Ernest Jackie Gauntlett Email & Phone Number

Upper Brookfield, QLD, AU

Brisbane

Reporting to the CEO, I am accountable for leading the Technical Services team to deliver best practice services and support in the areas of mine design, mine planning, survey, geotechnical, resource optimisation, and geological services. I oversee reporting in accordance with the JORC code where required and routinely act as a Competent Person.I ensure.

Brisbane, Australia

Principal geologist responsible for all geoscience (exploration activities, resource modelling, resource assessment, due diligence assessments) undertaken by the consultancy on behalf of our Clients. Our Clients include industrial mineral, aggregate, and sand mines/quarries across Australia. In addition to geoscience activities I am the a technical lead in.

Brisbane, Australia

IMC Mining provides strategic and operational consulting to the mining industry.My work entails contibuting to strategic LOM planning for a number of global companies. This work requires proficiency in Whittle, Minemax, and Vulcan amongst others. Projects include undertaking strategic mining studies for open pit mines transitioning underground and.

Cape Town

Responsibilities and roles include:Managing operational aspects of gold and PGM exploration programmes (all aspects pertaining to sampling, assay, database management).Undertaking endowment, techno-economic and financial modelling studies for diamond and precious metal deposits to determine prospectivity.Undertaking diamond and precious metal resource.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Responsibilities and roles include:
• Field management of exploration programmes worldwide (New Zealand, Southern Africa, Alaska)
• Sampling/Drilling using SONIC drilling techniques
• Exploration activities (geophysical data acquisition, drilling, logging, sampling, lab analysis)
• Geological Model development and undertaking relevant research studies
• Financial model development and deposit valuation

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• I underwent a thorough “Geologist-in-Training” period over 12 months. Training included various aspects of marine placer (diamond) exploration and mining and experience was gained in marine geophysical and sampling.
• Quality Assurance / Quality Control during two offshore geophysical data collection campaigns (Client Representative Position)
• Development of a portion of the geological model followed by internal and external peer review
• Quality Assurance / Quality Control during a sampling campaign (Client Representative Position)
• Project Reporting

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Sedimentary core logging (Vibrocores)Particle Size Distribution Analysis of sediment samples

Middle Of The Indian Ocean (90East Ridge)

Joined an MIT / Scripps research cruise for 52 days to the 90E Ridge in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Collected rock samples from up to 2500m water depth by dredging and conducted seismic surveys.

Kleinsee, Northern Cape, South Africa

Kleinsee Diamond Placer Mine: Geological Trench Mapping, Ore Quality Control Techniques, Core Logging, Quantity Surveying Techniques, reporting and presenting.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Mentor: PJ JordaanKimberlite introductory studies and reviews of South African kimberlite pipes with fieldwork at Cullinan Mine.Training included literature studies, core logging, mineralogy, reporting and presenting.

Post Graduate Certificate, Financial Management, A, With Distinction

Completed Finance (June 2017) = 88% Completed Accounting (June 2017) = 94% Financial Risk Management (June 2018) = 83%

Master Of Science (Msc), Economic Geology, Distinction

A geochemical and morphological investigation of placer gold grains from the southern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: implications for source.

Management Development Programme (Mdp) Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General, 82.5%

Completed the University of Stellenbosch Executive Development (USB-ED) Management Development Programme (MDP). My group won the award for.

Bsc (Hons), Geochemistry And Petrology

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Mantle Petrology, Sedimentology, Structural Geology, Field Geology and Mapping, Analytical.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Geology/Earth Science, General, A

Coursework: Introductory Astronomy, Introductory Chemistry, Introductory Physics, Introductory Statistics, Mathematics, Applied.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Ocean And Atmosphere Science, A

Geology, Geochemistry