Xavier Beneteau

Xavier earned his BEng in Mining Engineering with a specialization in Co-op during the 2021 school year. He gained hands-on mining experience, in 2018, with Alamos Gold – Island Gold as an underground student, for 4 months. Here he gained knowledge of the physical practice of underground mining but mainly focused on long hole blasting as well as cable bolting. After returning to his studies for 2 semesters, he then worked at Impala Canada – Lac des Iles mine as an Engineering Co-op Student, for 16 months. Working within the Technical Services department, Xavier acquired a vast toolbox of skills related to the engineering aspect of mining. Being an eager individual, he gained experience in underground surveying, ventilation, development, and more. In addition to this, making his passion of blasting known, Xavier often created drill/blast plans whenever tasked or just to fill time