Nikita has 8 years of professional experience in the mining industry, including borehole drilling, open pit geotechnical engineering, and mining hydrogeology. Nikita’s expertise includes development and implementation of site investigation programs, data analysis and interpretation, numerical groundwater modeling, preparation of Feasibility Study reports. He has practical skills in open pit slope depressurization and assessment of the impact of groundwater on pit slope stability.
Nikita’s practical expertise includes drilling supervision, geotechnical support of open pit mining operations, core logging, pit wall and underground excavation mapping, conducting all types of pumping and packer tests, installation of pore pressure sensors (piezometers), and supporting downhole geophysical surveys and other related works.
Nikita has participated in hydrogeological and geotechnical projects in the CIS countries and Saudi Arabia.
