Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
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Evans Chikwakwanyi

Evans Chikwakwanyi

Houghton,MI

Summary

Master's student in Mining Engineer with experience in drilling and blasting, mine planning, hauling, and loading operations. I focus on efficiency and safety.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mining Technical Assistant

Chengxin Lithium
, Washington
08.2022 - 08.2025
  • 1.Designed blasting benches that reduced explosives overcharge by over 30 percent while maintaining desired powder factor.
  • 2. Introduced drilling techniques that reduced over break during pre-split there by providing stability to the parameter walls and eliminating costly expense of ground support.
  • 3.Introduced and monitored the excavator cycle time that maximized production time and at the same time increased safety for the mine fleet while it greatly reduced the dump truck fuel consumption.
  • 5. Designed a vehicle maintenance and monitoring template that helped to reduce mine vehicles and yellow machine breakdown and increased vehicle efficiency as

Graduate Trainee Mining Engineering

Duration Gold Group 5 Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 07.2022
  • 1. Proposed use long hole drill machines instead of jackhammers thereby increasing production by up to 50 percent and earned myself my first promotion.
  • 2. Used power cord (detonating cord) for secondary blasting thereby saving time and resources by avoiding drilling blast holes twice.
  • 3. Designed and installed turn tables for the coco-pans to avoid waiting on waiting stations hence increased the number of ore tons trammed in a single shift. Lashing and tramming
  • 4. Increased ventilation monitoring by training more than half of my crew to used handheld gas detectors.

Education

M.D. - Mining Engineering

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
04-2027

Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering

Wuhan University OF Technology
Wuhan Hubei China
07-2019

Skills

  • 1 Auto-CAD
  • 2 3DMINE
  • 3 Vulcan
  • 4 Microsoft Office

Accomplishments

    *Design and implemented the construction of Sabi Star Lithium Mine Tailings dam in 2022.

    *I hold the highest number of shifts in the mine pit with a perfect safety record zero injuries to personnel or damage to machinery in 2023 and 2024.

    *Employee of the year in 2023.

Certification

  • Mine blasting License
  • Full blasting License
  • Loader operator's license
  • Driver license

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Full Professional
English
Native or Bilingual
German
Elementary

Timeline

Mining Technical Assistant

Chengxin Lithium
08.2022 - 08.2025

Graduate Trainee Mining Engineering

Duration Gold Group 5 Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 07.2022

M.D. - Mining Engineering

Michigan Technological University

Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering

Wuhan University OF Technology

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