Zach Black, Geological Engineer

Mr. Black joined Gustavson Associates in September 2010 and has experience in precious metals mining and exploration including resource estimation, scheduling, economic analysis, geostatistics, pit slope design, and NI 43-101 technical report composition. Mr. Black also has experience in construction materials project management.

Project tasks include exploration drillhole planning, resource and reserve estimation, geotechnical data collection, pit optimization, mine planning and scheduling, and geological modeling. He has extensive experience working with Gems, Datamine, Surpac, and MicroModel mining software.

Education

B.S. Geological Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, 2005

Geographical areas of expertise

India, Mexico, United Kingdom

United States: Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon

Professional registrations & affiliations

Society for Mining, Metallurgical and Exploration, Registered Member