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Broken Hill

Broken Hill

Currently Leading and Managing a fantastic team of Engineers, Geologists , Geotechnical and Survey staff to fulfill challenging under ground mine schedules in a virgin and remnant mining arena within the historic Broken Hill Mining Leases.

Eritrea, North East Africa

Long term Acting Technical Services Manager, accountable for competently managing mine’s geological activities to maximise value derived from gold, copper, and zinc resourcesGeological activities included grade control, and geo-metallurgical studiesLead, coach, and mentor a large team of national and expatriate workforceIdentify opportunities to increase resources’ inventory – develop Block models to facilitate mine designingDevelop strategies to reduce high levels of arsenic (more than 0.5%) in copper concentrate, making product unsalableGenerated more than US$ $500 million in revenue through development of saleable copper concentrateImplement new methodologies and improve efficiencies while moving from gold to copper to zinc mineDeveloped sequential implementation plans for mine accounting and resource estimation software without interrupting productionDevelop a geological internship program at Bisha, providing structured training to third and fourth year geology studentsAuthor of Board Papers and presentations to the BoD's upon LOM studies and production related issues

Sydney

Provided technical advice to Board members on operational issues and spearheaded initiatives for development of successful acquisition strategieso Acquired two prospective leases in the Solomon Islands for Copper–Gold and Nickel-Cobalt mineralisationo Discovered and followed up Me-Xi and Xa-Loi gold strikes in Central Vietnam- Responsible for creation, implementation of Financial Budgets and implemented quarterly forecasting  Established a three-year budget for exploration and development; monitored exploration and mining expenditure in Australia, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, and Philippines; and standardised geological systems and training procedures across the organisation

Mount Isa Mines

Led and managed geological, geotechnical, and environmental personnel and consultants for projectso Skilfully coordinated projects, right from concept to scoping and feasibility studieso Project managed pre-feasibility study undertaken to assess viability of an open cut mine Supervised multidisciplinary teams to evaluate underground and surface opportunities Completed, audited, and peer reviewed pre-feasibility study reports as well as underground and open cut option analysis Successfully completed several geotechnical, resource, and hydro-geological drilling programmes in challenging hot and reactive grounds – supervised personnel and contractors, monitored budget, administered contracts, and reconciled planned tonnage with actual tonnage Collaborated with senior metallurgical staff members for geo-metallurgical ore characterisation Appointed as corporate champion for Xstrata Mt Isa Australian Mineral Industry Research Association (AMIRA) collaboration’s mining, geology, geo-metallurgical, reactive, ground studies; and robotic automation studies

Mount Isa- N3500 Ore Body And Enterprise Mine

• Coordinated geological plans, provided inputs for mine design, and undertook geotechnical and geological risk appraisals of final underground mine designs• Reviewed enterprise resource estimates, coordinated resource diamond drilling for resource definition, and liaised with several stakeholders to determine the influence of deleterious mineralogy (MgO)• Initiated and developed N3500 structural database that won the MICO (Mt. Isa Copper Mine Operations) Innovation award (2006)• Gathered and interpreted geological data, providing timely updates to geological, structural, and resource models• Coordinated diamond drilling operations after integration of derived geological informationAchievements:• Successfully geological mapped 80% of the N3500 Orebody contributing to a blending strategy to enable efficient processing of High MgO Copper Concentrate ensuring acceptable limits were not exceeded in the smelter• Worked closely with Mine Engineering and Geotechnical staff to delineate reserves and planned stope shapes • Introduced specific geological management systems to delineate high grade Talc areas and developed Trigger Response Plans to mitigate the risk to production

Various

Seconded to the Zinifex Century Mine, accountable for managing in-pit grade control drilling, geotechnical engineering drilling, resource estimation drilling, and in-pit explorationo Discovered significant ore reserves outside of Century’s resource by testing previously unknown targets (through systematic geo-structural reassessment) Negotiated end-of-month reconciliation figures between contract parties and Zinifex Seconded to Mount Isa Mines’ copper operations – supervised 11 diamond drill rigs that systematically defined geotechnical characteristics of 500OB deposit (as part of a pre-feasibility study for 500OB open pit)

Queensland Australia

• Project Exploration Manager dealing with all aspects of the day to day running of a Junior Exploration Company (Boss Resources) including Field geochemistry, Geophysics programs, RC Drilling and Statutory Mining and Environmental department requirements. • Assisted in the drilling and Resource delineation (by hand) of Australia’s only hard rock rutile deposit hosted in Albitie.

Peak Gold Mine Cobar

• Responsible for the day to day management of mine geology and mine geotechnical, coordinated Ore block definition, Ore spotting and production scheduling

Normandy Exploration, Pajingo Gold Mine, Charters Towers , Global Resources

• Clients included Normandy Exploration (Pajingo Gold Mine, Townsville exploration)) Charters Towers Gold Mines and Global Resources• Worked for various clients with a variety of commodities including gold, base metals, mineral sands and gypsum• Responsible for RC and Diamond Drill programs, field mapping and remote field reconnaissance, geochemistry

Cracow Central Queensland

- responsible for void management in pit- responsible for Supervision of RC Drilling Programs-Assisted in re-establishment / Air leg mining of underground diamond drill platforms and installation of ancillary support-Coordinated and supervised CSAMT Geophysics programs- responsible for near mine exploration RAB Drilling

Diploma, Minerals Industry Risk Management (Mine7033)

Bsc (Hons), Economic Metalliferous Geology

Metalliferous Economic Geology

High School Certificate