In 1998, Melvin graduated from Ultimo Technical College NSW with an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering and Surveying. He then joined GHD Sydney and Cairns as a Civil Materials Technician, 12D Civil Design/AutoCad Design Drafter. In 2002 he joined Aurecon, followed by joining John Holland as a Engineering Surveyor from 2005 until 2007.
After John Holland he joined FK Gardner (FKG) in 2008 as an Engineering Surveyor, and then in 2011 he joined Abi Group as an Engineering Project Surveyor. In 2014 he joined MPC Kinetic in the oil & gas industry as a Surveyor, he posesed most technical knowledge, skills and experience in Mining and Engineering industry from Planning, exploration, mapping, design and construction as a Project Engineering and Mining Surveyor and Drone pilot Lidar and Magnetic Surveyor and data processing and reporting and as of early 2021, he founded APMC alluvial mining company and acts as company Director and Chairman.
Asia Pacific Mining and Civil (APMC) is a self-funded, alluvial mining company which specializes in mining design, mineral explorations, and the alluvial mining of gold, silver, copper, nickel, oil and gas.
APMC is an Australian mining company currently operating within Papua New Guinea (PNG)
APMC future plans are to expand small-scale mining operations to large-scale open and underground mining projects further across the Asia Pacific region, into Africa, Asia and the Australian gold fields.
Future development plans also include the broadening of services into civil design and construction projects. The civil services arm will be dedicated to the civil design and construction of mine haul roads, local community infrastructure, and government and private sector infrastructure projects such as bridges, storm water, subdivisions, local roads, rural roads and federal highways.
This mining and civil company serves industries such as dentistry, electronics, and jewellery, as well as government entities, institutions and individuals.
APMC safety culture is aligned with the mining company’s core values to aid the physical and mental health, safety, hygiene and wellbeing of all employees, contractors and host communities. As part of the organization’s response to Covid-19, APMC initiated more stringent hygiene measures.
APMC builds relationships that last, working to turn stakeholders into future partners.
Current stakeholders include those who live in the areas of the company’s mining and civil construction operations, company employees and their trade unions, investors, local governments, suppliers, contractors, customers and business peers.
To learn more about APMC’s organizational structure and vision, please contact us.
APMC employs 50 office staff and ground crew with a combined 200 years of experience in mining & civil industries, hailing from Australia, India, Europe, New Zealand and the USA.
Staff range from office admin staff, mining design engineers, civil/structural design engineers, electrical design engineers, mechanical design engineers, surveyors, geologists, scientists, environmental engineers, wildlife specialists, safety staff, plus many more.
On-the-ground workers include heavy machine earth moving operators, truck drivers, yard teams, fitters/mechanics, electricians, plumbers, general labourers, and lab technicians.
The mining company’s Head Office is located in Brisbane, Australia. Head Office provides leadership and support across the organization in relation to strategy, financial management, commercial and technical services, risk management, sustainability, corporate communications, human resources, legal, governance and reporting.
The bedrock of APMC rests on the belief that you get out what you put in. As such, this Australian mining company strongly believes in investing in people’s skills and knowledge, and that long-term staff retention is vital to business success, growth, building a high standard project portfolio, and a productive and happy workforce.
To aid in this, APMC will provide training and development programs onsite and offsite for PNG employees and contractors at its PNG education facility. As part of its recruitment aims, APMC wishes to create a work environment which fosters talent and ambition of people hailing from all walks of life and all genders.
As APMC grows into a large-scale mining organization over the next few years, a recognition program will also be introduced to reward outstanding individual staff performance.
A future of growth
The Mining Company’s Future Vision
APMC aims to grow to thousands of employees, and a board of directors within a few years as civil and mining operations expand, and scale the organization throughout PNG, Australia, Africa and Asia.
As part of this growth, APMC will seek to expand exports beyond Papua New Guinea, to Australia, New Zealand, India, China and further across the globe
