Independent Mineral Resource Geologist/EMBA 2023-2024 Candidate

Endeavour Mining Corporation

• In charge of all geology activities in open pit & underground mines and underground exploration.
• Train, mentor and lead the staff within the Geology section to increase their skills and mining knowledge.
• Ensure that comprehensive and effective mapping is completed to develop a robust geological model of mineralization and structures features.
• Integrate and interpret of all geological and sampling datasets to create 3D geological grade control and resource models.
• Assist with the budgeting, forecasting and reporting for the geological function.
• Ensuring safe operating procedures and culture developed and maintained within the geology team.
• Reconcile mine and mill production to the grade control and resource models.
• Manage contractors for drilling, assaying and other contractors as required.
• Manage and generate UG diamond drilling campaigns for grade control and resource models.
•Ensure forward planning is undertaken

Geology Superintendent - Open Pit & Underground Mines

•	Responsible for underground exploration, resource and grade control modelling, analysis and interpreting of underground geological mapping and sampling.
•	Coordination of all underground geological activities focusing on grade control and aspects of the operation aimed to optimize gold ore, supervising exploration and resource drilling programmes.
•	Maintaining and improving systems of primary data collection and documentation that improve the local geological understanding, execution and review of drilling plans to obtain best results.
•	Responsible for quality assurance and quality control throughout the underground mine process (including data validation).
•	Accountable for geological interpretations of resources and maintaining and updating the interpretations to ensure geological model remains current.
•	Documenting geology and structural controls, ensuring site procedures for data collection, storage, sharing, review and incorporation into models to ensure good practice narrow vein mine geology practices.
•	Providing support as a key member to the short term focussed technical services and operations teams and mentoring Malian staff in all aspects of underground resource, grade control modelling & geological data management.

Underground Mine Resource Geologist

Barrick Lumwana Mining Company

•	Provisioned all grade control resource modelling activities and geological data management to acquire all grade control drill hole and production related data.
•	Ensured data validity and accuracy, correct data storage, optimal grade estimation of resource models, reconciliation and reporting of results to optimize the profitable development of the Mine ore bodies. 
•	Implemented all work programs consistently with sound world class operating principles as well as optimizing the financial objectives of the business.
•	Trained and mentored Zambian staff in all aspects of resource evaluations and geological data management.

Resource Evaluation Geologist

JSC Madneuli Copper Gold Mine

•	Provided consulting services for geological exploration, resource development, evaluation, grade control activities ore mining and recovery strategies.
•	Geotechnical assessment, training need analysis and finalize computerization service and provide training to company staff for application of datamine software.

Consultant Geologist

Barrick Gold of Africa – Tulawaka Gold Mine

As a Senior Geologist at Barrick Tulawaka Gold Mine I was responsible for the;
Mineral resource model prepared to assess the underground potential for Tulawaka Gold Mine & technical report writting – Barrick Gold of Australia – Perth office (Western Australia).

Tulawaka’s onsite prospect generation, review and ranking process.
 •Supervision of the exploration and development programmes within a project area of the Tulawaka licences,
•Planning, control and supervision of project exploration and development budget 
•Resource estimation and target generation.
•Geological and block modelling of Tulawaka surface and underground orebody using Vulcan

Senior Development Geologist        

Barrick Gold of Africa

As Development Geologist at Barrick Tulawaka Gold Mine I was involved in the Tulawaka onsite prospect generation, review and ranking process. The project was undertaken by consultant in collaboration with Tulawaka Geology Department team.

•	Effectively manage and implement the company’s HSE policies and ensure a safe working environment on all project areas.
•	Actively plan and run all exploration and development drilling programmes in the project areas.
•	Plan, supervise, implement, monitor and account for exploration and development expenditure within the project areas with regular reports to senior management.
•	Supervision of drilling programmes, drilling contractors and core yard field assistants.
•	Compiling End of Month geological Report.
•	Design of surface drilling programmes and drill schedule.
•	Geological, structural and orebody interpretation, wire-framing and resource modelling using Vulcan software.
•	Logging and data entry of exploration and development RC and core data.
•	Coordinate, dispatch and monitor all samples to the laboratory.
•	QA/QC analysis and laboratory auditing.
•	Supervision and training of junior geological staff, graduate and coordinating casual labourers to ensure the most effective use of the work force.
•	Daily KPA and KPI specific objectives, milestones and mesurements reporting.
•	Liaise with mining and mining contractor personnel to ensure smooth interaction of exploration and development activities with mining.
•	Provide recommendations to the Chief geologist and senior management that will further optimise the efficiency of the operation.
•	Organise and prepare details quarterly and yearly technical reports for the Tulawaka’s exploration and development areas and resource and reserve reconciliation.

Development Geologist

Anglogold Ashanti Geita Gold Mine

Responsible for/to
•Grade control drilling programmes design, supervision and monitoring for multi pits.
•Grade control data collection, compilation and interpretation.
•Ensure appropriate sample and assay quality control measures are in place and being monitored.
•Maintain high standards of logging, data entry, sectional interpretation, digitising, solid and block modellimg.
•Manage grade control logistics within time, resources and budget constraints.
•Understanding and ensuring the grade estimation parameters are correct and applied correctly.
•2D interpretation and 3D modelling of mineralization, geological and structural data using Datamine ore controller.
•Producing ore block/spotters plans for ore block mining/spotting.
•Reconciliation and report writing monthly, quarterly and annually

Grade Control Modelling and Evaluation Geologist

Anglogold Ashanti - Geita Gold Mine

Focus on daily running and reporting of production, grade control RC logging and sampling, production mapping and bulky density sampling activities. Dilution control supervision to ensure subordinates comply with standard working procedures. Worked together with mine geologists, supervisors, Engineers and contractors to resolve geological issues and assist with grade control.

Mine Geologist

Ashanti Goldfields

Exploration achievements - Successful in refocussing exploration efforts into discovery of the Nyankanga Deposit in collaboration with Ashanti Exploration team. Duties included;

•	Reconnaissance exploration for gold mineralization in Geita prospecting licenses
•	Detail scale geological mapping
•	Soil sampling, deep pits and trenches mapping and sampling.
•	Geophysical and geochemical map interpretations
•	RAB, RC and diamond rigs supervision
•	Core and rock chips logging
•	Data entry
•	Geotechnical core logging (veins, fracture count etc)
•	Plan and sections interpretation for mineralization and geological data using Interdex and micromine softwares
•	Supervise tasks being undertaken by graduate geologists, geotechnicians and casual labourers
•	Report writing for the prospecting areas.

Exploration Geologist - Regional and Development

Duties included;

•	Regional geological mapping
•	Regolith base maps generation
•	Trenches and deep pits sampling and mapping
•	Regional soil sampling
•	Lansat imagery and aeromagntic data interpretation.
•	Geochemical data analysis
•	RAB, RC and diamond rig supervision
•	Data entry
•	Supervise tasks being undertaken by geotechnicians, samplers and casual labourers
•	Geological logging of drill chips and diamond cores
•	Report writing.

Graduate - Junior Exploration Geologist

•	A seasoned Mining Industry professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in the field of mining underground and open pit, committed to achieve industry best-practices, broad technical and non-technical skills. 
•	A result-oriented leader with acute ability to withstand high pressure situation, exceptional liaison, problem-solving and analytical skills. 
•	Extensive knowledge and experience in geostatistical analysis, mineral resource and grade control modeling and estimation. 
•	Experienced in managing large sized teams, creating SOPs, and provide training and guidance, multi nation experience, ability to coordinate with site planning and operations teams to ensure geology is a key consideration for short to long term decision making. Proficient in Geological and Mine Planning Softwares (Surpac, Vulcan, and Datamine). Technical Report writing (NI 43–101, and JORC compliant).
Core Competencies
•	Geology & Mine Planning
•	Geochemistry & Geostatistics 
•	Resource and Grade Control Modelling
•	Gold and Base Metals Exploration and Mining
•	Sampling Techniques
•	Field Mapping 
•	Exploration Management

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