steve holmes

chief operating officer

About

Over 35 years experience in hard rock mining and processing including mine planning, operations, maintenance, management and downstream smelting and refining operations in copper, molybdenum, gold and silver. Strong technical mining background in mining technology and full project feasibility (Sierra Gorda, Safford Project and other internal growth projects). Effective project leader for green-field and brown-field capital project implementation and technology applications. Change management expert. Specialties: Operations management, tactical execution, strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, project management and technology development and implementation.

Country

canada

City

toronto

Industry

mining & metals

Skill

strategic planning, operations management, mining, gold, minerals, coal, geology, mineral exploration, metallurgy, continuous improvement, feasibility studies, engineering, copper, maintenance management, change management, heavy equipment, root cause analysis, commissioning, occupational health, base metals, mineral processing, environmental compliance, iron ore, underground mining, risk assessment, geological mapping, leadership, mining engineering, metals, project management, process engineering, start ups, steel, safety management systems, project engineering, contract management, management, planned preventative maintenance, factory, six sigma, procurement, project planning, drilling, nickel, sampling

Experience

vice president joint venture portfolio

barrick gold corporation

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

chief operating officer

kghm international

2015-7 - 2017-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

general manager

freeport mcmoran mine technology

2003-1 - 2008-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

principal

holmes mining associates

2009-1 - 2009-6 · 6 mos

Expert consultant in mining technology, mine development and oeprations management for the miing industry. Specializing in mine technology including advanced infrastructure, optimized fragmentation, real-time equipment monitoring and management, autonomous equipment applications and change management. large-scale operations management and feasibility study and project management.

general manager- mine technology

freeport-mcmoran

2002-3 - 2008-12 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Oversee all mining technology development and implementation for Freeport's 13 active mine locations in four country's. Creator and director of Phelps Dodge's (now Freeport-McMoRan's) Mine Technology Group (MTG) consisting of 60 top industry experts in advanced communications, machine sensing and navigation, real-time data acquisition and use, optimized material fragmentation, and automation of large-scale surface mining operations.

president

chino mines company

2001-2 - 2002-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of Chino Mines company located in Grant County New Mexico. CMC is a large copper-moly mining operation with a large open pit mine, concentrator, leaching and SX/EW plant, smelter and power plant utility infrastructure. The smelter was reclaimed in 2005.

vice president - sierra gorda

kghm international

2011-8 - 2012-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Sierra Gorda is a new, large-scale Cu-Mo Operation being developed in Region II near Antofagasta / Calama, Chile. Construction of the mine and facilities is beginning in 2H 2011 with mining starting in March 2012. Commissioning of the 110,000 MTPD mill is scheduled in 2014, and the operation will have a desalinization plant and coal fired power plant north of the Antofagasta airport. As VP my responsibilities include supporting the construction and start-up of the operation and overall control of Sierra Gorda operations after commissioning.

general manager - ray operations

asarco

2009-6 - 2011-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

General Manager of large open pit copper mining operation complete with two mills and a SX/EW plant. Total employment of ~840 employees plus contractors.

senior vice president - open pit operations

kghm international

2012-9 - Present · 14 yrs 1 mo

I have operations management responsibility for the developing large Sierra Gorda Cu-Mo operation in Chile, the Robinson operation in Nevada, and the Franke operation in Chile. I also participate on the Executive Committee of KGHM International. KGHMI is a subsidary company of KGHM Poland, a top 10 Cu producer and number 1 silver producer in the world. When Sierra Gorda comes into production in 2014 KGHM will become a top 3 molybdenum producer.

chief operating officer

first majestic silver corp.

2020-2 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

Education

western new mexico university

1984-1 - 1991-1 · 7 yrs 1 mo

western new mexico university

business

1997-1 - 2000-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

university of arizona

mining engineering

1979-1 - 1983-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

MBA with honors in 2000 from Western New Mexico University. Activities and Societies: Executive member of SME, Rotary Past-President, NFH Association,