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Mr. Michel Moreira Morandini Fontes

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Professional Information

Chief Executive Officer - Fonntes Geotécnica Ltda, Brazil

Chief Operating Office - Buritirama Mineração, Brazil

  • Civil Engineer Geotechnical Engineer

Consulting

  • Tailings Dams Data Management Engineering Geology Pile Foundations Deep Foundations Geosynthetics for Containment Geosynthetics for Flow
    Geosynthetics for Reinforcement Stabilization Mining Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis

Educational Background

  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Master’s degree in Geotechnics - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto : 01/01/2005 - 01/12/2011
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Civil Engineer - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto : 01/01/1999 - 01/12/2004

Honors & Awards

  • National Reference Medal National Agency for Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Communication, 2019
  • Master of Quality Latin American Quality Institute, 2018
  • National Reference Medal National Agency for Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Communication, 2018
  • National Reference Medal National Agency for Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Communication, 2017
  • Juscelino Kubitschek Medal National Agency for Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Communication, 2017

Work Experience

  • Fonntes Geotécnica Ltda, Brazil : ( 13/10/2011 - Present )
    • Chief Executive Officer

    • Chief Executive Officer, responsible for corporate management and technical consulting. Leads studies and research on mining tailings and serves as technical lead on several tailings dam projects in Brazil and Peru. Notable projects include detailed engineering designs for Dams B1 and B2 of the Manabi complex (Morro do Pilar), dry stacking studies for the same company, and tailings disposal studies for Miski Mayo, located in the Sechura Desert, Piura, Peru. Also responsible for co-disposal systems for nickel processing tailings for Mirabela Mineração do Brasil. Oversees dam safety programs for various mining complexes across Brazil and manages the detailed design of the Tailings Pile (PDR) for Mineração Maracá, a structure approximately 130 meters tall.
  • Buritirama Mineração, Brazil : ( 01/01/2024 - Present )
    • Chief Operating Office

    • Responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations, ensuring business processes run smoothly and efficiently. This role involves implementing business strategies, optimizing performance, coordinating between departments, and supporting the primary leadership in executing the company’s vision and goals.
  • Dinésio Franco Consultoria Ltda, DF CONSULTORIA, Brazil : ( 01/01/2008 - 01/10/2011 )
    • Geotechnical Engineer & Partner

    • Lead Geotechnical Engineer responsible for designing support structures for mining operations, including tailings dams, waste rock piles, and other auxiliary structures.
  • Municipality of Mariana, PMM, Brazil : ( 01/01/2007 - 01/12/2008 )
    • Consultant

    • Development of the urban waste disposal system – Sanitary Landfill, including project design and technical consultancy.
  • Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil : ( 01/01/2007 - 01/12/2008 )
    • Consultant

    • Project Coordinator
  • Binotto S/A, BINOTTO, Brazil : ( 01/01/2005 - 01/12/2007 )
    • Branch Coordinator

    • Branch management, coordinating internal logistics at a CVRD ore processing plant – Rio Doce Manganese/Ouro Preto-MG – and eucalyptus harvesting and handling. Responsible for field stock planning and log yard management to ensure short-, medium-, and long-term supply flow to Satipel’s industry in Uberaba, MG. Oversaw administrative, budgetary, and operational tasks, quality system implementation, and enhancement of occupational health and safety tools.
  • Samarco Mineração S.A., SAMARCO MINERAÇÃO, Brazil : ( 01/01/2001 - 01/12/2003 )
    • Consultant

    • Monitoring of a tailings pile in an exhausted pit (Germano Pit) at Samarco Mineração S.A.

Languages

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High Medium

Contact Information

Av. Alfredo Camarate, 100 - Pampulha Belo Horizonte - MG 31310-000 View on map

http://www.fonntesgeotecnica.com

+5531993049797

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