Experience

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  Australian Vanadium Limited

  • Australia
  • Mining
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Principal Geologist

    • Dec 2021 - Present

  • Resource Geologist

    • Jul 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Part-time Geologist

    • Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

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  Self-employed

  • Home

  • Maternity Leave

    • Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
    • Home

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  AngloGold Ashanti

  • Tropicana Gold Mine

  • Senior Exploration Geologist

    • Mar 2015 - Feb 2017
    • Tropicana Gold Mine

    Working on near mine development exploration at the world-class Tropicana gold deposit with a team of geological personnel, to complete the drilling and geology modelling required for the Long Island Scoping Study.

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  Laconia Resources Limited

  • Cerro Ccarhuaraso, Ayacucho Department - Peru; Perth, Pilbara, Goldfields - WA.

  • Senior Exploration Geologist

    • Apr 2012 - Mar 2015
    • Cerro Ccarhuaraso, Ayacucho Department - Peru; Perth, Pilbara, Goldfields - WA.

    Project geology including exploration planning and execution, to modelling and external consultant liaison. Field work consisted of West Australian Pilbara and Goldfields sampling campaigns, plus two trips to Lima and the Kimsa Orcco Project (Cerro Ccarhuaraso) in Peru for reconnaissance and preliminary sampling. Commodities explored for include high sulphidation gold-silver-copper (Peru); VMS base metals (Pilbara); silver and base metals (Murchison); gold and base metals (Goldfields); and magnetite iron ore (Mid-West).

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  Atlas Iron Limited

  • Abydos, Pilbara

  • Superintendent, Resource Development

    • Aug 2010 - Mar 2012
    • Abydos, Pilbara

    Senior Resource Development Geologist, promoted at the end of June 2011 to Superintendent Resource Development Geologist. The role involved guidance of a team to achieve project reconnaissance, approvals, clearances, and drilling plus interpretation at two DSO iron ore project sites in the north Pilbara.

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  Bauxite Resources Limited

  • Senior Geologist - Grade Control

    • Dec 2008 - Aug 2010

    Worked on a range of duties from exploration using a vacuum rig, through to providing geology models for a trial mining project. Mentoring was received and applied in grade control and ore characterisation work.

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  Apex Minerals

  • Project Geologist

    • Feb 2008 - Dec 2008

    Underground Refractory Gold Mine at Wiluna, doing resource definition work, then assisting with production start up.

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  Gindalbie Metals Limited

  • Karara, Mungada and Warriedar trend

  • Project Geologist

    • Nov 2005 - Feb 2008
    • Karara, Mungada and Warriedar trend

    Commenced as an exploration geologist working on the Karara Magnetite deposit and regional DSO iron ore prospects, and moved to a project role based between site and perth in October 2006.

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  Northern Star Resources

  • Exploration Geologist

    • Mar 2005 - Nov 2005

    Field season in the East Kimberley - greenfields exploration for multiple commodities, on numerous projects. Styles of mineralisation explored for were epithermal gold, PGEs, base metals, nickel and tantalum.

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  Legend Mining Limited

  • Underground Production Geologist

    • May 2004 - Mar 2005

    Gidgee Gold Mine - Departed when the mine closed at the start of 2005 for an exploration opportunity in the East Kimberley. A range of tasks were done from diamond core logging to underground production duties.

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  St Ives - GoldFields Australia

  • Kambalda

  • Contract Core-logging Geologist

    • Dec 2003 - May 2004
    • Kambalda

    6 month contract to catch up back log of diamond core. Diamond drill core holes from multiple projects were logged with good exposure to varying gold mineralisation styles.

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  Mount Gibson Iron

  • Project Administration Assistant; Receptionist; Field Assistant

    • Dec 2000 - Nov 2003

    Provide project assistance to Senior Geologist (WAMEX data collection from Mineral House, then compilation into digital format); Receptionist during Summer Holidays; Field Assistant and Graduate Field Geologist duties.