Golder Associates has appointed Trevor Silverton as its new UK Manager for Technical Mining Services. Trevor is a senior expert on mine design, geotechnical engineering and technical management.
At Golder, Trevor will further develop the Company’s global mining offering from its London office. Bringing a further 30 years of experience to Golder’s mining team. For the past four years, Trevor has managed technical services at an open pit and underground gold mine in West Africa. Previously, he spent 12 years working with rock engineering in open pit and underground mines in South Africa, and 14 years on project design and feasibility studies in South Africa, South America, Australia and the UK.
Trevor has worked for a range of the world’s biggest mining companies, including Amcoal, De Beers and Anglo American. He has also had a previous six-year spell at Golder in both Australia and the UK, and has published several influential papers on topics including mine design, rock mass characterisation and water management.
Simon Copping, Managing Director at Golder Associates in the UK and Ireland said: “Bringing Trevor into our already strong mining team in the UK reinforces Golder’s leading position in the industry. Golder has a heritage of industry-leading technical, environmental and social consulting to the mining sector. With Trevor’s technical leadership in the UK, we will continue to develop our high levels of technical expertise across our global network of local teams.”
Golder has 55 years of experience working in the mining industry globally. The UK team helps mining companies across the world with feasibility studies, baseline studies, environmental and social impact assessments, financing, exploration, production, water management, mine closure and remediation.
