COMPARATIVE DECISION ANALYSIS IN MINING

by Dr. Franco Oboni

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Dr. Franco Oboni

Principal of Oboni Riskope Associates

Franco has managed a broad range of risk and crisis mitigation projects, risk and security audits and geo-environmental hazard mitigation studies, as well as planning and management of a wide variety of multi-disciplinary studies. Crisis management, catastrophe preparedness and security/communication processes and their drills constitute one significant sector of his activities. Consulting and teaching have brought Franco to Algeria, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Australia, Gabon, Libya, Madagascar, Chile, Peru, Philippines, the US including Alaska, Japan, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Sultanate of Oman. Projects have included definition of needs, training for corporate clients, negotiations with community leaders, as well as the preparation of monitoring programs, cyclic risk reassessment and updating of probabilistic analyses after unusual events. Franco has also gathered a strong experience teaching, training and coaching on Risk and Crisis Management to corporate and key personnel in medium to large organizations, as well as in various universities. Franco offers a unique blend of technical expertise and teaching capabilities which, compounded with his deep understanding of cross-cultural environments, enhance the positive results of his short courses and seminars.

Franco has been involved in risk and hazard analyses for a number of large facilities and organizations, including communities, mining (over forty mines and refineries world-wide), land mine-clearance, military, food and non-food industries, large linear facilities (railroads, highways, pipelines, tunnels, power lines) and large hydropower projects (dams, reservoirs and pen-stocks) allowing his courses to convey a wide array of concrete examples, to deliver on-site emergency consultation, develop forensic and expert witness reports and troubleshooting. His work can be seen at the following web sites: www.oboni.com ; www.riskope.com ; www.oboni.net ; www.ailandslide.com .

Franco taught twice a year a three days course at the University of British Columbia on "Design of Risk Management Systems" between 1997 and 1999 (Continuing Education). Now he delivers his customized seminars directly to interested industrial corporations (among his clients are BC Hydro, Mitsubishi Motor Company, Japan Metal Mining Association, to name but a few).