Geological and mining projects are complex projects, often involving many stakeholders, many risks and uncertainties and making use of new or unknown technologies. To be successful, these projects require a project manager with a solid understanding of the subsurface.

Based on my geological and mining technical knowledge in combination with two decades of project management experience, I can either take care of the overall project management, or support the general project manager, by taking care of the more technological parts of the project management process (technical organisation, quality, information and technical communication). In that situation the non-technical project management aspects (project planning and finance) remain the general project manager's responsibility.

Having worked for the salt cavern industry for over a decade I have developed a solid knowledge of salt geology, exploration technologies and modeling technology and a solid understanding of the mining technology required to exploit the salt reserves or develop and use caverns for storage purposes .

Preparing and developing cavern storage facilities requires good knowledge of geology, mining technology, relevant laws and regulations and technical and societal issues, including stakeholder management. 

This sometimes requires a generalist approach (since many different aspects play a crucial role), and at other times the ability to dive deeper into a specific complex subject, when necessary, in order to prevent or overcome technological problems.

Mole Underground also provides consultancy services in other geological and mining areas, such as geothermal and well integrity.