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Date Of Birth
22 April 1976

Nationality South African

Marital Status Married

QUALIFICATIONS

Honors Bachelor of Engineering Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Bachelor of Engineering Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

COURSES

HAZOP Study Leader
Corrosion
Advance Process Control
Advanced Supervisory Effectiveness
Project Management
Coaching and Counseling

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

My professional objectives are as follows:

* To utilize my engineering skills to the benefit of my company and society as a whole
* To continuously improve my knowledge and understanding of metallurgy and process engineering

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Period February 2009 to Current

Employer Name Mintails
Junior mining company focusing on gold and uranium extraction from tailings material in South Africa.

Position Held General Manager – Projects and Services
Responsibilities:

Project Management:

1. Pre-feasibility Study for the Flotation, Uranium and Gold Project in Krugersdorp South Africa a. Process design including:
i. Setting up of metallurgical test work program, which included flotation test work, concentrate leach test work for both uranium and gold as well as residue waste characterisation.
ii. Interpretation of metallurgical test work report in order to set process design parameters.
iii. Process flow sheet development iv. Process mass balancing in Excel v. Process heat balance in Excel from first principals vi. Completion of the process design criteria document vii. Process control philosophy viii. Equipment sizing and equipment selection ix. Basic plant layout b. Reviewing of the project schedule c. Reviewing the project implementation strategy d. HAZOP studies of the process e. Risk studies for the project as a whole f. Project financial evaluation i. Project financial evaluation – NPV and IRR evaluation ii. Business case evaluation
2. Project implementation for the Mogale Slimes Project in Krugersdorp South Africa a. Process review i. Review of metallurgical test work ii. Review of the metallurgical test work report with the view of obtaining process design data iii. Sizing of the ZADRA elution circuit iv. Carbon movement strategy for the plant v. P&ID review b. Management of the EPCM contractors i. Owners representative ii. Schedule review iii. Budget review iv. Tender evaluation v. Participating in detail design HAZOP studies

Process Optimization:

1. Mogale gold Plant elution circuit optimisation a. Optimisation of the ZADRA elution circuit to reduce the elution times
2. Optimisation of the Mogale gold plant smelt efficiency by optimisation of the slag composition

People Management: Currently the following functions reports to this position

1. Engineering Manager
2. Safety Manager
3. Environmental Manager
4. Financial Manager
5. Cost and Procurement Manager
6. Project Engineer

Business Evaluation

1. Business opportunity evaluation by desktop studies
2. Project financial evaluation – evaluation of NPV and IRR
3. Preparation of business case evaluation presentations and reports

Period August 2007 to February 2009

Employer Name

Lycopodium Minerals
EPCM company focusing on the minerals industry

Position Held Lead Process Engineer
Responsibilities

Process Feasibility Studies:

1. Feasibility study on cobalt refinery, the process includes solvent extraction and ion exchange circuits.
a. Process design including i. Process flow sheet development ii. Review of SYSCAD mass and heat balances iii. Completion of the process design criteria iv. Equipment sizing and equipment selection v. Basic plant layout
2. Feasibility study on titanomagnetite concentration for the Balla Balla project.
a. Process design including i. Process flow sheet development ii. Process mass balancing in Excel iii. Process heat balance in Excel iv. Completion of the process design criteria
3. Bankable feasibility study on Copper extraction via dense media separation and black copper smelting.
a. Process design including i. Interpretation of metallurgical test work results ii. Process flow sheet development iii. Process mass balancing in Excel and LIMB
iv. Process heat balance in Excel v. Refractory selection vi. Slag composition optimisation vii. Process operating cost estimation viii. Review of capital estimate
4. Detailed design on Chirano Gold Plant expansion in Ghana.
a. Process design including i. Flow sheet development ii. Mass balancing in Excel iii. Review of P&ID
iv. Equipment sizing v. Reviewing of mechanical datasheets vi. Equipment selection – review of tenders vii. Review of plan layout drawings viii. Datasheets for instrumentation ix. Process control philosophy x. Participating in HAZOP studies xi. Reviewing commissioning plan
5. Process Options Study on the Moto Gold Plant for the refractory gold ores a. Desktop study to evaluate the following process routes:
i. Bio-Oxidation ii. Pressure Oxidation iii. Roasting followed by cyanide leaching iv. Albion Process
6. HAZOP Study for the Buzwagi Gold Plant final design
7. Operating cost review for the Dikulusi Copper project
Period
June 2006 to August 2007
Employer Name
AngloGold Ashanti – Africa Metallurgical Technical Services
Large Corporate in the Gold and Uranium Mining and Extraction Industry. Metallurgical Project Management section for the continent of Africa.
Position Held
Plant Manager
Responsibilities

Project Management and Process Design:

1. Design and commissioning of ammonium diuranate calcination plant at Nuclear Fuels Corporation of South Africa (NUFCOR SA)
a. Process design including i. Process flow sheet development and optimisation ii. Mass balancing in Excel iii. Heat balancing in Excel for yellowcake drying followed by calcination
1. Thermodynamic study on ammonium diuranate calcination to produce U3O8 as the main uranium specie.
iv. Review of equipment datasheets v. Equipment selection – review of tenders vi. Process control philosophy vii. Participating in HAZOP studies viii. Commissioning planning ix. Commissioning b. Project Management of the project including i. Schedule control ii. Budget control iii. Project reporting
2. Feasibility study on Burned Lime Production from opencast mine situated in Marble Hall South Africa a. Process design including:
i. Flow sheet development ii. Mass balancing in Excel iii. Heat balancing in Excel iv. Equipment sizing v. Operating cost evaluation b. Capital evaluation i. Equipment costing ii. Project financial evaluation – NPV and IRR evaluations
3. Procurement Project to reduce reagent cost for the Africa Division

Process Optimization:

1. South Uranium Plant South Africa, CCIX corrosion project incorporating leach optimisation with regards to ferric ion control a. Leach optimisation to increase uranium leach recovery, this was accomplished by:
i. Reagent optimisation: manganese dioxide and sulphuric acid (leaching at the correct redox potential and pH)
ii. The leach circuit was optimised to produce the correct ferrous to ferric ratio in order to reduce the corrosion at the CCIX circuit
2. Iduapriem Gold Plant Ghana, milling expert control system and CIL circuit optimisation a. Expert control focussed on plant throughput maximisation b. CIL circuit optimised for semi-refractory ore that required pre-oxidation treatment
3. Obuasi Gold Plant leaching optimisation with regards to oxygen addition to ensure ferrous oxidation before cyanide addition
4. Geita Gold Plant leach optimisation with regards to oxygen and lead additions to passivate the surface of refractory sulphide ores

People Management:

1. Two metallurgical engineers reported into this specific position
2. Mentoring on vacation students
3. Mentoring of graduate engineers
Period
December 2004 to June 2006
Employer Name
AngloGold Ashanti – South African Operations Management
Large Corporate in the Gold Mining and Extraction Industry. South African Metallurgical Division.
Position Held: Metallurgical Technical Assistant

Responsibilities

Process Optimization:

1. Noligwa Gold Plant South Africa, milling expert control system and Leach/CIP circuit optimisation a. Expert control focussed on grind size optimisation b. Leach circuit needed to be optimised with focus on cyanide control in the leach and ferrous oxidation in the neutralisation circuit
2. Noligwa gold plant, optimisation of pyrite flotation circuit a. Pyrite circuit needed to be optimised to produce roaster grade pyrite (in excess of 28% Sulphide Sulphur)
i. Focussed on cleaner circuit to ensure that the total recovery is not significantly compromised
3. Sulphuric Acid Plant optimisation especially with regards to reducing emissions at East Gold Acid and Flotation Plant a. Process evaluations including i. Process mass balancing in Excel ii. Process heat balancing in Excel iii. Interaction of various process parameters on sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide emissions
4. West Gold Plant South Africa, optimisation of acid treatment circuit in elution circuit
5. South Uranium Plant technical audits a. Evaluate the performance of the leach section b. Evaluate the performance of the solvent extraction circuit c. Evaluate the performance of the continuous ion exchange circuit

Process Design:

1. Process Design for the Kopanang Uranium Plant feasibility study, this included:
a. Leach mass balance b. Leach heat balance

People Management:

4. Two metallurgical engineers reported into this specific position
5. Mentoring on vacation students
6. Mentoring of graduate engineers
Period
April 2003 to December 2004
Employer Name
AngloGold Ashanti – South African Metallurgical Technical Services
Large Corporate in the Gold Mining and Extraction Industry. Metallurgical Project Management Section for AngloGold Ashanti
Position Held Metallurgical Technical Assistant

Responsibilities

Project Management:
1. Management of Metallurgical Technology and Innovation Projects
2. Options Study for Uranium Extraction o Investigation into the various process studies that are available for uranium recovery o Detail evaluation of the extractive chemistry of the various process routes
3. Due diligence studies
Period
January 2003 to April 2003
Employer Name
AngloGold – East Rand Gold and Uranium
Large Corporate in the Gold Mining and Extraction Industry. South African Metallurgical Division.
Position Held: Plant Production Superintendent

Responsibilities:
Manage Sulphuric Acid Plant Major Shutdown:
1. Technical sign of off practical completion
2. Schedule management
3. Budget management
Period
January 2001 to December 2002
Employer Name
AngloGold – Seconded to Mintek
Mintek is the Metallurgical Council for Research in South Africa
Position Held: Metallurgical Engineer

Responsibilities

Research activity with regards to the use of gold as a catalyst
Shaping powdered catalyst into extrudates with high surface area

Publications:
"Development of Gold-Sponge Catalysts for Lean-Burn DeNOx", Gary Pattric, Elma van der Lingen, Herman Schwarzer, Stephen J. Roberts, Gold 2003, September 2003
"Gold Catalysts Prepared via Intermetallic Precursor", Elma van der Lingen, Michael B. Cortie, Herman Schwarzer, Stephen J. Roberts, Gary Pattrick, Daven Compton, Gold 2003, September 2003

Period
January 2000 to December 2000
Employer Name
Anglo Gold – Daggafontein Section
Large Corporate in the Gold Mining and Extraction Industry. South African Metallurgical Division.
Position Held: Senior Plant Metallurgist

Responsibilities
1. Ensuring CIL plant operates efficiently
2. Management of final zinc cementation recovery circuit
3. Metallurgical Accounting
4. Reagent Management
Period
January 1999 to December 1999
Employer Name
AngloGold – East Rand Gold and Uranium
Large Corporate in the Gold Mining and Extraction Industry. South African Metallurgical Division.
Position Held: Metallurgical Graduate

Responsibilities
1. Shift work on Sulphuric Acid Plant
2. Assistance during annual Acid Plant Shutdown
3. Assist with pyrite flotation circuit optimization

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