project Team Leader. Interviewed and hired professional contract staff and

lead team through the mineral report development phase for Bio West's

client. Managed the mineral examination report staff, organized, compiled

legal and technical information, and co-authored the final mineral report

for mitigation of potential United States Forest Service opposition. Also

assisted editing NOI and EA permits. Project is currently looking good,

pending US Forest Service decision to proceed without opposition rather

than to deny and litigate.

Sr. Project Manager. Providing a broad range of PSE industrial client based

engineering solutions for the production and management of a new tungsten

pellet plant. Upgrades included robust precious metals process plant,

large chlorine plant expansion facility and a new trona crushing,

conveying, processing and load out facilities. Also, budgeted and managed

the overall engineering specifications and detailed AutoCAD designs. This

included project cost estimation, client bidding/presentation and

subsequent project management.

Projects of new mine land permitting and public issues, mine budgeting and

equipment selection, process civil, structural, mechanical and electrical

engineered designed solutions for tungsten, precious metal, and Uranium

mining, milling and chemical processing facilities. Assisted Sales team in

market/ client development, project financing and implementing new

integrated 3D CAD design technology utilizing Lidar surveys.

Sr. Construction Site Manager. Provided onsite QA/QC and EH&S management

of local construction site subcontractors for all civil installations of

new Uranium process facility in Blanding, Utah.

5-06/10-08 Palladon Iron Corporation: Salt Lake City/Cedar City, Utah

Open Pit Iron Mine and Mill & Rail Construction, Startup and

Operation.

Director of Operations. Interfaced directly with Palladon Ventures

corporate officers, financial backers, key contractors and various

governmental agencies to plan and bring this new iron mining and process

facilities on line. Assisted with development of international, regional

and local sales by directing production for the various markets. Managed

all permitting, mine planning, pit operations, mineral exploration /

geology, engineering, security, EH&S, all on-site construction projects and

start up contractors. Land and water rights manager for over 6,300 acres

and 2,040 acre-feet of water rights on mining, farm land claims and

parcels. Directed all Pre-Feasibilities groups in providing appropriate

technical information to acquire project financing. Permitted, budgeted and

managed two open pit mines and developed small quarry operation to crush

mine waste rock to provide both onsite and external public aggregates.

3-03 /5-06 Strang Excavating & Rock Products: Kearns, Utah

Sand and Gravel Operations / Residential & Commercial Excavation.

Vice. President / General Manager. Directed all aspects of Rock

Products and Excavation business. Accomplishments included tripling

aggregate sales, doubling pit productive capacity, increasing companies net

worth three years consecutively, and turned the business around from a

profit loss to continued profit gains. My responsibilities expanded early

in 2004 to include management of all excavation projects. This included

Project Engineering, Estimating & Bidding, Operations Management,

Scheduling & Dispatching of Operations and Maintenance, on site MSHA/OSHA

Trainer, Project Manager, Customer Liaison, Material Purchasing and site

Coordinator for several residential subdivisions, commercial sites and

earthwork excavations (roads, sidewalks, water diversions and containments,

pipe and utility projects).

5-90/3-03 Brush Resources Inc.: Delta, Utah

Open Pit Beryllium Mining /Milling Operations.

3-01/3-03 Brush Resource GM Manager / VP. Directed all aspects of

mining and processing by expanding my mill assignments to

include: Plant EH&S, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance,

Purchasing. Active in customer, public & governmental relations

and professional affiliations.

93/94 Technical / Special Projects Manager (mine & mill). Coordinated Mill

Engineering Staff and Project Management of tailings pond BAT

expansion. Expanded mine employee assignments to include

training 58 "mill employees" in heavy equipment operation.

Completed the Tailings Dam Project on schedule, under budget,

and with no accidents. This was followed by seepage mound BAT

environmental ground water remediation, resulting in a major

win-win team success with much state, public and corporate

recognition.

5-90/6-02 Mine Manager. Coordinating all exploration, mine plans,

engineering, permitting, reclamation, and capital

feasibility/expense budgeting. Directed mining operations &

maintenance, site EH&S/with no loss time accidents or health

issues (12 years), environmental reclamation (won DOGM's best

in state 2000 award), customer and public relations, land and

water resources management. Planned, permitted, contracted and

developed 5 new hard rock open pits, wrote and successfully

administered all associated site contracts. Scheduled all

mine/mill ore feed blending and trucking contractors. These

new mines provided 97% of the worlds demand by assuring

dependable and quality mill ore feed during my tenure.

Previous Positions:

FMC Gold: Paradise Peak Mine: Hawthorne, Nevada

Three New Precious Metal Open Pits: Chief Mine Engineer, Operations General

Mine Foreman, and Trained & Certified as on site MSHA Safety Trainer. Hired

and trained over 300 employees by developing a mine operator training

program that included a qualification instruction and testing manuals.

Getty Mining: Barrick / Mercur Gold Mine: Tooele, Ut.

New Precious Metal Open Pit: General Mine Foreman, Senior Mine Planning

Engineer, On Site Landsman, Mine Shift Supervisor, Project Engineering and

wrote and conducted mine operator training for over 100 employees.

Maintenance, Design & Efficiency Construction Co.: SLC, UT

Site Construction Superintendent for three utility projects.

Kennecott / Utah Copper Division; Bingham Canyon Copper Mine: SLC, UT

Mine Planning Engineer, Production Control & Dispatch Supervisor of Truck

and Shovel Operations, Roads, Dump and Field Maintenance, Train and Shovel

Operations and Electric DC Cable Gang Supervisor. Plus conducted many other

special project engineering assignments.

US Bureau of Mines: SLC, UT

Mineral Identification Lab Technician for sample preparation and testing,

part time college job.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONALTRAINING/ SKILLS & AWARDS:

B.S. Mining Engineering / (Minor: Geology) Univ. of Utah SLC, UT:

Dean's Honor List (Cum Laude) GPA 3.5 / 4.0, Browning Scholarship

(full ride, four years).

Student President of Amer. Inst. of Mining Engineers & many other

professional affiliations.

Several Mining related Seminars/Classes gaining Advanced Continuing

Ed. Tech. Credits.

Mine Safety & Health Administration Certified Trainer: Five mining

companies, +400 trained.

Proficient in all standard Microsoft Software including Project Scheduler,

surface mine design, mine modeling software & mining equipment performance

analysis & optimization: which has resulted in over $100 M in cost savings

& production improvements. Awards received for World Record daily

Production Team, GM recognition in Blasting and Mine Safety Improvements,

Corporate Project Management Award, Best in State Large Mine Reclamation

Award, much public and governmental praise for BAT tailings seepage mound

and several old mine site remediation's implemented under my direction

and relationship with the State Agencies.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: - Available on request.

ADDENDUM 1

SPECIAL PROJECTS / ACCOPLISHMENTS:

Consulting Mine and Mill Engineer

. Currently consulting with Century Mining and Milling to obtain project

funding and develop a preliminary start up plan to process existing low

grade ore stockpiles. Reviewed all past technical information provided,

developed innovative plan to sample old historic stockpiles and obtain

appropriate ore metallurgical testing to develop optimal low cost

precious metal recovery system, that will self fund next year's future

capital required. Developed process operating plan, negotiated mining,

custom milling and refinery ore processing contracts for Century mine

expansion.

. Due Diligence consulting and management assisting WUCC, Nevada Copper &

Uranium One staffs in preparing technical mining/milling, analytical/

legal land/water/environmental and economic budgeting reports for

financial funding.

. Project Team Leader for Bio-West client permitting a mine on USFS lands.

Tasks included assembly of a handpicked professional mineral specialist's

team consisting of two analytical testing labs, Economic Geologists,

Field Pozzollan Geologist / Governmental Specialist, Mineral Lawyer, and

Mineral Land Specialist. I provided team leadership, project scope /

schedule and corresponding budget estimation to develop and co-author a

comprehensive Mineral Report for Bio-West's client to secure the mining

permit for a new Pozzollan mine and plant site with additional NOI and EA

support. After our initial mineral research, investigations and

deliberations the USFS choose to reverse their initial stated position

and to allow the mining permit to proceed unchallenged. Thus avoiding

precedence setting trail case.

. Client project scoping, budget estimating and proposal preparation,

bidding presentation, project management of design engineering drawings

and specifications and site civil construction management for many client

projects. Sr. Project Manager of engineering and designer staff to

develop specifications and detail designs utilizing Microsoft Project and

proprietary Project Manager Tracking Software.

. Onsite Process Construction Management for a new uranium extraction

process. Responsible of all on site earthwork and concrete construction.

Successfully utilizing local contractors, bringing the civil project

under budget / on schedule.

. Conceptualized, promoted and introduced significant 3 D improvements

into the companies drawing designs capabilities, utilizing Lidar

Surveying Scans from Intelisum proprietary software coupled with 3 D,

auto CAD Inventor software, saving design time and money with improved

accuracy and client understanding and satisfaction.

. Coordinated with clients to assist them in find new financial funding

sources for their minerals processing projects.

. MSHA certified safety trainer for several western mining associated

companies.

Palladon Iron Corporation- Director of Mining

. Planned and permitted this large open pit Iron mine operating permit with

the appropriate governmental agencies. Managed all natural resources of

company owned or leased land, right of ways, water and mineral rights

assets.

. Remediation, demolition and reclamation of old Geneva job site,

mitigating all asbestos and PCB's on site.

. Exploration/condemnation sampling, water well drilling and permitting

insuring all water rights preserved.

. Site Construction Manager of a 13-megawatt transformer substation and 2.9

mile, 138kv transmission line and all low voltage secondary power to run

milling and administrative facilities which was the critical key

deliverable, on time.

. Developed a secondary market for the iron ore and organized new ore truck

loading and transportation system working with Barney Trucking / Holcim

Cement. Providing early accelerated continuous cash flows.

. Permitted and developed mine operations facilities and all haul and

access roads and dumps, installed 62" horizontal rotary impact crushing

plant, rotary telescopic radial ore stockpile stacker and rail load out

facilities, upgraded 13 mile short line railroad and installed two one

mile spur tracks, next to UPRR. Tested and permitted an onsite supporting

quarry providing internal construction aggregate materials during

construction and external public aggregate sales.

. Developed, negotiated and managed all mine site contracts for mining and

milling operations, land leases and right of ways, site construction

contractors and vendor support bringing new mine product in on schedule

and in budget.

. Hired and managed technical staff, bid and selected construction and

operations contractors and trained all in operational quality control,

EH&S, site demolition and construction procedures bring all on site

construction projects on line with mining & milling first month ore

production 130,000 tons blended Magnetite Iron ore in stockpiled and new

crusher and stockpile blending and high speed conveyor rail load out and

short line railroad fully operational in a record 4 mo's time.

Strang Excavating & Rock Products- General Manager

. Tested, developed and started a second mobile screening processing

operation at our new Bluff pit site doubling productive capacity, which

enabled tripling sales. This later proved to be very flexible mobile

process system that lowered product cost and gave customers quicker

delivery and more variety. Because of this plants mobility it gave us a

cost edge on our new construction sites, in a highly competitive market.

. Implemented on-site partnerships adding value and flexibility to our

business, through synergies of the value added cooperatives. This added

depth to our business and improved customer support resulting in

increased ongoing income.

. Upgraded, expanded and trained new professional staff and skill to meet

increased business growth.

. Developed a new outdoor amphitheater, trails, lots, restrooms and sales

booth at This Is The Place Monument.

. Bid / constructed two new major flood control impoundments and

diversionary structures for Alpine City.

. Bid Estimator, Contract Negotiation and Project Site Manager for a large

Industrial building site with civil developments including all utilities,

foundations and roads and drainages for a major Graphite building

expansion, at Hexcel.

. Engineered and managed all earthwork, utility trenching and pipe

installations, roads, sidewalks, curb and gutters for five residential

subdivisions and commercial developments, totaling over 460 lots and

sites all completed in three years resulting major improvement in company

profitability and professional standing.

Brush Wellman- Mine Manager/ VP Operations

. Successfully coordinated ongoing exploration, water quality surface

(SPCC) and ground water rights, maintained de-minim's levels of ground

water contaminates and managed an extensive mine and mill employee air

monitoring program implementing many mine and plant improvements to

protect employee and public health and the environment.

. Implemented state of the art modeling software which allowed for quick

and accurate ore evaluations which assisted us in the economic

evaluations and eventual purchased additional economic lands resulting in

increased proven ore reserves.

. Managed and coordinated ongoing long and short range mine and mill budget

planning, operations, permitting, air and groundwater discharge, spill

control, on site landfill and reclamation which all included T&E and

Archeological pre-clearances, bid/contracted and mined 5 new open pits

and several process improvements ranging from 1-16 M $/ea.

. Managed and bid contracts for several ongoing over the road ore haulage,

onsite security, cleaning services, maintenance and special projects.

Building much team work and respect resulted in very few issues over my

tenor.

. Implemented many improvements in mine and mill planning, operations

starting with sample drilling, sampling, ore control, mill ore testing

and optimized mill ore blending and plant operating program which

resulted in improved mass balance quality controls and accountability,

yielding ongoing process plant cost savings and improved mill ore

recoveries.

. Researched and implemented a new mill ore crushing method (converted from

jaw crushing to horizontal impact crushing) which increased ball mill

throughput and life with much reduced maintenance, resulting in ore cost

reductions.

. A major team win-win cultural shift was developed resulting in a very

productive, efficient, environmentally sensitive, flexible, self-directed

work team, while instilling employee EH&S values, skills and knowledge in

the culture.

. Project Manager coordinating, engineered,

planned and managed a 15 year tailing site

maintenance and BAT operations remediation

mitigation system. This consisted of an

extensive seepage mound pumping collection and

evaporation system, extensive ground water

seepage mound monitoring program and a 200 acre

pond clay slime sealing cyclone separation /

multi cell distribution system with a 16 foot

downstream tails dike lift (93/94). The

tailings dam project utilized 55 mill

employees, trained by the mine work force,

which negated a 17-week mill layoff. Under my

leadership this project, beat contractor cost

estimates, was on time and under budget. It was

a significant win-win team success. The UDWQ

and CEO were very pleased in our progress

which significantly reduced process tailings

seepage.

. Received a letter of Commendation / Special

Award from CEO for this huge Project Management

Success. They enlisted me to teach BPOS Project

Management methods to other project managers at

the corporate level.

. Developed and executed a local, state & federal

public relations plan that educated key

governmental officials and rallied much public

& governmental support, benefiting the Utah

Operations, working closely with the 7 county

boards.

. Developed many improvements in mine

reclamation, which resulted in our winning the

States 2000 DOGM Recognition Award for the best

overall large mine reclamation. I have given

many public educational lectures on the mines

reclamation program and special techniques

implemented, with much public interest praise

and support.

. Patented (+6000 acres) of mine and mill land

holdings through a difficult political, three

way land exchange, involving BLM, State and

Local agencies. Also, evaluated, negotiated,

purchased and mined a new low cost Hogsback

property.

. Fall of 2001, implemented major cost savings

downsizing efforts, due to significant (50%)

drop in market, mining was suspended 9 months.

I focused on significant mine operating cost

reduction measures while implementing

efficiencies and improvements in Operations and

EH&S areas. During this period, we was able to

avoid mine and mill employee layoffs initially

by publicly contracting out our team's services

doing various outside DOGM reclamation projects

of abandoned mine sites and contracted out six

mine GPS surveyors to assist Millard County, at

costs below budget.

FMC GOLD- General Forman/Chief Mine Engineer

. Prepared and implemented operations training

programs, which resulted in a highly motivated,

very flexible, professional work force, with no

MSHA citations for over five years running

from, start up.

. Initiated a fully computerized, mine planning

system tied to a lab bar code sample labeling

system, field surveying total station, assisted

by a rotating laser system for bench control

and heap leach pad installations.

. Initiated low grade heap leach stockpiling,

testing, permitted, constructed and maintained

tailings impoundments, heap leach pads, catch

ponds, increasing mill outputs by approx. 20%

which was not part of the original mill high

grade plan.

. Responsible for the development and construction of all heap leach pads,

piping and site improvement construction. Oversaw the crushing,

agglomeration and stacking of the heaps. Heap leach production was over

500,000 tpy, at .025 oz/ton Au and .52 oz/ton Ag, which optimized leach

recovery and minimized unit costs resulting in substantial additional,

leach process revenues and profit beyond original planned Feasibility and

designed mill capabilities.

. Developed methods specifically implemented to

enhance drilling and blasting, improving

quality control of ore, while reducing

operating costs at Paradise Peak, Ketchup Flat

and later at County Line Mines.

. Reduced mill crushing delays and improved

safety for mill operations, by testing and

implementing a mobile rock breaker at the ore

stockpile/crusher area and implementing new

blending indicator kriging of AG and Hg in the

reserves. Development of the ore stockpile

crusher feed blending program to optimized mill

throughput resulting in increased smoothed

daily production and lower plant process unit

costs, mill management was impressed with the

results.

. Our professional team assisted other FMC US mines with specialty

technical, operational and engineering support.

. Environmental tailings dam expansion project

management, raising the impoundment from 6

million ton capacity to 12 million tons

tailings capacity. The project included

contract preparation and management of outside

technical and construction phases of this

large, 60 mil. HDPE lined, dam utilizing

selective mine waste for the tailings

impoundment.

. Managed all technical and field aspects to

permit, plan, and develop two new satellite

deposits near Paradise Peak. Environmental

permitting included implementing 32" dewatering

wells to assure stable slope designs. Also

implemented prehistoric archeological

protection program for the Ketchup Flat Mine.

GETTY / BARRICK GOLD- Mine Operations Supervisor/Sr. Engineer/General

Foreman

. Prepared equipment operations manual, task training and operator

certification procedures to meet all MSHA standards.

. Reviewed many equipment operator applications,

interviewed and selected 50 top employees.

Exceeded production goal by 60 % while driving

unit costs down to 11% under budget. Maintained

mine production at over 14 million tpy.

. Initiated "sub ore and sulfide ore" waste dump

separation stockpiling program that resulted in

substantial additional revenues through the

implementation of heap leach and mill process

autoclaves at Mercur and other Barrick

operations.

. Project engineer for saddle tailings dam

construction and environmentally approved

impoundment maintenance.

. Initiated the first preliminary heap leach

engineering, testing, permitting and facility

development for the first 250,000 tpy at .035

oz/ton Au. Heap leach operation at Mercur,

utilizing latest cyanide heap leaching

technology's and HDPE leach pad liners coupled

with secondary ground water monitoring program.

. Initiated recoverable ounces (Au/Ag) block modeling to allow for fixed

economics with variable $ cutoffs.

. Onsite land mineral survey coordinator, cleaning up several old complex

land / royalty ownership issues.

KENNECOTT- Front Line Operations and Field Maintenance Supervision/ Truck

Dispatch/Sr. Mining Engineer

. Construction Field Superintendent: Installation of an 8 mile, 10" wrapped

high pressure fresh water supply line through steep mountainous hard rock

terrain to the Yosemite repair shop (MD&E).

. Installed a secondary water collection pumping station, pollution control

exhaust stack air blower system and four story acid cooling tower at the

Smelter (MD&E).

. Developed the first composite long-range dump plan used as a planning

guide for future dump and leach expansions.

. Established a subsidence net along strategic

property boundaries, to monitor settlement and

supervised slope stability dewatering program

to assure stable safe mining of highwalls in

unstable saturated areas.

. Planned and developed a new mine, dump and leach plans/budgets, which

allowed for the expansion of the ore reserve and provided more economical

waste profiles which, resulted in substantial haulage savings as well as

allowed for effective long range dump leach collection system planning

and construction savings.

. Developed annual operating and production budget for the dump leaching of

copper at the precipitation plant.

. Planned and field tested productivity of new large dozers (plus 400 HP)

for comparisons in projecting future dozer specifications and

requirements. This resulted in many improvements and capabilities while

reducing operating costs.

. Improved Mill primary crushing through put and safety by testing and

implementing secondary blasting methods and the use of a high impact rock

hammer. This reduced mill costs and by minimizing boulder mill delays and

improved related safety issues at mill. Received a Letter of Commendation

from the General Manager / UCD for this effort and results.

. Mechanized railroad track maintenance equipment and procedures. This

yielded much lower track maintenance labor costs while improving overall

track maintenance efficiencies and safety.

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