Malik Vahl Rasmussen - Owner - ExploGreenland
B.Eng. Arctic Civil Engineering specialized in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark DTU.
Certified Shotfirer following the Greenlandic explosives regulations.
Born and raised in the SouthGreenlandic Mining and construction industry in ‘94.
100% local Greenlander, fluent in written and spoken English, Greenlandic and Danish.
Project and company management experience in Diamondcore drilling projects, large drilling and blasting operations on infrastructure construction projects, daily operations on construction projects, Special logistics projects etc.
Being a generalist have expanded my knowledge base significantly durring my whole life. Always thinking about how things work and are connected to one another in the smaller and bigger picture, together with an engineering mindset have made my knowledge base significant in comparison to my age.
Being born and raised in Qaqortoq SouthGreenland with relations and contact to a lot of my fathers contacts and partners together with my knowledge and education have made a great foundation for my future plans and visions for a better and more economically independant and viable Greenland.
Some of my "above average" skills include: mechanical engineering, construction machinery, maintanance, engines, ships and charters, green energy transition, solar/battery tech, hydropower, drones, airports, rocket tech, aggriculture and challenging work in remote arctic areas.
Former management experiences:
Engineering Intern at Kalaallit Airports Group - Developing 3 new airports in Greenland.
Drilling and Blasting operations manager at Munck Civil Engineering’s Airport project in Nuuk.
Daily planning of operations, project development and management
Safety with all parties involved
Drilled and blasted over 3.000.000 m3 in my one year at Munck.
CEO / COO at 60° North Greenland Aps - together with my father
Daily operations and planning
Development of new business areas
Successfully drilled 2950m NQ2 diamond-core drilling at a very difficult site.
Education:
B.Eng in Arctic Civil Engineering from DTU
3 Semesters in Sisimiut, Greenland about construction in the Arctic
2 Semesters at DTU - Denmark courses related to general Construction Engineering
1 Exchange Semester at NTNU - Trondheim - Norway
Courses related to Rocks including Crushing and Screening & Planning of Hydropower
1 intern semester at Kalaallit Airports Holding A/S - Project development - 3 new airports
1 Final Thesis semester together with courses in Arctic Infrastructure in Sisimiut
Thesis: Optimization of blasted rock production in collaboration with Munck Civil Engineering
https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/undergraduate/undergraduate-programmes-in-danish/beng-programmes/arctic-civil-engineering
