Grange Resources, Savage River, Tasmania. Core Logging and Supervision

Ground Investigation, Site Supervision, Core and Soil Logging and interpretation, Geo-environmental Testing, Factual Reporting.

Overseeing geotechnical aspects of a proposed in-pit dozed/back-filled ramp to create access to a previously abandoned open pit.Core logging and supervision of surface and in-pit diamond drilling.

Supervision and soil logging of borehole and test pits for geotechnical investigations to obtain sub-surface profile and conditions for determining suitable foundations for proposed primary crusher.Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) to obtain shear strength/relative density of soil units.Sample collection, preparation, packing and dispatch for laboratory testing.Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) testing inside test pits to assess field CBR and modulus of sub-grade reaction.

Supervision, soil logging and sampling of borehole drilling and test pits for geotechnical investigations.

Site investigation, supervision of rotary coring, cable percussion boring, trial pitting, dynamic probing and window sampling.Core logging and window sample logging, data management using HoleBASE.Site survey testing and reporting on pyrite degradation.Sample preparation and selection. Interpretation, analysis, reporting.

Employed as a Consultant Geotechnical Engineer to Ranger open pit uranium mine. Management and monitoring of slope stability and geotechnical hazards during the final stages of mining, using various monitoring methods to identify slope movement incl. GroundProbe Slope Stability Radar systems utilising radar in two major critical zones, in conjunction with QuikSlope Prism monitoring and interpretation.Tip-head, backfill monitoring and management at completion of mining and the onset of backfill phase.

Employed as a Geotechnical Engineer for geotechnical assessment and monitoring at Paraburdoo multi pit Iron Ore operation. Identification and reporting of geotechnical hazards via a number of media including pre drill and blast risk assessments, geotechnical hazard alerts, geotechnical inspection reports and site geotechnical hazard maps. Face and traverse mapping to enable reconciliation for pit slope conformance to design. Provided geotechnical awareness presentations to development and operations staff.

Core Logging (geological and geotechnical), validation, interpretation and analysis.

Drill supervision, core Logging (geological and geotechnical) including sampling and identification of swelling clay, validation, interpretation and analysis.

Drill supervision, core logging (geological and geotechnical) and sampling, shear testing, point load testing, packer testing.

Drill supervision, core Logging (geological and geotechnical) and sampling, shear testing, point load testing, packer testing, validation, interpretation and analysis.

Site Investigation and Drill supervision, oriented core/soil logging (geological and geotechnical), sampling, shear testing, point load testing, packer testing, validation, interpretation and analysis, GPS configuration drill hole mapping.

Drill supervision, oriented core/soil logging (geological and geotechnical), sampling, shear testing, point load testing, validation, interpretation and analysis.