Nuno Castanho

Nuno's current work is focussed on underground mining engineering, with special focus on mine design, scheduling, stope optimisation, strategic planning, mining method selection, equipment selection, materials handling and cost estimation, participating at all different study levels and project reviews.

Nuno’s professional experience includes operational underground mine planning (including short-term mine design and scheduling), quarry planning and project management including operational work at the Neves Corvo copper mine and several gold and tungsten exploration projects in Portugal and Spain. He is an advanced user of the Deswik suite mining software and has experience Vulcan, Studio 5D Planner, EPS, Surpac and GEMS.