Peter Robinson
Metalfer
Peter is a Mining Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in management in the mining industry, particularly at Executive level, involved in Project Management and Strategic & Development Planning. He was CEO and principal shareholder of Glebe Mines Ltd which mined vein minerals in the environmentally sensitive Peak District National Park. He has worked in the Australian and South African mining industry as well as in Europe and was at the forefront of regeneration of redundant brownfield land resulting from the coal mine/power station closure programmes. During 2012 he was appointed Chairman of British Fluorspar Limited. In 2015 Peter was also appointed Non-Executive Director of Metalfer Mining, a Serbian mining company with operations in the Balkans and a Supervisory Board Member of FAME which is an EU funded mineral processing research and development body.
Managing Mining Technical Risk – Small, Geologically Complex Polymetallic Mineral Resources – Balkans
Background – Description of Metalfer Exploration and mining activities. Mineral resource exploration strategy. Short term with early mine development, potential and a resource potential generally of 1 to 5 million tonnes polymetallic ore.
Geology – Historical geological work verified using modern methodology to identify discrepancies and gaps in the data, critically, understanding genesis, ore types, structure, grade distribution, & mineralogy.
Mineralogy & Metallurgy Characterisation of Mineralogy using optical microscopy then Qemscan to determine target minerals and contaminants followed by targeted metallurgical testwork.
Demonstration of Mineral Resource Development Flowsheet which manages technical risk.
Mining – Small scale selective underground mining methods principally Track Mining utilising hand held equipment versus Trackless Mining using flexible mobile diesel equipment, drills.
Mineral Processing – Application of Modular, Flexible semi mobile processing plant to facilitate early stage processing of complex polymetallic ore resources. 20 to 40 tph plant processing 100 to 200,000 tonnes per annum). Crushing, milling followed by separation using Flotation/Leaching processes.
Mineral Waste Management – Alternative methods for disposal of mineral waste. Direct placement of liquid Tailings in settlement dams. Processing mineral tailings to produce a dry stacked sand. Sustainable restoration of mineral waste disposal repository facilities.