Experience

Sirona Urban

• Australia
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resource Geologist

  • Jan 2013 - Present



RPMGlobal

• Australia
• Mining
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Consulting Geologist

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2012

  Duties and responsibilities:• Audit data provided by doing QAQC analysis • Prepare wireframes in SURPAC • Prepare variograms in Supervisor • Prepare resource estimation models in SURPAC • Comply with internal audits and industry best practice by ensuring that all prepared models meet the requirements of JORC, SAMREC and/or NI43-101 standards as required. • Writing professional resource estimation reports for clients Practical Experience gained: • Resource modeling and estimation and all associated reporting requirements in gold, and aluminium bauxite by using SURPAC and Supervisor in a consulting environment.



Gold Fields St Ives

• Senior Geologist Mine Defintion

  • Jun 2011 - Dec 2011

  Core focus * Resource delineation drilling of high priority gold discoveries within the business plan. * Develop appropriate resource models. Duties and responsibilities:* Design and implement and resource definition drill programs. * Supervise and co-ordinate core logging by geologists. * Database management and QAQC * Ore resource estimation by utilizing Datamine Studio 3.* Prepare and complete all reporting requirements with the appropriate level of detail within agreed timeframes * Contribute to the improvement of site safety procedures and systems. * Structural 3D interpretation of ore bodies * Training and mentoring junior geologists* Monthly reporting* Update geological cross-sections and interpreting* Providing appropriate documentation and maps with resource model updates and handing over to production department. * Comply with external audits and industry best practice by ensuring that all prepared models meet the requirements of JORC, SAMREC and SOX standards.Practical Experience gained: * Resource modeling and estimation and all associated reporting requirements in gold

• Senior Exploration Geologist

  • Sep 2010 - May 2011

  Core focus * Exploration and resource delineation of new gold discoveries. * Facilitating geological inputs for feasibility studies of advanced projects.Duties and responsibilities:* Design and implement exploration and resource definition drill programs.* Supervise and co-ordinate core logging by geologists. * Weekly drill rig safety audits and inspections* Database management and QAQC * Ore resource estimation by utilizing Datamine Studio 3.* Contribute to the improvement of site safety procedures and systems.* Structural 3D interpretation of ore bodies * Training and mentoring junior geologists*Monthly reporting* Update geological cross-section and interpreting.Practical Experience gained: * Targeting and exploration of gold deposits. * Managing team of junior geologists

• Project Geologist

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2010

  Core focus * Exploration and resource delineation of new gold discoveries. * Facilitating geological inputs for feasibility studies of advanced projects. Duties and responsibilities:* Design and implement exploration and resource definition drill programs.* Supervise and co-ordinate core logging by geologists. * Weekly drill rig safety audits and inspections * Database management and QAQC* Ore resource estimation by utilizing Datamine Studio 3.* Contribute to the improvement of site safety procedures and systems.* Structural 3D interpretation of ore bodies * Training and mentoring junior geologists * Monthly reporting * Update geological cross-section and interpreting.Practical Experience gained: * Targeting and exploration of gold deposits. * Managing surface diamond drill rigs



Norseman Gold PLC

• Senior Underground Geologist

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Core focus * Optimize metal production from mine operations * Guiding ore development and extraction through extensive exploration programs* Guiding a team of mine geologists/samplers involved in accurate sampling, interpretation, communication and documentation of geological, mining and geotechnical data in the mine environment. Duties and responsibilities:* Ensuring planned grade control meets target * Generate daily/weekly/monthly documentation for ore extraction, hoisting and cartage.* Plan drilling in a timely fashion to ensure continued reserve additions ahead of mining rate. * Database management * Ore resource estimation by utilizing Datamine Studio 3 * Contribute to the improvement of site safety procedures and systems.* Structural 3D interpretation of ore bodies * Training and guiding geologists/samplers in database management, core logging, sampling, mapping, interpretations in a 3D environment. Practical Experience gained: * Airleg mining and longhole open stoping of narrow gold-bearing quartz veins Company : Nkomati Mine (JV Norilsk Nickel and ARM



Nkomati Mine

• Senior Underground Geologist

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2008

  Core focus * Ensure compliance to Mine health and Safety Act (ISO14001, ISO9001, OSHAS18001) * Achieving the company's business plan objectives by efficient and effective planning and implementation of systems to achieve these objectives. * Identifying and applying best practice and driving continuous improvement. * Business management by means of creating and improving operating systems (grade control, geo modeling, data management, budget control).* Alignment of technical service outputs to requirements of the core processes by technical knowledge and resources. Duties and responsibilities:* Planning and implementing exploration drilling and cover drilling* Ensuring planned grade control meets target * Training and managing of junior geologists and samplers to ensure quality of sampling, underground mapping and core logging.* Data management and QA/QC * Budget planning and control * Creating and updating geological and structural maps * Creating and updating geological and grade models for current mining operations and the resource and reserve statements * Monthly operational planning* Research and implementation of most up-to-date technology available.* Writing technical reports to production team and monthly/quarterly reports to steering committee.* Monthly presentations to mine management. Practical Experience gained: * Bord-and-pillar and longhole open stoping of a Nickel-enriched poly-metallic ore body.



Anglo Platinum Union Section

• UNDERGROUND MINE GEOLOGIST

  • Jan 2003 - May 2006

  Duties * Underground geological and structural mapping and interpretation * Managing and planning sampling * Underground grade control * Planning and managing underground diamond drill rigs for cover and exploration drilling* Core logging, data capturing and data validation * Active involvement in production planning, * Training and managing technical assistants by writing training manuals and practical demonstrations.* Writing technical reports as guidance to mining direction. Practical Experience gained: * Conventional mining of platinum- and chrome- bearing reef horizons of the Bushveld Igneous Complex * Project planning and implementation * Cost-effectively maximizing the extraction of the ore deposit.