Antony Benham Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, GB

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

MSA Mining Consulting UK, part of the larger MSA Group, is an independent technical consultancy providing high quality geology, exploration, mineral resource, mining and environmental solutions to the international Mining Industry.The MSA Group has >40 years of experience of undertaking projects around the world with offices in South Africa, Kazakhstan.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

SRK Exploration Services (SRK ES), part of the international SRK Group, provides a wide range of independent field and technical consulting services to the mineral exploration sector.SRK ES specialises in exploration for all metal and industrial mineral commodities, elevating projects from the earliest stage of exploration through to resource drilling. SRK.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

IGS Ltd, previously trading under licence as BGS International, is an independent commercial geoscience consultancy providing knowledge and services to support National Governments, Ministries of Mines/Minerals, Geological Surveys, and the global mineral exploration sector. IGS was ‘spun out’ from the British Geological Survey (BGS) and is built on decades.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage (NCCCS), now rebranded as the Geo-Energy Research Centre (GERC), was a joint venture between the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the University of Nottingham.
• Submitting proposals for projects funded by World Bank, Asian Development Bank, EU and various other funding agencies
• Developing business plan for growth within NCCCS
• Managing marketing budget and resources for new business development
• Representing NCCCS at high-level national and international meetings and conferences, including events in China, Turkey, Portugal and Finland.Examples of personal successes include
• Establishing CCS training course in partnership with commercial consultancy and delivering course to clients from Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and industry

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• I was responsible for Business Development in the Energy and Climate Change fields, as well as new business in Wales, and I worked to identify opportunities for growth in these areas at BGS.Key responsibilities within.
• Assistance with submitting proposals for projects from a variety of funding sources including National and Regional Government, Development Banks and other aid agencies
• Helping to develop a strategy for new business
• Managing marketing budget and resources for new business development
• Representing BGS at high-level national and international meetings and conferences

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• My duties included managing and working on a variety of UK-based and international projects. My international work included a major 3.5-year UK government (DFID-funded) project in Afghanistan from 2004-2008, PGE.
• Project management skills e.g. leading a UAE government-funded project to examine metalliferous mineral resources in the UAE
• Deputy project leader on UK government-funded project in Afghanistan
• Frequent presentations at national and international conferences e.g. PDAC, Toronto; SME, Denver; IAEG, Dublin
• Line management responsibilities for junior members of staff

Hong Kong

• Temporary contract working on a challenging tunnelling project under Hong Kong harbour. Contract ended when tunnel boring completed.Key responsibilities:
• Monitoring ground conditions during progression of the tunnel as it passed through a very weak and sheared section of ground
• Measuring and recording water ingress into the tunnel
• Advising senior management of unstable ground conditions ahead of the tunnel boring machine

South Africa

• I worked on a variety of gold mines on the West Witwatersrand including Deelkraal, West Driefontein and Kloof. I then worked on precious metal exploration in the Bushveld and was appointed as Mining Geologist at.
• Geological responsibility for the deepest levels in the mine
• Supervision and training of six geological assistants
• Mapping stope sections, planning exploration boreholes, logging core
• Technical report preparation
• Advising senior management of geological problems ahead of mining

Bsc (Hons), Geology, 1St Class Honours

Independent mapping fieldwork and 3rd year dissertation titled "The Geology around the Indarama Gold Mine near Kwekwe in Central.

Msc, Mineral Resources, Pass, Distinction On Exam Assessment

Awarded industry-funded place on course through Chase Resources. Dissertation title "Block modelling and resource assessment for the.