Matt Bampton

Matt has worked in the mining industry in Australia for more than 35 years, with a broad range of experience.

Matt Bampton

Matt has worked in the mining industry in Australia for more than 35 years, with a broad range of experience.

Director, Principal Geologist

Matt has worked in the mining industry in Australia for more than 35 years. His career as a geologist has encompassed grade control and mining (in open pit and underground environments), ‘brownfield’ exploration for narrow-lode and shear-hosted gold deposits, and mineral resource estimation across a range of commodities.


Matt has management experience in overseeing the geological functions for iron ore, gold and manganese mines, and extensive due diligence work on project development (feasibility study inputs for geology, groundwater and environmental impact analysis, geological reviews and project cost analysis, tenement reviews and threat analysis).


Within Cube, Matt has undertaken resource estimation for gold (in several geological settings), copper-zinc-gold VMS, polymetallic tungsten skarns, BIF-hosted iron ore (DSO), and lithium in pegmatites. He has conducted grade control and reconciliation reviews for gold projects focussing on West Africa and Australia, and copper-gold in Indonesia.

As a key driver of Cube’s GCX6 grade control software solution, Matt has installed GCX and trained site geology teams at gold mines (in Western Australia, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Burkina Faso, Mali and the DRC), copper mines (Queensland), copper-zinc-gold VMS (Eritrea), iron ore mines (DSO and magnetite, Western Australia), lithium mines (Western Australia), manganese mines (Western Australia and the Northern Territory) and tungsten mines (Vietnam).

EXPERTISE

  • Resource estimation, including narrow vein modelling
  • Grade control systems and reconciliation
  • Mine to Mill reconciliation
  • Strategic and detailed due diligence reviews
  • Project Management
  • Team Management and Mentoring

Qualifications and Affiliations

  • Bachelor of Science with Honours (Geology) – Sydney University 1988
  • Master of Science (Environmental Science) – Murdoch University 2006
  • Member of the AusIMM
  • Member of the AIG

Career Summary

2018 to present
Director and Principal Consulting Geologist
- Cube Consulting
2011 – 2017
Senior Consulting Geologist
- Cube Consulting
2011
Geology Manager
- Consolidated Minerals
2010 – 2011
Contract Geology Manager
- Crescent Gold
2009 – 2010
Technical Manager
- Swan Gold Mining
2007 – 2009
Geology Manager/Technical Services Manager
- Gindalbie Metals
2003 – 2006
Consulting Geologist
- Almatt Resources
1996 – 2003
Senior Geology Specialist
- Placer Dome Asia Pacific
1994 – 1995
Senior Mine Geologist
- Mt Edon Gold Mines
1989 – 1994
Mine Geologist
- RGC