Dr Steven F Hoerger is Principal Mining Consultant and Owner of Peak View Mine Planning LLC, specializing in strategic mine planning and diagnosis of plan vs actual reconciliation differences. He retired as Group Executive Business, Operations and Project Planning after 30+ years at Newmont Corporation. Dr. Hoerger’s experience includes a variety of financial, management, mine engineering, geostatistics and software development positions at corporate, regional and mine site locations in Colorado, Nevada, Peru, Ghana and Indonesia. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mining Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Liz is a mining engineer and strategy leader with over 25 years’ experience across operations, corporate development, and strategic mine planning. Her work focuses on improving capital allocation and portfolio decisions through the integration of optimisation, financial analysis, and practical insight.