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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

South Africa

South Africa

Consulting in the areas of:Operational Management - Minerals Exploration and Mining sectors.Logistics, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Supply Chain Network (SCNet) provides powerful Procurement Portal and smart Vendor Management solutions to connect and facilitate business between small enterprises (over 60,000 registered) and large companies; thereby stimulating enterprise development and economic / employment growth.I was responsible for corporate client engagement in the Western Cape.www.scnet.co.za

White River, South Africa

HPX is a private base metals exploration company headquartered in Vancouver that leverages a cluster of technology solutions, including the "Typhoon" high powered electrical geophysics system, to dramatically increase success.As a member of the executive management team and in collaboration with the company’s geologists and geophysicists, I managed the operational aspects of HPX and its exploration activities, which spanned projects in Australia, Southern Africa, the DRC, Canada, Chile… Show more HPX is a private base metals exploration company headquartered in Vancouver that leverages a cluster of technology solutions, including the "Typhoon" high powered electrical geophysics system, to dramatically increase success.As a member of the executive management team and in collaboration with the company’s geologists and geophysicists, I managed the operational aspects of HPX and its exploration activities, which spanned projects in Australia, Southern Africa, the DRC, Canada, Chile and Colombia.I led a globally dispersed operations team with responsibilities including the establishment and oversight of subsidiary service companies in South Africa, Australia and Chile together with the tax and statutory operating obligations associated with these companies; Typhoon deployment and survey logistics (13 surveys safely completed globally); project management and budgeting; equipment procurement and maintenance; coordination of research and development programs; contracting of third party service providers; OESH policy development; and risk and insurance management. Show less

Nelspruit, South Africa And Bulawayo & Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

Clarity is a private investment house with exploration interests, operating gold mines and minerals sector service companies in a number of Southern African countries.My primary roles were management and administration of the Nelspruit head office and the development and growth of Clarity's mineral services interests in Zimbabwe.I spearheaded the turnaround of Antech Laboratories, KweKwe, Zimbabwe (an ISO accredited assay laboratory servicing mining and exploration companies)… Show more Clarity is a private investment house with exploration interests, operating gold mines and minerals sector service companies in a number of Southern African countries.My primary roles were management and administration of the Nelspruit head office and the development and growth of Clarity's mineral services interests in Zimbabwe.I spearheaded the turnaround of Antech Laboratories, KweKwe, Zimbabwe (an ISO accredited assay laboratory servicing mining and exploration companies) from a loss making enterprise in 2008 to a technically respected and profitable business in 2011. I developed a recapitalisation plan that would enable a further tripling in capacity and further grow profitability.I managed the successful application for new order mineral rights for Klipwal Gold Mine (KwaZulu Natal) and, following a review of company assets, the marketing and sale of this high potential operation to Stonewall Mining in March 2010. Show less

Johannesburg, South Africa

I led a team of commodity specialists and support staff (10) with responsibility for managing a diverse portfolio of procurement expenditure which included Global Logistics, Steel Products, Corporate Services, IT/IS and General Consumables (combined annual spend value >US$150m). Our team developed and implemented innovative commodity sourcing strategies, and the associated business improvement changes, as part of the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) procurement and supply chain improvement… Show more I led a team of commodity specialists and support staff (10) with responsibility for managing a diverse portfolio of procurement expenditure which included Global Logistics, Steel Products, Corporate Services, IT/IS and General Consumables (combined annual spend value >US$150m). Our team developed and implemented innovative commodity sourcing strategies, and the associated business improvement changes, as part of the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) procurement and supply chain improvement thrust.Key achievements included the introduction of a holistic logistics strategy for supply of AGA’s mines in East and West Africa, and project managing the establishment of an in-house ‘daily buying’ function (with a turnover R300m per annum) for the competitive sourcing of goods and materials from South Africa for the abovementioned operations.Successful development and implementation of commodity strategies by our team resulted in audited cost savings of up to US$7.5m per annum. Show less

Johannesburg, South Africa

A management development appointment, I played a supporting role, initially to the Executive Officer: South Africa Region (who at that time had responsibility for 20+ gold mines and 80 000+ employees) and then within the Executive Office: Technical.The role provided unique insight into the workings of a global blue chip mining company at the corporate and strategic level.I played a key role in the development of a new, value focused, global exploration strategy during 2001.

Welkom Area, South Africa

I was responsible for management of the Tshepong Mine Geology Department and I was a member of the Mine Management Committee.In association with Leeds University, UK, I developed a predictive, multi-parameter gold mineralisation model for Tshepong Gold Mine which was published as a co-authored paper.(S.J.Jolley et al, 2004. Structural controls on Witwatersrand gold mineralization. Journal of Structural Geology 26, 1067-1086). I lead an SA Region mineral resource management… Show more I was responsible for management of the Tshepong Mine Geology Department and I was a member of the Mine Management Committee.In association with Leeds University, UK, I developed a predictive, multi-parameter gold mineralisation model for Tshepong Gold Mine which was published as a co-authored paper.(S.J.Jolley et al, 2004. Structural controls on Witwatersrand gold mineralization. Journal of Structural Geology 26, 1067-1086). I lead an SA Region mineral resource management initiative that resulted in the combining of the stope sampling and geological mapping functions on all AngloGold SA mines and thereby significant operational efficiencies. Show less

Welkom Area, South Africa

Freddies No.1 Shaft (later renamed Tshepong Gold Mine).Geological management of a large and developing underground section.I researched and implemented the practical use of fault population ('fractal') analysis in mine production planning. Resulting from this work I was awarded 'best presentation' at the 1996 AAC Gold Division Senior Geological Conference.

Welkom Area, South Africa

Freddies No.1 Shaft (Later renamed Tshepong Gold Mine)

Stilfontein, South Africa

Hartebeestfontein Gold Mine

Allanridge, South Africa

Loraine Gold Mine

Bsc Hons, Geology

B Comm, Economics, Accounting, Business Management

Nexus Ii

A personal leadership development programme which provided a unique insight into the social, political and economic challenges facing.

Anglogold Management Development Programme (Mdp)

Syndicate project: Design of AngloGold Careers Website. This initiative received management and budget approval; I lead the team that.

Graduate Diploma In Engineering (Part Completion)

Mine Financial Valuation Economic Geology of Lode Gold Deposits