Stephen Asante Email & Phone Number

Burkina Faso

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Planning of resources and technical requirements for production work.
• Prioritize work for processing in line with expected turnaround times.
• Provides technical training on all aspects of the laboratory function to laboratory staff
• Recommends resources required for the planned work, including manpower, equipment and draws up budget for approval
• Reviews performance against work plans on an on-going basis, maintains accurate records and all affected parties at specified intervals.

Burkina Faso

• Extensive Knowledge with Assay Lab Start Up
• Bullion Assay
• Carbon Sulphur Analysis
• Environmental Physio Chemical Analysis(TSS, TDS, Free CN, WAD, TOTAL)
• Net Acid Generation Test
• QA/QC and Reporting Assay

Ghana

• Supervision, verification or preparation of calibration standards for use in the laboratory daily.
• Supervision and carrying out both classical and instrumental analyses (AAS, etc.) of samples in the laboratory.
• Running independent analytical checks to ensure implemented operational controls are in place and are effective.
• Supervision and carrying out routine instrument maintenance.
• Carry out problem solving investigations, picking checks and preparing jobs for final approval by the laboratory manager.
• Sample and Data Management.

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

• General Minerals Laboratory Processes
• Sample Flow System
• Sample Storage Techniques
• ICP and XRF Operation
• Fire Assay Cycles

Bolgatanga

• Report directly to the General Manger about status of jobs performed daily.
• Update clients on the progress of their samples received.
• Perform weekly training of staffs to ensure quality work done
• Prioritize client’s jobs to achieve expected Turn Around Time
• Ensure samples received are prepared as client specification
• Perform weekly inventory on store items.

Damang Mine

• Monitoring of plant operating parameters (Cyanide Concentrations, Density, Pressures,
• Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations, pH, Temperatures) for effective operations
• Monitor and optimize oxygen flow to the CIL/ILR circuit for effective gold dissolution
• Minimizing fine carbon generation to prevent gold loss
• Thorough knowledge in fluid mechanics in operating the In-line leach reactor(ILR) circuit
• Monitoring pH of pregnant solutions to gold room for effective gold deposition

Damang Mine

Ghana, Akyempim(Wassa-Mine)

Bachelor'S Degree(Hons), Minerals Engineering (Metallurgy)

A Project on "Determination of optimum acid strength and time for effective acid washing of loaded carbon" supervised by Prof Richard K..

Wassce, General Science