Emil Burger (Pr.Sci.Nat.) Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Rustenburg, North-West, South Africa

• Exploration & Project Management:- Competent Person (CP) all surface exploration activities from target generation and continuous advancement of Structural and Mineral Resource models.- Develop exploration business plans, oversee budget management, and ensure efficient cost control. - Ensure that legal obligations are met in compliance with the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and site-specific regulations for exploration drilling, with a primary emphasis on upholding Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) standards.- Direct and supervise the recruitment and management of exploration personnel for exploration projects, spanning from procurement to contractual labour. Additionally, handle stakeholder relationships and engage with communities concerning surface exploration activities.- Guarantee quality assurance and control (QAQC) for all exploration core yard functions, encompassing logging, sampling, and general day-to-day operations.- Manage exploration staff and ensure their continuous training and development, implementing employee success plans accordingly.- Generate technical reports, presentations, and annual regulatory reporting, including Competent Person's Reports (CPR).• Database Management, 3D Geological Modeling and GIS:- Ensure rigorous adherence to all surface exploration data generation standards for incorporation into the digital database.- Oversee all structural modeling projects utilizing Leapfrog Geo and Datamine Studio RM, ensuring the development and maintenance of 3D geological models at current exploration and active mining sites.- Manage all Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets within Esri ArcGIS Pro.

• Exploration & Project Management:- Competent Person (CP) all surface exploration activities from target generation and continuous advancement of Structural and Mineral Resource models.- Develop exploration business plans, oversee budget management, and ensure efficient cost control. - Ensure that legal obligations are met in compliance with the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and site-specific regulations for exploration drilling, with a primary emphasis on upholding Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) standards.- Direct and supervise the recruitment and management of exploration personnel for exploration projects, spanning from procurement to contractual labour. Additionally, handle stakeholder relationships and engage with communities concerning surface exploration activities.- Guarantee quality assurance and control (QAQC) for all exploration core yard functions, encompassing logging, sampling, and general day-to-day operations.- Manage exploration staff and ensure their continuous training and development, implementing employee success plans accordingly.- Generate technical reports, presentations, and annual regulatory reporting, including Competent Person's Reports (CPR).• Database Management, 3D Geological Modeling and GIS:- Ensure rigorous adherence to all surface exploration data generation standards for incorporation into the digital database.- Oversee all structural modeling projects utilizing Leapfrog Geo and Datamine Studio RM, ensuring the development and maintenance of 3D geological models at current exploration and active mining sites.- Manage all Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets within Esri ArcGIS Pro.

North-West, South Africa

• Exploration & Project Management:- Oversee the exploration program as the subordinate management from exploration drilling,, logging, sampling, laboratory reporting, and the execution of quality assurance and compliance procedures.- Coordination of exploration department staff and supervision of graduate geologists.- Generate technical reports, presentations, and annual regulatory reporting, including Competent Person's Reports (CPR).• Database Management, 3D Geological Modeling and GIS:- Ensure rigorous adherence to all surface exploration data generation standards for incorporation into the digital database.- Oversee all structural modeling projects utilizing Leapfrog Geo and Datamine Studio RM, ensuring the development and maintenance of 3D geological models at current exploration and active mining sites.- Conduct drillhole data cleaning and verification for structural modeling, including validations on collars, downhole surveys, and geological data (lithological and structural).- Provide continuous training support and develop operation-specific software manuals with workflows tailored to geological structural modeling. Additionally, offer assistance with technical software implementation and streamline the functionality of mining technical software.

North-West, South Africa

• Production and Geological Modelling:- Perform geological to geotechnical mapping in both underground and open-pit environments, and update dynamic geological structural models accordingly.- Support evaluation and overall Mineral Resource management processes, including grade control measures to optimal best mining practices.- Oversee underground drilling operations from planning to execution. Additionally, conduct core logging (geological and geotechnical), and sampling. - Develop, construct, and sustain 2D/3D geological models. Successful outcomes of these dynamic 3D models include:- Implementation of a 3D geological model methodology in Leapfrog Geo, enabling the generation of wireframes, contours, and face dip models. This methodology is currently operational at all mining sites across Impala Bafokeng, which reduced model output turnaround times.- A digital approach to planning underground diamond drilling layouts and targets, resulting in an increased mineralisation intersection rate from 30% to over 85%. This improvement has led to significant savings in additional drilling costs.- Conduct borehole data cleaning and verification for structural modeling, including validations on borehole collars, downhole surveys, and geological data.• Stakeholder Management:- Support in supervising the geological business unit at each operation, including colleagues, subordinates, and graduates, and occasionally as interim Head of Department.- Provide comprehensive support across the entire production mining value chain, from technical services to mining and engineering, with a geological perspective. This includes involvement in weekly to monthly planning and reporting functions.- Plan annual drilling budgets for brownfield exploration projects and assess cost measures on a monthly to yearly basis.- Contribute to the development and implementation of health and safety processes from a geological technical standpoint.

North-West, South-Africa

During this graduate programme, comprehensive exposure to all relevant departments within the mining environment was gathered and to understand the function of each. Throughout the tenure as a graduate geologist, a total of six month was occupied in the position of a section geologist.• Main Responsibilities & Technical Skills: - Geological mapping, and structural delineation.- Optimization of grade control and orebody extraction.- Geological modelling (MicroStation CAD, Leapfrog Geo, Surfer)- Geological and geotechnical core logging & reporting.- Technical report writing (Ad hoc, Weekly to Monthly).- Diamond drilling planning and database management.

Western Cape, South-Africa

This pool cleaning service was started in Stellenbosch, on a part time basis while studying. The role entailed overseeing weekly operations, with extensive customer service and liaison. The company ran throughout the 2013 calendar year, after which it was transferred to a company in Cape Town to focus on post-graduate studies.

North-West, South-Africa

The purpose of the internship was to gather exposure in conventional mining processes and the operational functions of the geology department within the mining department. Another part of this internship was to gather experience within the geological exploration department, to comprehend the function of an exploration programme for mineral resources.

Limpopo, South-Africa

Overview: Exposure and knowledge in the civil engineering field, particularly in earth excavating and road construction developments.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc. Hons.) Honours, Geology/Earth Science

Activities and Societies: Maties Yacht Club, BTK (Mountain Hiking Club), Vesta Cricket Team • Module Majors: Economic Geology, Applied.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) (Nqf 9), Business Administration, Management And Operations

• The MBA of the NWU School of Business & Governance, and is accredited by the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) in South Africa.

Certificate, Programme In Business Analysis/Informatics

• Main modules included: - Strategy analysis (BASA) - Business overview for analysts (GABU) - Requirements elicitation and requirements.

Advance Diploma Business Project Management, Project Management

• Competence in Project Management approaches including: PMBOK, PRINCE2 and APM.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Geology/Earth Science, General

Activities and Societies: Pieke Men’s Day Hostel, Vesta Cricket Team, BTK (Mountain Hiking Club) • Module Majors: Earth Sciences, Applied.

High School, National Senior Certificate - Matriculation Certificate