Experience

Scotgold Resources

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Underground Mine Geologist

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  • Daily underground face mapping and channel sampling of ore drives to increase recovery, minimise dilution and forecast grades. • Geological and structural underground mapping, with digitisation in Datamine RM. • Managing the underground grade control core drilling campaign, including planning drillhole locations, organising the drill contractors, core logging and sampling. • Database management inclusive of sample submissions, assay results import, data validation and QAQC checks. • Incorporating drill core, channel sampling and underground mapping in monthly updates of the ore vein wireframes and grade control block model. • Ongoing geotechnical Q value measurements of underground development for ground condition monitoring and ground support selection. • Managing and training a team of 3 mine geologists. • Conducting mine inductions and geological presentations to universities, museums and geological societies, including hosting student work placements. • Supporting the technical services and mining teams with daily production reports, software requirements, end of month reconciliation, stockpile grade reporting, underground survey assistance and mine planning support. Show less



Fairhurst

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Engineering Geologist

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Creation of a 3D bedrock model for the A9 Duel Carriageway, a 47km long road construction project. • Loading and management of AGS data into a Holebase database, which involves checking for errors, plotting borehole logs and creating cross-sections for clarification. • Technical reports writing including geological desk studies, geochemical data analysis, and geotechnical interpretations using Rocscience Dips and Slide software. • Creation of a 3D bedrock model for the A9 Duel Carriageway, a 47km long road construction project. • Loading and management of AGS data into a Holebase database, which involves checking for errors, plotting borehole logs and creating cross-sections for clarification. • Technical reports writing including geological desk studies, geochemical data analysis, and geotechnical interpretations using Rocscience Dips and Slide software.



Kamoto Copper Company S.A.

• Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Open Pit Mine Geologist

  • Jan 2016 - May 2019

  • Instigate the open pit mapping campaign to create geological and structural maps in studio EM.• Plan and coordinate the reverse circulation grade control drilling (55,000 meters) and sampling program.• Interpret and critically evaluate grade control data, including QA/QC and geostatistical analysis. • Estimate and validate the grade control model to define the copper-cobalt resources within the open pit.• Create ore production plans for mining and import ore polygon shapes into the modular dispatch system.• Update daily production and end-of month reports to support planning and financial models.• Evaluate the grade control model against actual production to support mine-to-mill reconciliation.• Create structural wireframes and geological block models in Studio RM incorporating surface mapping and diamond drill holes. These model support hydrological analysis, slope stability monitoring and mineral resource estimation.• Manage a team of 24 mine geologists and technicians, training and mentoring in grade control procedures. Show less

• Junior Open Pit Mine Geologist

  • Nov 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Work with the on-site analytical laboratory to import/export assay results into GDMS Fusion.• Generation of the grade control block model in Studio RM by wireframing domains and estimating grades.• Create ore tonnage/grade evaluations in coherence with the stockpile and plant requirements.• Ensure that ore mining plans are displayed as in-pit demarcation.



Altus Strategies

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Geologist

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

  • Undertake independent fieldwork and laboratory magnetic separation testwork to optimize grind size as part of my MSc thesis project. • This project includes regional mapping of the Bikoula Iron Ore deposit, logging of core on exploration drill rigs and collecting a variety of iron ore lithology samples. • Undertake independent fieldwork and laboratory magnetic separation testwork to optimize grind size as part of my MSc thesis project. • This project includes regional mapping of the Bikoula Iron Ore deposit, logging of core on exploration drill rigs and collecting a variety of iron ore lithology samples.



University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geological Mapping Field Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  • Regional mapping of shear zone boundaries, fault and quartz array patterns and magmatic fabrics to assess the region for potential orogenic gold deposits in the Yosemite and the High Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. • Regional mapping of shear zone boundaries, fault and quartz array patterns and magmatic fabrics to assess the region for potential orogenic gold deposits in the Yosemite and the High Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.