About Geovanta
Local understanding. Operational experience. Independent advice.
Geovanta Mining & Geoscience Consultants Ltd is headquartered in Kenya and serves mining, quarrying, exploration and project-development clients locally and internationally.
Our Purpose
Helping projects move from uncertainty to action
Mining decisions are rarely made from perfect information. Geovanta helps clients organise the available data, understand the material risks, test realistic options and select a practical way forward.
Our work is designed to be technically sound, transparent and useful to the people who must implement or finance the decision—not simply to produce another report.
Leadership
Alexander Otiato Amungui
Managing Director & Lead Mining Consultant
- BSc Mining & Mineral Processing Engineering (Mining option)
- Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM)
- KCAA-licensed fixed-wing UAV pilot
- More than 10 years of mining-industry experience
Principal Consultant
Experience shaped by real operating constraints
Alexander’s experience spans life-of-mine, medium- and short-term planning; pit optimisation; pit, access and dump design; production scheduling and reconciliation; equipment optimisation; budgets; and operational-performance analysis. His rehabilitation work includes waste, backfill and final landform design to support practical mine closure and progressive rehabilitation.
He also brings experience in JORC-aligned reporting workflows, including Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation support, block-model interpretation, reserve-depletion tracking, ore loss and dilution assessment, reconciliation and technical reporting.
His tailings experience includes tailings storage facility (TSF) planning, deposition scheduling, construction controls and stability monitoring.
His UAV and GIS experience adds a practical spatial-data capability for mapping, monitoring, surface modelling and volume analysis.
Multidisciplinary Capacity
Built to scale around the assignment
Geovanta maintains a trusted professional network that can extend the core consultancy when a project requires a broader team. This allows clients to access coordinated specialist input while keeping the scope, accountability and communication clear.
Trusted independent associates
- Experienced mining engineers
- Experienced project geologists and exploration specialists
- Metallurgists and mineral-processing professionals
- Environmental specialists
- Other project-specific technical professionals
Exploration assignments are delivered by experienced project geologists mobilised to match each approved scope, with mining engineering, UAV mapping and project coordination provided by Geovanta’s leadership team. Other associates are engaged as required, and every role is identified clearly in the project proposal.
How We Conduct Our Work
Principles that guide every assignment
Technical integrity
Methods, assumptions and limitations are stated clearly so conclusions can be understood and defended.
Practicality
Recommendations reflect operational reality, available resources, project stage and the client’s actual objective.
Clarity
Outputs are structured for decision-making, with the key findings, risks and next actions easy to identify.
Confidentiality
Client data, commercial information and project context are handled responsibly and discreetly.
Let’s discuss your project
We welcome focused assignments, ongoing technical support and collaboration with engineering or environmental teams.