COMMODITIES & JURISDICTIONS.GOLD:Falcon Mines Limited (Zimbabwe):Archaean lode and hydrothermal quartz-vein deposits - Bulawayo & Shurugwi Gold CampsGoldfields Ltd (Carletonville, RSA)East Driefontein and Kloof gold mines. Thereafter, Sedimentology Unit at GF Geological Centre, Carletonville. Basin analysis of GFSA Wits projects, including the VCR, Elsburg and Kimberley reefs, & Tarkwaian for GF Ghana.Awarded M.Sc. Geology (cum laude) in 1996, Subject: West Wits Line Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) sedimentology & stratigraphic placement. Publications in respected journals.Avgold Ltd (Welkom Goldfield, RSA)Sullivan 50 surface drilling program. All aspects of drill planning, core-logging, DtH surveying, core splitting, sample & assay prep. Produced placer genesis model for Sun and Target VCR intercepts (1997). Target Gold Mine subsequently established in 2001.Placer Solutions Ltd (New Zealand)Investigated offshore and onshore QPC gold placers in Westland, and Otago Schist lode and vein gold occurrences. AUKT Pty Ltd. GM Exploration & Resource Devel. Yilgarn Project. 90km-long gold corridor comprising Grass Flats/Diemals-Mt Jackson-Southern Cross-Parker Range.GM-Exploration-DC Mines Ltd. Golden Dragon. Planned 50,000m recce drilling with approved PoWs.DIAMONDS:De Beers Consolidated Mines:All aspects of diamond placer exploration and resource estimation on the Namaqualand Coastal Plain, Northern Cape Province, RSA. Completed regional HMS project.Namakwa Diamonds Ltd (LSE: NAD)Founder-member. US$180M raise at IPO on LSE Main Board, 2007. Active in RSA, DRC, Namibia, Lesotho. Motivated acquisition of Kao kimberlite, Lesotho-source of World's largest pink diamonds.Diamond Consultant (Perth, WA)Namakwa Diamond Company NL (RSA operations). AEM survey on Namaqualand West Coast.Produced CPR for Allotropes Diamonds Pty Ltd, Sewa River, Bo District, Sierra Leone (2013). Co-vended Allotropes into Newfield Resources Ltd., 2014.Newfield Resources Ltd (ASX: NWF)CTO. Diamond exploration programs & legal/tenement compliance in Sierra Leone. All technical & statutory report writing for ASX and media. Liaison with National Minerals Agency, Sierra Leone.Independent Geologist's Reports:GeoCrystal Ltd-2018Taiton Resources Ltd-2022CNG Resources Ltd-2022-2023.CRITICAL & SPECIALITY MINERALS:Sandstone-related REE and laterite-hosted vanadium.