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Perth, WA, AU

Mt Magnet

Mount Magnet

Recruitment of Geology professionals and Field Assistants for contract and permanent opportunities in the mining and resources industry.

Perth, Australia

• Recruitment of mobile trades’ personnel, drill and blast and field assistants for contract and permanent opportunities in the mining and resources industry
• Writing job advertisements for vacant roles
• Reviewing resumes and determining suitability for client requirements
• Contacting candidates, ascertaining interest in roles, interviewing and reference checking
• Business development and client management through targeted emails and marketing approaches
• Market research… Show more

Townsville Area, Australia

• Managed a small team of pit technicians. Part of my role includes;
• All grade control sampling, data entry and block modeling.
• Daily, weekly and monthly tonnes and grade estimation and ore block reconciliation using Vulcan Software
• Creating Laboratory database and reports.

Cue, WA

• I manage and supervise a small team of mine geologists and field assistants.
• Ore block reconciliation, grade control wireframing and block modelling using Surpac
• Blast movement monitoring and reporting.
• Scheduling and designing of Grade Control drilling programs and managing contractors
• Daily, weekly and monthly - tonnes and grade scheduling and reconciliation
• Tonnes and grade estimation and ore dilution control.

Western Australia, Australia

• Underground drill hole designing for grade control and underground exploration programs.
• Underground mapping, sampling and photography using 3DM Adamtech softoware.
• Structural digitization, drill hole validation and creating and updating wireframs using Datamine.
• Updating grade control and resource blockmodels.
• Block model reporting and reconciliation.

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

• Pit mapping and sampling
• Design and manage grade control drill programs
• Sampling and logging grade control RC chips, updating grade control database, Geological modeling and interpretations of drilling and mapping results.
• Tonnes and Grade estimations, wireframing and blockmodelling using Surpac.
• Creating dig plans, marking up ore and spotting ore.
• Grade and ore reconciliation.

Tasmania, Australia

• Wall mapping of active mine faces using 3DM Adamtech Software.
• Daily in pit grade control sampling, data entry, creating flitch plans, marking out ore and waste.
• Daily, weekly and Monthly - Tonnes and grade estimation and reconciliation for mine scheduling and end of month reporting.
• Exploration core and chip logging, managing drilling programs.
• Stockpile management and ROM blending.
• Geological and structural wireframing and modelling using Surpac and Leapfrog.

Namibia

• Field mapping and rock chip sampling using Trimble GPS navigation.
• Data entry, Geochemical interpretations and structural and geological interpretations and modelling using Acquire and Minesight software.
• Core logging and structural logging of all diamond drill holes.
• Updating maps for exploration leases and geological targets using ArcGIS software.