David Pearce – Corporate Consultant (Operational Efficiency) of SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd., MBA, MEng, FAusIMM, CPMin. David has over 30 years of experience in open pit mining operations, due diligence reviews for acquisitions, stock exchange listings and project finance. David’s current focus is on helping clients deal with key issues of today: improving efficiencies through better understanding of data and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For the former, David leads teams that look to identify opportunities at operations, understand the reasons why those opportunities exist, and propose practical solutions given the specific constraints of that mine. For the latter, David helps clients understand their greenhouse gas emission profile over the life of the mine so that we can identify ways to reduce emissions.