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PROFESSIONAL RESUMÉ

EDWARD BYRNE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

ID No 5502205172182 Qualifications Higher National Certificate – Mechanical (1976), Kirby College (UK) PMP at PM Institute of South Africa DOB 20

th February 1955

Experience (Summary)

2015 – Project Manager. DFS Underground Conveying System. CSA Copper Mine, Cobar, NSW, Australia. Value R14Million.

2014 – Project Manager. Engineering and Equipment supply for 3 x Platinum Concentrate Plants. FLSmidth/Russian Platinum PLC. Rugby, England & Khabarovsk, Eastern Siberia. Value ₤27Million.

2013 – Project Manager. Engineering and Equipment supply of Gold Processing Plant. FLSmidth/Arlan PLC. Wiesbaden, Germany & Magadan, Eastern Siberia. Value US$23 Million.

2013 – Project Manager. Engineering and Equipment supply of Gold Processing Plant. FLSmidth/Poyus Gold PLC. Wiesbaden, Germany & Bodaybo, Eastern Siberia.

2012 – Business Development Manager. Saudi Arabia. Royal Haskoning DHV PLC.

2012 – Senior Project Manager. Head PMO. Aveng Water (AW)

2012 - Project Manager. AW - Feasibility studies for Mine Water Drainage Treatment Plants at for Newlands & Collinsville coal Mines, Western Australia. Study Value - R13 million.

2012 - Project Manager. - EPCM Water Treatment Plant for Langer Heinrich Mine Stage 3 Expansion, Namibia. Value R36 million.

2012 - Project Manager. - EPC Reverse Osmosis Plant for Langer Heinrich Mine Stage 3 Expansion, Namibia. Value R10 million.

2010 - Project Manager. – EPC Sea Water Desalination Plant for Areva Uranium. Namibia. Value R625 million.

2009 - Project Manager. Avenge EPC (EPC) – EPCM Stage II Uranium Process Plant Expansion. Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine, Namibia. Value R460 million.

2008 - Business Development Lead. (EPC) - Review establishment of an opencast coal mine and ship loading facility in Mozambique for Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)

2008 - Project Manager. (EPC) – PFS for Letlhakane Mine Tailings Treatment Plant. Value R6 million.

2007 - Lead Mechanical Engineer. (EPC) - Fatal flaw analysis of Optimum Colliery’s Marion Dragline fleet. Value R1.2 million.

2007 - Project Manager. (EPC) – FS Raw materials load out facility at Dudfield Cement Factory. Value R2 million.

2007 - Project Manager. (EPC) – EPCM Upgrade Gas Cleaning and Plant for at Ulco Cement Factory. Value R9 million.

2006 - Project Manager. (EPC) – EPCM of 3 x synchronized Coal Processing plants, Kusela Coal. Delmas, Ogies and Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. R270 million each.

2000 – 2006 - Director/Operations Manager. Auger Mining S.A. (Pty) Ltd

1998 – 2000 - Sales/Business Development Manager. (Dragline Products). Empire Management

1988 – 1998 – Technical & Engineering Manager / Project Manager. Dresser/Marion S.A.

1986 – 1988 – Research & Development Technician. Steel Engineering (Pty) Ltd.

1980 – 1986 - Owner/Partner. Danzens Engineering (Pty) Ltd.

1976 – 1980 - Foreman / CNC Programmer. Smith Boart (Pty) Ltd

1971 – 1976 – Apprentice. Laystall Engineering – Liverpool, England


Edward (Eddie) Byrne

May 2015 – October 2015 Bara Consulting/JPMC Consulting Project Manager

Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) to install an incline conveying system at CSA (Glencore) Copper Mine in NSW Australia. The project included approximately 5km of underground mine development for nine consecutive conveyors and three underground crushing and loading stations. On completion of the engineering and the capital costing exercise, the business case was compared to the existing underground truck haulage system. The results confirmed the favourable economics of the conveying system and the proposed budget was approved by the Glencore board of directors. I was stationed on the mine site during the first three months of the engineering phase and returned to South Africa to complete the costing and business case studies.

Sept 2012 – May2015 Royal Haskoning DHV

Project Manager

Sub-contracted to FLSmidth (UK) to project manage the supply of three platinum concentrate processing plants for Russian Platinum PLC’s Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk, Eastern Siberia.

The contract scope was for the supply of a process engineering design package including the provision of all of the mechanical and electrical equipment and a complete controls and instrumentation package. Structural plant design and piping was completed by the FLS engineering design offices in the UK and Salt Lake City, USA.

A typical suspended underground conveyor.

The Kondyor intrusion containing the source of the “down river” alluvial platinum deposits

The Kondyor Platinum Concentrate process plant



Project Manager Sub-contracted to FLSmidth (Germany) to project manage the supply of a Gold Processing plant at the Pavlik gold mine in Magadan, Eastern Siberia, for the Arlan Investment group. The contract scope was for the supply of a process engineering design package including the provision of all of the mechanical and electrical equipment and a complete controls and instrumentation package. Structural plant design and piping was undertaken at the Russian Federations Design institute and reviewed by mechanical and structural engineers in the FLS Salt Lake City engineering office. The process design package includes the following,

Review and report on the Russian laboratory’s ore sample testing report.

Produce Block flow diagrams,

Process Design Criteria,

Process Flow Diagrams,

Piping &Instrumentation Diagrams,

Computerised material simulation modelling (Metsim),

Plant Sampling Plan

Equipment lists

Equipment Data Sheets

Valve list

Instrument list

Motor list including power take off and load list

Plant Operation & Control Philosophy. The procurement function was undertaken through the FLS UK office who supplied the functional personnel to procure, inspect, expedite and ship the equipment to Siberia. Electrical, instrumentation and controls design was undertaken by the FLS Copenhagen office who also supplied all of the hardware and software for the plant. Construction Management was undertaken by the client’s third part representatives with supervisory and technical authority provided by FLS technical supervisors. Final Process commissioning and ramp-up was FLS responsibility. Project Manager Sub-contracted to FLSmidth (Germany) to complete the Verninskoye gold processing plant in Bodaybo, Easter Siberia for Polyus Gold. I assumed Project management responsibility for this project at the start of the plant process commissioning phase, with a mandate to resolve a multitude of issues related to the performance of the project execution and to bring the plant in to production in line with the contractual performance guarantees. The guarantees regarding through-put volume and gold recovery rate, proved to be the biggest challenge and a team of process and mechanical engineers was assembled to resolve these issues. Mining Business Development Manager Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and responsible for all mining consultancy related business in the middle east and assumed temporary responsibility for waste water management business within the same geographic area.

Ball Mills at Verninskoye gold processing plant

Pavlik Gold processing plant under construction



Aug 2006 – Sept 2012 Aveng water/Aveng E+PC Engineering & Projects Company Limited The Aveng Group

Senior Project Manager Head of Aveng Water’s Project Management Office, managing four Project managers and the project controls departments, including, cost engineering and cost control, planning and scheduling, procurement & contracting activities. Process, Mechanical, Electrical & Civil engineering also report in to the PMO on a project specific basis. The PMO also provides services to the proposals department.

Project Manager

2 x feasibility studies for Mine Drainage Water Treatment Plants at for Newlands & Collinsville coal Mines, Western Australia. Study Value - R13 million

Project Manager EPCM of water treatment Plant for Langer Heinrich Mine Stage 3 Expansion, Namibia. Value R36 million

Project Manager EPC of Reverse Osmosis Plant for Langer Heinrich Mine Stage 3 Expansion, Namibia. Value R10 million

3D Layout of Newlands water treatment plant

Langer Heinrich Water Treatment Plant

Langer Heinrich RO Plant



Project Manager

Sea Water Desalination Plant for Areva Uranium. Namibia. Value R625 million The plant was designed to deliver 20 million M³ of Potable water annually.

Project Manager Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine, Namibia. Stage II, Process Plant Expansion,

Areva Seawater Desalination Plant, Namibia

Reverse Osmosis cartridge banks

Langer Heinrich Phase II Expansion. Thickener Erection.

Langer Heinrich Phase II Expansion



Review and assess project tender viability for the potential establishment of an opencast coal mine and ship loading facility in Mozambique. (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)

Finalise pre-feasibility study for Letlhakane Mine Tailings Treatment Plant. Value R6 million

Conduct a fatal flaw analysis of Optimum Colliery’s Marion Dragline fleet. Review engineering maintenance provision for overall 10 year mining plan. Value R1.2 million

Project Manager – feasibility study for installation of new raw materials load out facility at Dudfield Cement Factory. Value R2 million

Project Manager – Upgrade of Gas Cleaning Plant at Ulco Cement Factory. R9 million

Project Manager – EPCM of 3 x synchronized Coal Processing plants, Kusela Coal. Delmas, Ogies and Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. R270 million each.

2000 – July 2006 Auger Mining S.A. (Pty) Ltd Director/Operations Manager

Feasibility studies for extracting coal from opencast pits using the augur mining process.

Management of site operations.

Plan and synchronise Auger mining / opencast mining activities.

Logistics (Equipment) management. Approx. 250 tonnes of equipment is transported and assembled on site

Logistics (Personnel) accommodation, food, medicals, transport etc.

Ensure compliance with all mine specific safety requirements

Ensure that all machinery meets with S.A. mining safety codes

Initiate start up and monitor day to day operations and production.

Manage on-site maintenance departments

Manage on-site spares and consumables stores.

Manage off-site repairs and the manufacture of new parts and equipment

Liaison with U.S. based OEM with regard to local repairs and maintenance, spare parts and machine upgrades

Other activities included:

In collaboration with the CSIR and a third party manufacturer, the development and installation of active explosion suppression systems for all of the Auger machines. This product was further developed for use on continuous underground mining machines

Feasibility study and trials with coke breeze briquetting techniques using standardised clay brick extruders and protein collagen binders

Establishment of an independent Coal mine in KZN, which was owned and operated by Auger Mining Pty Ltd.

Provided operational assistance to Eskom (SA Power Generation Company) with experimental underground auger mining projects.

Brydet Underground Auger

Auger Cutting Head

Auger mining operations



1998 – 2000 Empire Management Sales/Business Development Manager (Dragline Products)

1988 – 1998 Dresser/Marion S.A. Technical/Engineering Manager / Project Manager

Marion S.A - Technical/Engineering Manager (1992 – 1998)

Project Management of major shutdown activities.

Planning for major repairs and parts replacement (e.g., Dragline base frames)

Management of on and off site repairs.

Management of client engineering and technical queries

Field Service Manager (supervising 7 Service Engineers)

Quality Assurance and Quality Control manager.

Document Control of Engineering related documents.

Costing and quotations (Parts & Capital Equipment)

Control, monitoring and reporting on research and development projects (Dragline Bucket)

Dresser – Project Manager (1988 – 1992) Project Manager

Jeffrey – Underground trackless mining and Continuous Miners

Haulpak – Off highway Haul Trucks and Water Tankers

Marion – 3 x Dragline, 2 x Rope Shovels and numerous Blast Hole Drills

Haulpak - 730E Off Highway Dump Truck

Marion 8200 Dragline

Jeffrey Continuous Miner

Marion 301 Rope Shovel



1986 – 1988 Steel Engineering Research & Development Technician Underground rock drilling equipment 1980 – 1986 Danzens Engineering Owner/Partner General Engineering – machining/fabrication 1976 – 1980 Smith Boart – South Africa Foreman / CNC Programmer Tri-cone blast-hole rock bits Raise boring equipment General rock drilling equipment 1971 – 1976 Laystall Engineering – Liverpool, England Apprentice/Mechanical Engineer

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