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Bryan Maybee

Senior Lecturer
Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET)

Contact details

Address
Curtin Graduate School of Business
Building MURR - Murray Street, Perth, Rm 320
Robert Street Building, Rm 103
Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET)
The University of Western Australia (M006)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone
(+61) 8 9266 9120

Email
b.maybee@curtin.edu.au

Dr. Bryan Maybee holds a dual appointment as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mineral and Energy Economics at the Graduate School of Business of Curtin University and Research Associate Professor with the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET). Prior to these appointments, Bryan held positions as Financial Officer, Research Associate (Mine Planning) and Project Leader with MIRARCO, a Canadian not-for-profit mining research organization housed at Laurentian University in Sudbury Ontario. These roles provided experience in the creation of financial accounting information for reporting purposes (public and private sectors) as well as hands-on experience in extracting information from these reports for evaluation and decision-making purposes. As a consultant to the World Bank, this expertise has been utilized as part of a mission to investigate mining tax administration frameworks in West Africa. As Project Leader responsible for projects in Schedule Optimization and Risk Mitigation for the mining industry, Bryan was a key member of the development team for a commercially available Schedule Optimization Tool (EPSOT). This tool is designed to meet the challenges of underground mine scheduling, using powerful genetic algorithms to find better solutions in a fraction of the time needed through manual scheduling practices. Dr. Maybee holds a PhD in Natural Resources Engineering from Laurentian University (Canada) and an MBA from Dalhousie University (Canada), specializing in Finance and Accounting.

Key Research

Bryan Maybee's research interests are in the areas of project evaluation and risk management through the application of theories and tools from the finance industry to foster improved decision-making practices. Bryan’s research has seen him work with many major mining companies globally including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale, Xstrata, Barrick Gold Corporation, Newmont, and Oxiana in Australia, Canada and the United States, developing tools and methodologies to improve the underground mine planning and strategic decision-making processes.

Publications

Maybee, B., Dunn, P., Dessureault, S. and Robinson, D. (2009). ‘Impact of development strategies on the value of underground mining projects’, Int. J. Mining and Mineral Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.219-31.                       

Maybee, B., Lowen, S. and Dunn, P. (2010). ‘Risk-based decision making within strategic mine planning’, Int. J. Mining and Mineral Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.44-58.                                                                                            

Maybee, B (2010). ‘Risk quantification using qualitative tools’, Int. J. Decision Sciences, Risk and Management. Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, pp. 98-111.                                                                                                                                              

Maybee, B., Fava, L., Dunn, P., Wilson, S. and Fitzgerald, J. (2010). ‘Towards optimum value in underground mine scheduling’, CIM Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.176-182.                                                                                                 

Maybee, B., Packey, D. and Ripple, R. (forthcoming). ‘Climate change policy: The effect of real options valuation on the optimal mitigation-adaptation balance’, Economic Papers. (This paper has been accepted for publication)