Leon Blake Email & Phone Number

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Northern Cape, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Bryanston

• Project management• Planning & defying scope• Developing roll out schedules• Cost estimating – Developing a budget• Crisis Management• Attend to customer queries• Technical services to clients• R&D for pump technology• Managing implementations on operations• Plan and managing new technology trails on mines and provide training• Plan and managing the implementation of new technology • Optimizing existing technology on products & service delivery• Building an effective team for future trails and roll outs• Writing of operating and training manuals for new systems• Managing unplanned problems• Managing quality assurance on products

• Researching to optimized technology on PCU's (Portable Charging Unit)• Fault finding on PCU’s• Maintaining, fixing and parts replacement on PCU’s• Auditing on PCU’s• Technical services to customers• Upgrading existing equipment and training material.• Compile new benefit case studies on stemming for underground.• Fragmentation analysis for customers• Building an effective trail team for future trails• Coordinating trails in narrow reef environments using emulsion.

Amandelbult, Tumela Mine

• Solutions for RTC factor of end users• Leading & Managing implementation teams• Submit all SHERQ requirements• Ensure and conduct regular inspection of sites, vehicles and equipment• Manage quality control on operation• Monitor and support blasting activities• Technical reports to customers• Fragmentation analysis• Problem solving relating to blasting activities

Blasting preparation of underground • Transportation of primary and secondary explosive accessories • Blasting audits (before and after blast) • Density checks • Ensuring correct usage of emulsions and blasting accessories • Correct product mixture for maximum power and efficiency • Applying correct timing on blasting rounds • Managing emulsion and blasting accessories for blasting round • Blasting with pyrotechnics and electronic blasting systems • Applying theoretical and practical training and for correct usage and fault finding of portable charging units, sampling, blasting accessories, connecting of accessories, drilling direction, burden and spacing, hole depth & diameter and blast round timing