Markus Karlsson

Background

About Markus Karlsson

Independent mining consultant since 2012, serving mining industry and service providers in Nordic Countries and worldwide. Specialized in Mining Engineering (underground), Project management, Technical Studies. Possess partnerships with drill & blast (underground/open pit), ventilation, mine/resource geology, environment, extractive industry legislation and mineral processing professionals. Over 25 years’ experience in Mining Business Worldwide, both owner operated operations and consulting experience for Concept/Pre-Feasibility/Feasibility Studies, Due Diligence, Project Management and Specialist assignments. Numerous roles in Nordic Countries and globally including LKAB, Northland Resources AB, Sydvaranger Gruve AS, BDX Företagen AB, Lappland Goldminers Oy, Nordic Iron Ore AB, Lundin Mining, Arcelor Mittal (Global Iron Ore Planning Manager), Newcrest Mining Limited (caving specialist), Outokumpu Stainless/Mining Oy, Nordic Mining AS, NUSSIR ASA. Metals experience including Iron Ore, Gold, Nickel and Chromium. Areas of expertise- Mining Engineering - Life-of-Mine Planning - Caving mining; planning, guidance and management, metal output prediction (development of recovery curves, execution of marker trials, development of smart-marker system together with Newcrest Mining ltd and University of Queensland, Australia)- Paste Backfilling operations - Bulk and selective underground mining methods - Production Scheduling; material flowsheet generation, de-bottlenecking - Mining/Mineral Processing; concept-scoping-optimization studies, peer reviews - Operations advisory and management support - Material flow optimization - Project Management - CAPEX / OPEX evaluation and estimation