Jean Aquilas Kouassi Ekra

This candidate stands out for a rare combination of hands-on open-pit drilling and blasting experience and genuine technical software skills. Over 2.5 years with EPC Groupe at Mine OREZONE, he has personally inspected more than 200 drill holes daily for depth, diameter, inclination and alignment, and has supported loading and connection on over 40 complex blasts while maintaining a zero-incident safety record. His command of GEOVIA Surpac and ShotPlus for blast simulation, loading design and fragmentation analysis means he can move straight into QA/QC reporting and blast optimization without a long ramp-up. Add to that his audit work at EPC Burkina on anti-blocking holes, density control and UMFE/MMU fleet management at the Youga Mine, and you have a field technician who is equally comfortable on the bench and in the data. For any mining operation that treats the zero-incident objective and blast performance as non-negotiable, this profile is worth a serious conversation.