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CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position with an exploration or a mining company that will benefit from my previous geology experience and where there will be room for professional growth and advancement opportunities.

EXPERIENCE
9/08-Present COFFEY MINING (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LIMITED
Senior Exploration Geologist
Explored for the following client:
TRANSAFRIKA RESOURCES LIMITED Rusizi/Byumba, Rwanda
* Camp management, careful management of exploration budgets and accounts. Planning of field work and requisitions. Liaising with communities and governmental agencies in and around working areas. Training of personnel and supervision of geologists, field technicians and contractors to ensure effective teamwork.
* Compilation and maintenance of geological databases to the highest international standards. On-going validation of databases, preparation of maps, figures, plans, sections and any other items required.
* Reconnaissance survey of new prospects. Using GPS and compasses for gridding, supervision of soil geochemical sampling and induced polarization (IP) programs. Logging of soil regolith.
* Pitting and trenching on geophysical and geochemical soil anomalies.
* Mapping of faces, pits, trenches, outcrops, mine-workings and soil regolith.
* Supervision of diamond drilling, orientation and logging of diamond cores.
* Sampling of stream sediments, outcrops, grabs, faces, pits, trenches and diamond cores.
* Dispatching of samples to assay laboratory.
* Ensuring safe work practices and writing of technical reports.

5/04-8/08 SEMS EXPLORATION SERVICES GHANA LIMITED
Project Manager
Consultant for the following clients:
(I)PLACER DOME AFRICA EUROASIA Kyereboso /Fumsu-Ketewa, Ghana
* Projects management, planning of fieldwork, requisitions and budgets. Careful management of exploration budgets and maintenance of company's financial accounts.
* Management of environmental issues, liaising with communities and governmental agencies
( Forestry Commission, Regional Minister, District Assembly, Assembly Men, District Chief Executives, Chiefs, Ghana Minerals Commission, Police Service) in and around working areas.
* Compilation and maintenance of geological databases to the highest international standards, on-going validation and interrogation of geological databases as required by nature of assignment. Preparation of maps, figures, plans, sections and any other items required.
* Historical data acquisition and capture. Due diligence to verify acquired assay results. Monitoring of analytical quality control (QA/QC) via statistical assessment of repeat, duplicate and standards.
* Training of personnel and supervision of professional personnel and contractors.
* Reconnaissance survey of new prospects.
* Using a combination of GPS and compasses for a series of gridding. Supervision of soil and stream sediments sampling programs. Panning and logging of stream sediments. Logging of soil regolith. Soil and stream sediment samples preparation.
* Pitting and trenching on geological structures (based on structural interpretation) and on geochemical soil anomalies. Mapping of pits, trenches and outcrops.
* Preparation of drill pad s and supervision of RC and diamond drilling programs. Lithological logging of RC chips and diamond cores. Orientation and geotechnical logging of diamond cores.
* Sampling of outcrops, adits, pits, trenches, RC samples and diamond cores.
* Dispatching of samples to assay labs and liaising with the labs for results.
* Timely and accurate reporting of assay results.
* Ensuring safe work practices and writing of technical reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly, terminal and forestry).

(II) GRYPHON MINERALS LIMITED Banfora, Burkina Faso
* Compilation and maintenance of geological databases to the highest international standards.
* Supervision of professional personnel and contractors to ensure effective teamwork.
* Using a combination of GPS and compasses for gridding and supervision of soil geochemical sampling programs. Preparation of soil samples for the labs. Grab sampling, mapping of regolith and outcrops.
* Supervision of RAB, RC and diamond drilling programs. Orientation of diamond cores, logging of rock chips and diamond cores.
* Ensuring safe work practices.

(III) PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES Kyereboso /Akrokerri, Ghana
* Projects management, planning of fieldwork, requisitions and budgets. Careful management of exploration budgets and accounts. Training and supervision of professional personnel and contractors.
* Population and management of databases and monitoring of analytical quality control (QA/QC) via statistical assessment of repeat, duplicate and standards. On-going validation and interrogation of databases as required by nature of assignment. Preparation of maps figures and plans.
* Trenching, trench mapping and sampling.
* Supervision of RC and diamond drilling programs, logging of RC chips and diamond cores.
* Dispatching of samples to assay labs and liaising with the labs for results. Timely and accurate reporting of assay results.
* Ensuring safe work practices and writing of technical reports.

(IV) SUN GOLD RESOURCES Ayanfuri, Ghana
* Project management, careful management of exploration budgets and accounts. Population and management of databases. Liaising with communities in and around working area, training and supervision of geologists, field technicians and labourers.
* Using a combination of GPS and compasses for gridding. Supervision of geochemical soil and grab sampling programs. Mapping of soil regolith and outcrops.
* Dispatching of samples to the laboratory. Ensuring safe work practices and report writing.

(V) AMI AFRICAN EXPLORATION Beposo/Anuoro /Goldenreef, Ghana
* Projects management, planning of fieldwork, requisition and budgets. Management and maintenance of field accounts. Development of positive working relationships with local authorities and communities. Training of professional personnel and interacting with staff and contractors to ensure exploration goals are achieved.
* Compilation and maintenance of geological databases to the highest international standards, on-going validation and interrogation of geological databases as required by nature of assignments. Preparation of maps, figures, plans, sections and any other items required. Monitoring of analytical quality control (QA/QC) via statistical assessment of repeat, duplicate and standards. Historical data capture.
* Reconnaissance survey of new prospects. Using a combination of GPS and compasses for gridding and supervision of soil geochemical sampling programs. Logging of soil regolith and soil sample preparation.
* Pitting and trenching on geological structures (based on structural interpretation) and on geochemical soil anomalies. Mapping of pits, trenches, outcrops and regolith.
* Preparation of drill pads and supervision of RC and diamond drilling programs. Lithological logging of RC chips and diamond cores. Orientation and geotechnical logging of diamond cores.
* Sampling of outcrops, adits, pits, trenches, RC samples, diamond cores and augur samples.
* Determination of bulk densities of diamond cores for resource estimation.
* Dispatching of samples to assay labs and liaising with the labs for results.
* Timely and accurate reporting of assay results.
* Ensuring safe work practices and writing of technical reports.

(VI) PMI GOLD CORPORATION Amansie-West, Ghana
* Training and supervision of work personnel.
* Orientation, lithological and geotechnical logging of diamond cores. Sampling of diamond cores.

(VII) PALANGIO GOLD MINES INC. Kyereboso / Brofoyedru, Ghana
* Careful management and maintenance of exploration budgets and accounts. Development of positive working relationship with communities.
* Location of historical soil sample points using GPS. Trenching on historical soil anomalies, trench mapping and sampling.
* Daily supervision of field technicians and contractors. Ensuring safe work practices.

3/03-5/04 NEWMONT GHANA GOLD LIMITED Ahafo, Ghana
Development Geologist
* Drill data capture and on-going validation of databases. Plotting of drill plans and sections, using drill plans and sections to propose ore intercepts and resource holes.
* Supervision of 5 drill rigs (diamond and RC rigs) simultaneously on 12-hourly shifts. Supervision of drill sampling.
* Lithological logging of RC chips and diamond cores. Orientation and geotechnical logging of diamond cores.
* Daily supervision of field technicians and labourers. Interacting with staff and contractors to ensure exploration goals are achieved.
* Organization of safety meetings and report writing.

1/98-1/02 ABOSSO GOLDFIELDS GHANA LIMITED Damang, Ghana
Mine Geologist
* Responsible for structural mapping of 3km Damang open-pit.
* Planning of grade control RC drill-holes and preparation of sites for grade control drilling. Planning and co-coordinating 3 RC rigs movements and sequence of drilling.
* Daily liaison with engineers, surveyors and contractors to co-ordinate and monitor mining activities.
* Supervision of induced polarization (IP) program, trenching on IP anomalies Trench mapping and sampling (near mine exploration).
* Supervision of in-pit diamond drilling to increase reserves and resources. Lithological logging of RC chips and diamond cores. Supervision of RC and diamond core sampling.
* Management of stockpile balance and reconciliation. Updating drill plans and collar files using micromine software. Monitoring of analytical quality control (QA/QC) via statistical assessment of repeat, duplicate and standards.
* Ore boundary inspection after blast to minimize ore dilution, ore mark-outs, demarcation of ore/waste contacts and supervision of selective mining activities to avoid dilution.
* Determination of bulk density of rocks.
* Enforcing company's mine safety regulations in and around the pits.
* Preparation of maps, figures, plans, sections and writing of reports.

6/97-12/97 BILLITON BOGOSO GOLD GHANA LIMITED Bogosu, Ghana
Exploration Geologist
* Supervision of RAB, RC and diamond drilling programs. Population and management of databases. Daily supervision of field technicians, labourers and contractors.
* Structural mapping of open-pits and faces.
* Lithological logging of diamond cores, RC and RAB chips. Orientation and geotechnical logging of diamond cores. Sampling of drill-holes.
* Gridding, supervision of geochemical soil sampling programs, grab sampling and mapping of regolith.
* Pitting, pit mapping and sampling.
* Enforcing company's mine safety regulations.

2/97-5/97 LEO SHIELD EXPLORATION LIMITED Subin, Ghana
Exploration Geologist
* Camp management, management of exploration accounts and development of positive working relationships with local authorities and communities. Daily supervision of field technicians and labourers and contractors.
* Supervision of gridding and soil sampling programs. Logging of soil regolith. Trench excavation, mapping and sampling.
* Preparation of drill pads, supervision of RC drilling and logging of RC chips. Supervision of RC sampling.
* Ensuring safe work practices.

6/96-9/96 BILLITON BOGOSO GOLD GHANA LIMITED Bogosu, Ghana
Trainee Geologist
* Supervision of RAB drilling, logging and sampling.
* Face sampling.
* Using dozer to excavate riplines for grade control. Mapping and sampling of riplines
* Estimation of grades and tonnages of ore blocks.
* Ore block delineation, ore mark-outs and supervision of selective mining activities to avoid ore dilution.
* Enforcing company's mine safety regulations in and around the pits.
* A 39 page project work entitled 'Grade control as practiced at Billiton Bogosu Gold Limited' in January 1997.

11/93-3/94 PRESTEA GOLDFIELDS LIMITED Prestea, Ghana Trainee Geologist
* Underground mapping and plotting of sections for interpretation of ore-body.
* Sampling (ball mill, channel, chip and truck sampling).
* Underground survey, drilling, blasting and mining.
* Report writing.

10/90 – 9/91 AFRICAN ADVANCE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL Ashiaman, Ghana
Mathematics/General Science Tutor

EDUCATION
10/93 – 2/97 UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY Tarkwa, Ghana
(FORMERLY KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL OF MINES)
Diploma in Geological Engineering

GHANA NATIONAL COLLEGE, Cape–Coast, Ghana
9/87 – 6/89 General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
9/82 – 6/87 School Certificate/General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

ACHIEVEMENTS
* Project manager involved with the increase of resource on AMI's North Ashanti project in 2008 by 167% from 122,863 ounces to 327,621 ounces at 1.35g/t.
* Project geologist/manager involved with work on Kyereboso deposit (Placer Dome) of +200,000 ounce of gold in Ghana in 2005.
* Development geologist involved with the doubling of gold reserve on Newmont Ghana Gold Ahafo Mine in Ghana in 2003 (Ahafo Mine contributed 8% of Newmont's world wide equity gold sale in 2007 and reported approximately 9.7 million ounces of gold reserves).
* Mine geologist responsible for structural mapping of 3km Damang open-pit for 4 consecutive years. Leading to better structural and geotechnical understanding of the ore-body which aided in mining and exploration activities. Involved with development and implementation of effective and efficient cost-saving measures in grade control practices at Abosso Goldfields Limited (Damang Goldmine) from 1998 to 2002.
* Exploration geologist involved with the discovery of Chujah deposits totaling 500,000 ounces of gold at Bogosu operation in Ghana in 1997.
* Successful execution of near mine exploration at Bogosu Goldmine in Ghana and from grassroots on Placer Dome's Fumsu-Ketewa Concession in Ghana, AMI Africa Gold Golden Reef and Anuoro River projects in Ghana and Transafrika Resources Rusizi project at Rwanda.
* A 39 page project work entitled 'Grade control as practiced at Billiton Bogosu Gold Limited' in January 1997.

WORKSHOPS
* Soil and stream drainage sampling procedure by Paul Taufen of Geochemistry Solutions, LLC. March 2005
* Blasting and competency programme in surface mining by Glyn Rees of African Explosives Limited. November 2000.
* Sampling in the mining industry, theory and practice by D. Francois-Bongarcon, PhD M.R.D.I. U.S.A., San Mateo, California,. April 2000.
* Effective delegation by Norman Venus of Australian Institute of Management, August 1999
* Introduction to geostatistics for resources estimation and grade control by Dr. Neil Schofield of FSSI Consultants Australia, August 1999.
* Introduction and general application of minesight software by Paul Whelan of Mintec, June 1999
* Structural control of deposits and factors critical to the formation of large gold deposits by Professor Groves of Western Australia, June 1999.
* Spherical projections (Stereonents) and fault geometry by Dr. Andrews Tunks of Paladin Resources N.L. Western Australia, April 1998.

COMPUTER LITERACY
* MapInfo-Discover, Micromine (used over 7 years ago), Word Perfect, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Access.
HOBBIES
* Soccer, Movies and Music.

REFERENCES
* Available upon request.

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