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Our Mission
Our mission is to provide direct support to clients in need of a high capacity, experienced resource person to provide answers to their questions and overcome their challenges. Specific fields of expertise include:
Mineral Economics
Strategic Resource Planning
Mineral Resource and Reserves Declaration (43-101 reporting)
Due Diligence Reviews
Mine Engineering
Project Evaluation
Project Management
Our goal is to provide our clients with the best possible technical and economic information to support sound business decisions.
About Brian Buss
Brian Buss, President of BWB Consulting Services Inc., has over 30 years of progressive international experience in mining operations globally. A specialist in several technical fields, Mr. Buss is especially skilled at identifying economic value in projects under development and at operating mines.
He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and holds a Certificate of Authorization with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). He also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation with the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Mr. Buss has significant experience and skill in the following areas:
Mining Engineering
- mine access design
- mining method selection
- mine productivity assessment
- mine scheduling
- ore and waste handling
- geo-mechanics
- deep level mining
- mine ventilation
- mine backfill
- equipment selection
- fleet management and logistics
Mineral Economics
- cut-off grade assessment
- mineral resource and reserves
- market research
- commodity pricing
- capital cost estimating
- operating cost estimating
- economic modelling
- cash flow analysis
- taxation
Project Management
- scope development
- cost estimation
- project scheduling
- risk assessment
- contingency assessment
- project controls
- commissioning and handover
Software
- MS Project Scheduler
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS Powerpoint
An Internationally Experienced Professional
Brian is a team builder and is comfortable working with team members from diverse cultural backgrounds having worked on projects and mines in the following countries:
Canada
USA
Mexico
Bolivia
Ecuador
Honduras
Spain
South Africa
Australia
Mr. Buss is an exceptional communicator and is comfortable both at the face and in the boardroom. He possesses rudimentary Spanish, French, and Afrikaans language skills.