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Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Main responsibilities are: Developing new business and technology improvement in area of geometallurgy and ore dressing studies. Geometallurgical testing services and laboratory development.For example, my team provides JKTech DWT, SMC and Bond Ball Mill Index Comminution circuit design spatial data through self owned laboratory facility for mine development projects.Deep technical skills exist especially within gold and diamond mining and related mineral beneficiation processes… Show more Main responsibilities are: Developing new business and technology improvement in area of geometallurgy and ore dressing studies. Geometallurgical testing services and laboratory development.For example, my team provides JKTech DWT, SMC and Bond Ball Mill Index Comminution circuit design spatial data through self owned laboratory facility for mine development projects.Deep technical skills exist especially within gold and diamond mining and related mineral beneficiation processes (e.g. iron ore, coal, chrome, etc). Provision of integrated geo-metallurgical services in collaboration with world class technical associates, platinum, copper, cobalt, lead, tin, zinc, nickel, coal, uranium etc.Advanced Exploration with inclusion of Geo-metallurgy: scoping, planning and execution through associates - all minerals.Providing specialist input and focused project management into client mine development projects and studies through the value chain of sampling, geometallurgical data generation and storing, metallurgical design interpretations and flowsheet solution integration. Specialist services are provided within Conceptual, Pre-feasibility and Feasibility studies. Commissioning expertise provided in metallurgical solution implementation with independent technical support for process optimisation during brownfield scenario.Independent QA/QC of metallurgical and sampling processes and professional sign-off. Show less

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Varibox CVT Technologies is an intellectual property company, specializing in the development of alternative positive drive CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) concepts. It is within the company's business model to invent and patent new positive drive CVT concepts and prove the concepts via tested prototypes. Thereafter the technology is licensed to interested parties. Therefore the company does not venture into the production of transmissions. The company has successfully developed and… Show more Varibox CVT Technologies is an intellectual property company, specializing in the development of alternative positive drive CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) concepts. It is within the company's business model to invent and patent new positive drive CVT concepts and prove the concepts via tested prototypes. Thereafter the technology is licensed to interested parties. Therefore the company does not venture into the production of transmissions. The company has successfully developed and tested a unique CVT concept namely the RotorCVT, which is currently being marketed. Show less

Exploration, permitting and mine development currently focussed in Africa.

Work initially revolved around on the job training by acknowledged experts in the fields of ore dressing related projects which included aspects such as sample preparation and metallurgical testwork such as gravity concentration methods, flotation, magnetic separation and crushing. Later specialisation focus related to the gold industry with specific reference to managing bioleaching (hydrometallurgical) laboratories, pilot plant facilities and hands-on participation in a project team focusing… Show more Work initially revolved around on the job training by acknowledged experts in the fields of ore dressing related projects which included aspects such as sample preparation and metallurgical testwork such as gravity concentration methods, flotation, magnetic separation and crushing. Later specialisation focus related to the gold industry with specific reference to managing bioleaching (hydrometallurgical) laboratories, pilot plant facilities and hands-on participation in a project team focusing on fundamental research and development of bioleaching technology for the recovery of gold from refractory sulphide gold ores. Show less

M.Dip Mineral Engineering, Extraction Metallurgy

Activities and Societies: Fellow - Southern Africa Institiute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) Further Qualification National Higher.

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