Andrew is a geostatistician with over 30 years’ experience in resource evaluation, mining, feasibility studies, mineral resource audits, and due diligence.

In 2011 Andrew founded Martlet Consultants as an independent consulting business to provide both routine and novel geostatistical services in the fields of mineral resource evaluation, mining geology and grade control. He has been involved in a wide variety of geostatistical studies including gold, copper, lead-zinc, nickel (laterite and sulphide), tungsten, molybdenum, silver, iron ore, coal and uranium deposits, and has provided geostatistical support to several operating mines. He has used, and has expert knowledge of, many resource estimation techniques, including linear (eg ordinary kriging) and non-linear (eg indicator kriging) estimation and multi-variate conditional simulation methods. Andrew has developed several applied geostatistical algorithms, including for risk-based grade control and open pit optimisation, geometallurgical applications, and conditional simulation with unfolding and multiple correlated variables. He has presented several geostatistical short courses in Australia, South America, and Europe.

Andrew studied (Ph.D.) at Imperial College, UK, is an Adjunct Professor at (and graduate of) the University of Queensland, and has authored or co-authored more than 30 technical papers in the field. He is a Fellow of the AIG and a Member of the AusIMM. Andrew is a Competent Person as defined by JORC, NI43-101 and SAMREC.

Andrew looks forward to working with you.

Sophie has worked for Martlet Consultants since 2011 and manages accounts, legal, marketing and administration.

Sophie was an Investment Analyst for over 12 years in London, working for F&C Asset Management (now part of BMO), UBS (London) Ltd and ABN-Amro Hoare Govett (now part of NatWest Group). Sophie was a Director of UBS (London) Ltd.

In 2007 Sophie started up Tiger Enterprises Pty Ltd to print and distribute The Best of Alex cartoon annuals in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She was Assistant Producer for Alex Live on Stage at the Sydney Opera House in 2008, and she was the Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny’s agent for speaking engagements in the Asia-Pacific region 2007- 2014.

Sophie graduated from the University of Queensland in 1999 with an MBA, and holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Electronics & Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh.