Endeavour Mining

Geology Manager

Blanket Mine, Caledonia Mining Corp

Mineral Resources Manager

KOPANANG GOLD MINING COMPANY

	Attending to all underground geological mapping for underhand and overhand breast stopes, flat and inclined development faces. 
	Daily exploration core logging, sampling and performing QAQC, 
	Planning and designing diamond drill programs, and reviewing drilling schedules for 14 diamond pneumatic drill rigs.
	Identifying, evaluating and investigating potential high grade pillars for mining to extend Life Of Mine. 
	Providing geological input and support  into short term and long term strategic plans
	Updating 3-D geological models using Deswik. 
	Grade control, dilution control and managing stoping mining mix.
	Training and coaching geology interns and mineral  resource officers, performing PTOs on sampling and mapping.

Senior Geologist

TAU LEKOA GOLD MINING COMPANY

	Relieving Mineral Resource Manager, attending to weekly and monthly production reviews with CEO.
	Providing geological input and support into resource and reserve calculations.
	Targeting, investigating and evaluating new mining areas to extend life of mine.
	Managing grade control practices: dilution control, control ore- waste system to minimize cross tramming and performing daily, weekly and monthly tons and grade reconciliations for underground stopes and development.

Mineral Resource Management  Technical Assistant

Bulyanhulu Mine, Acacia Mining, Tanzania (formerly African Barrick Gold )

	Managing the geology production section, grade control for 80000t/month from Longhole, ALIMAK bulk mining stopes and development mining.
	Ensuring delivered tons and grade from underground stopes and development to plant are consistent with Resource and Grade control model estimates, and investigating areas of improvement.
	Performing mine to mill reconciliations, identifying gaps, resolving and optimizing plant feed grade.
	Chairing and coordinating integrated planning meetings involving all mining value chain stakeholders to achieve set targets and objectives of the mine. Managed to align integrated team to the company’s mine plans.
	 Providing geological guidance and support to long-term and short term plans. 
	Preparing LOM Budgets inputs and schedules for geology  function  
	Reviewing, maintaining and updating geology models (Structural and Grade Control Models).
	Maintaining, reviewing and updating standard operating procedures for the geology function. 
	Training and coaching Front line leader geologists, mine geologist and geo-technicians.
	2IC to Geology Managers role involving; managing production geology section, Long term planning-Exploration + Delineation drilling programmes and diamond drill contract. 
	Maintaining safety standards and ensuring compliance with Company Health and Safety Policy.

Production Geology Section Leader

	Managing waste and Ore development drive sampling and mapping.
	3 D Geological modelling using datamine software.
	 Updating grade control models, managing stope dilution l and ore recovery.
	Managing short term continuous improvement projects in the geology department.
	Generating comparative analysis reports for Reserve and Resources.

Senior Development Geologist

	Set up a proficient geological mapping section on the mine.
	Training and coaching mine geologists in underground mapping techniques, mineralization control, local and regional interpretation of geological structures and CAE Studio 3 geological modeling.
	Setting up Standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for geological mapping for Long Hole mining, Conventional Cut and Fill mining, Alimak raise mining, horizontal, incline and vertical development mining.
	Interpretation of structurally controlled grade distribution in the Nyanzanian Archean Shear- Hosted Gold deposit and guiding mining for grade optimization
	3D geological modeling of underground mapping and drill whole data in Datamine Studio 3.
	Providing input to geological database management; verifying sampling and mapping data.
	Geological input to Ground control management programs by providing updated well constrained 3D structural models.

Senior Project Geologist-Mining

Doornkop Mine,Harmony Gold South Africa

	Providing geological input to strategic plans and business plans of the mine.
	Grade control, optimization, managing mining mix and chairing weekly grade meetings.
	Supervision and training of Geology personnel.
	Sign -off geological models for mineral resource and reserve declaration.
	Block modeling and geostatistical evaluation of Wits Basin ore-bodies -South reef and Kimberly Reef using Datamine and Cads mine. 
	Structural and mineralization interpretation of the South Reef, Kimberly Reef and Main Reef.
	Geological guidance on LOM and Business planning processes
	3D-Geological Structural Modeling using  Cads mine, V8i Micro station software
	Exploration Drilling, budgeting, quality control, quality assurance and management
	Auditing geological systems and ensuring compliance with the Samrec code and Sarbane Oxley( Sox Compliance)
	Compiling monthly and quarterly geology reports.

Geology HOD

	Underground stope and development geological mapping.
	Designing diamond drill programs, updating drill schedules, core logging, sampling and QAQC.
	Training, supervision and coaching of junior geology personnel.
	Providing support and guidance to mining through robust geological inputs into month plans and weekly grade control meetings.
	Block modeling and geostatistical evaluation of the South reef and Kimberly reef.

President Steyn Gold Mine, Welkom Area, South Africa

	Underground stope and development geological mapping.
	Core logging, sampling, quality control and quality assurance
	Structural and mineralization modeling of Basal Reef and the Ellsberg's Reefs 
	2-D geological modeling
	Provided guidance to mining through monthly planning and weekly grade meetings.
	Exploration drilling management.

Beatrix Mine, Gold Fields Ltd.

	Underground stope and development geological mapping.
	Structural and facies modelling of the Kalkoenkraans Reef.
	Core logging, sampling and QAQC.

Mine  Geologist

I am an experienced, professional Mineral Resources practitioner with over 20 years experience in Geological Mapping, Production Geology, Mine Exploration Geology, Mine to Mill reconciliation, Grade Control, 3 D Geological Modelling and Mineral Resource Management and Estimation, Project Management

My experience as a geologist was gained working in the challenging deep underground Mines of South Africa  and East African Tanzania Gold Mines mines where i was instrumental in providing  geological input and applying robust grade control practices and ROM Stockpile Management to improve delivered grades.

Taplio

Vusumuzi Lupahla(Pr.Sci. Nat)'s Linkedin Analytics

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Taplio

.css-1jgreyo{background-image:linear-gradient(284deg, rgba(39,43,72,1) 0%, rgba(33,47,183,1) 100%);color:transparent;-webkit-background-clip:text;background-clip:text;}Vusumuzi Lupahla(Pr.Sci. Nat)'s Linkedin Analytics

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Vusumuzi Lupahla(Pr.Sci. Nat)'s Linkedin Analytics