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Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

I provide technical lead to AMG Lithium’s Resource team. The position involves the identification and due diligence of near term and developing lithium projects that will support AMG Lithium’s vertically integrated lithium strategy. Support is also given to AMG Lithium’s in house exploration team in Brazil, where brownfields as well as greenfields projects are being developed. The position requires a detailed understanding of the entire lithium value chain, and the ability to quickly review and assess projects for future AMG investment/participation.

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Completing Due Diligence and developing High Purity Alumina (HPA) Projects in Brazil

Global

I provided niche geological and strategic advisory consulting services to the minerals industry. Although having significant experience in the Battery/critical/new tech metals sector (Li, graphite/Ta/Nb/Sn/W/REE), my experience spans across most commodities throughout the value chain. I am a CP/QP for (Li/Ta/Nb) LCT type pegmatite, graphite, REE and Ni-Cu-PGM style deposits. Corporate Reporting, Project Management as well as Consultancy Services to a variety of private and listed clients covering a variety of commodities and projects:• Graphite: Desktop Reviews, Exploration Program design and Management, Mine Grade Control, Due Diligence and Audit, JORC 2012 MRE on mining operations and projects in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar, Tanzania and Namibia • Li/Ta/Nb/Rb/Sn/Cs/W: VP Exploration, Desktop Reviews, Exploration Program Design and Management, Due Diligence and Audit, JORC 2012 MRE on mining operations and projects in Brazil, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, DRC, Madagascar, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic and Serbia• REE: Desktop Reviews, Due Diligence, financial evaluation, Mineral Inventory estimations on projects in Kyrgyzstan, Malawi and Australia• Helium: Desktop review of He potential in Tanzania and East Africa• Ni-Cu-PGM: Desktop review of the Tamarack Ni-Cu Deposit, Minnesota, USA, • Ni-Cu-PGM: Desktop historical geochemical and drilling data compilation, review and target generation – McIntosh Ni-Cu-PGM project, Kimberleys, Western Australia• Ni-Cu-PGM: CPR on Rana Ni-Cu-PGM Project, Norway

Global

Manage and overview all aspects of AMG Mining's geological, resource estimation and exploration programs at its mines and projects:Brazil - Mibra Ta/Li/Nb/Sn/Feldspar MineSri Lanka - Bogala Graphite Mine and Rangala Graphite ProjectGermany - Kropfmuhl Graphite MineZimbabwe - Lynx Graphite Mine and advanced brownfields projectsMozambique - Ancuabe Graphite Mine and advanced graphite projectsTurkey - Advanced antimony projectsNew business development, due diligence and acquisitions targetting critical metals Ta/Nb/Sn/Li/Sb/graphite/REE and W globally.

South Africa

CP/QP for uranium, REE and base metals. NI 43-101, AIM and ASX listing reports. Desktop studies, target generation and project management

Managed Tanzanian and Botswana Ni-Cu exploration projects, including target generation, geochemical and geophysical exploration programs, government and JV reporting.

Uranium and coal bed methane target generation in SADC. Mineral license applications, negotiations, exploration program design, historical data validation, JV negotiation and reporting.

Bushveld PGM project management, historical core relogging, Lesotho kimberlite drilling evaluation program, South African Mining Industry research surveys

Mining and Energy Industry Research. Responsible for researching, structuring and documentation of the global mining and exploration industry on a countrywide scale, as well as the African upstream energy industry.Compilation, editing and delivery of daily mining and energy newsletter to online subscribers

Management of diamond exploration programs in Botswana and Namibia, non diamond exploration reviews, target generation on SADC countries.

Gold Exploration, South Africa. Geochemical exploration utilizing stream sediment, soil, trenching and percussion drilling methods.· Base Metal Exploration, South Africa. Airborne geophysics utilised followed by surface mapping and diamond drilling programme.· Iron Ore Exploration, Zimbabwe. Regional exploration programme to locate source feed for proposed HBI project. Desk top research, fieldmapping, sampling and diamond drilling completed.

Welkom Area, South Africa

Underground structural and sedimentological mapping, mine planning,exploration drilling and ore reserve estimations.· Environmental management. Responsible for geohydrology over mine property.Member of Free State Water Management Team.

Bsc Honours, Geology And Geochemistry

BSc Geology in 1992 BSc Honours In Geology & Geochemistry in 1993

Matriculation Exemption