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Andrew Heinemann is a California-registered professional geologist and mine engineer and has worked on mining projects in construction aggregates, industrial minerals, and precious metals throughout the United States and western Europe. He has served as exploration geologist, mine geologist, senior mining engineer, and mine manager. He has managed the development of mine plans and mine operations for open pit, underground, and dredge mining. His mine planning work has been designed to comply with reclamation, environmental, and permitting plans. He has managed the development and maintenance of hydrogeologic studies in both open pit and underground mining operations to achieve mine plan specifications and comply with environmental and other regulatory requirements. Andrew’s focus at Benchmark includes geologic investigation, reserve assessment, open pit mine design, and SMARA work consisting of mine inspections, financial assurance cost estimates, reclamation plans, and mine closure.
Professional Since: 1996
Education:
- B.S., Geology, California State University, Sacramento, 1995
- M.E., Mining Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2010
License: California Registered Professional Geologist License #9171