Guillaume Ladouceur
Kellogg
Summary
Mining engineer with experience in strategic and long-range mine planning and optimization, supported by a strong technical background in underground mining operations. Proven ability to leverage Deswik expertise and leadership skills to drive results and implement impactful changes within teams and projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Corporate Mining Engineer
Hecla Mining
Coeur d'Alene, ID
03.2026 - Current
- Provide support, guidance and recommendations to Hecla minesites in North America
- Develop standards and processes for mine planning and designs, reserve and resource and budgeting
- Audit and review long range plans, reserve statements and budgets
Senior Mining Engineer
Rio Tinto
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2023 - 03.2026
- Lead a team of 5-6 junior engineers and graduate
- Oversee weekly planning, 3mo planning and LOM plans as well as design and drill and blast.
- Develop and coach the junior engineers
- Work with the study team to make long term mine plan handovers seamless and efficient
- Develop SOP’s and implement best practices as the mine progresses toward full production
Senior Long Range/Mid Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Goldstrike Underground
ELKO, NV
03.2021 - 05.2023
- In charge of the Long Range and Mid Range planning groups, total of 1 to 3 reports
- Create iterations of the mine plan (including Business Plan) to capture block model changes, drilling and growth opportunities, new capital infrastructure, changing dewatering rates, etc
- Produce Reserve & Resources statements yearly Lead the design group for 8 months with a total of 4 direct reports
- In charge of Drill and Blast, Cutsheets, Paste and CRF letters and stope performance.
Senior Long Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Cortez Hills Underground
ELKO, NV
01.2019 - 03.2021
- Produce multiple mine plans and forecasts based on different scenarios (gold price, mining methods, etc) Create cut-off grade reports for changes in gold price, sensitivity analyses, etc
- Update yearly reserve and resource estimations, update QP and 43-101 reports as needed
- Coordinate LOM planning and mine plan outputs with multiple groups (process, integrated planning, MRM)
- Coordinate mid range planning and ventilation activities so they mesh seamlessly with the short range plan (total of 3 direct reports).
Long Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Cortez Hills Underground
ELKO, NV
11.2016 - 01.2019
- Produce multiple mine plans and forecasts based on different scenarios (gold price, mining methods, etc) Create cut-off grade reports for changes in gold price, sensitivity analyses, etc
- Update yearly reserve and resource estimations, update QP and 43-101 reports as needed
- Coordinate LOM planning and mine plan outputs with multiple groups (process, integrated planning, MRM)
- Coordinate mid range planning and ventilation activities so they mesh seamlessly with the short range plan (total of 3 direct reports).
Short Range Planning Engineer
Barrick Gold Corp – Cortez Hills Underground
ELKO, NV
12.2013 - 11.2016
- Worked with the long range planning group to facilitate the transition to bulk mining
- Developed monthly mining plans and forecasts using Deswik
- Coordinated with the Geotechnical and Ventilation groups to ensure mining plans and mine designs are achievable
- Interacted with the underground operations group daily to optimize mine designs and achieve monthly targets
- Trained two engineers for a period of three months while they transitioned to the Short Range group
- Worked closely with the maintenance groups to facilitate construction projects and deliver on time construction.
Open Pit Mine Engineer
Barrick Gold Corp – Ruby Hill Mine
ELKO, NV
10.2012 - 12.2013
- Produced daily and weekly mining plans and created EOM reconciliation reports
- Designed blast patterns and monitored explosive usage
- Prepared monthly seismic reports with the Geotechnical group
- In charge of ore control for a period of four months
- Helped the Dewatering and Survey departments by doing EOM surveys as well as covering daily pit activities such as staking ore and loading blastholes
- Created monthly dewatering reports.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering
Polytechnic School of Montreal
Montreal, Canada05-2012
Skills
- Short/Mid term planning
- Long range and strategic planning
- Mine plan optimization
- Technical and operational knowledge of UG mining
- Deswik suite proficiency
- Interpersonal skills
Accomplishments
- Worked with the site team at Hecla’s Greens Creek mine to develop and fully rebuild their long range planning methodology
- Took over weekly planning from the contractor at KUC underground and successfully supported the Deswik Ops rollout
- Improved the Reserve & Resource process at Goldstrike UG by implementing PseudoFlow
- Created a rolling outlook methodology at Goldstrike UG and improved the LOM by rebuilding the leveling constraints
- Helped setup MDM at Goldstrike UG
- Worked with consultants to rebuild the UG Xeras cost model from the ground up
- Worked heavily on the Deswik implementation at Cortez Hills in 2014, transitioning from EPS and Mine 2 4D
- Implemented stope designs for the first time in the LOM plan at Cortez Hills
Languages
English: Bilingual
French: Native
Timeline
Senior Corporate Mining Engineer
Hecla Mining
03.2026 - Current
Senior Mining Engineer
Rio Tinto
05.2023 - 03.2026
Senior Long Range/Mid Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Goldstrike Underground
03.2021 - 05.2023
Senior Long Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Cortez Hills Underground
01.2019 - 03.2021
Long Range Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines – Cortez Hills Underground
11.2016 - 01.2019
Short Range Planning Engineer
Barrick Gold Corp – Cortez Hills Underground
12.2013 - 11.2016
Open Pit Mine Engineer
Barrick Gold Corp – Ruby Hill Mine
10.2012 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering
Polytechnic School of Montreal