Grant Blakeman joined Como Engineers in June 2007, having emigrated from South Africa, and has since been involved in numerous scoping, feasibility and definitive feasibility studies for copper, gold, zinc, nickel and iron ore projects. He has also been the project manager on design and construct projects for gold, iron ore and copper/zinc plant and infrastructure projects.
Grant’s engineering background; coupled with the skills he developed during his MBA, enable him to make good technical evaluations, while considering the economic impact decisions have on a project. Grant has utilized these skills in developing Capex models for the feasibility studies and lump sum contracts that he has been involved in while working at Como Engineers. Grant was most recently the Project Manager for the Peculiar Knob Infrastructure and Paulsens gold plant upgrade projects.