Lovemore Mauled Exploration Geologist

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Lovemore Mauled, Exploration Manager/ Senior Exploration Geologist

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Lovemore Mauled Summary Resume

Personal Details

Current Residence South Africa

Phone Number +27 071 980 1399 OR +27 071 099 5367

Email [email protected] or [email protected]

Location 48 Atlanta Complex, Mulder Street, The Reeds, 0157, Centurion , RSA

Nationality Zimbabwean

Civil Status Permanent Resident of South Africa

Date of Birth 22 Jul 1976

EE/AA Status Male

Driver's Licence Light Vehicle (Since year 2000)

Own Transport Yes

SACNASP Yes

Geological Society of South Africa: Yes

My Next Job

Preferred Exploration Manager/Senior Exploration Geologist/Project Geologist/ Project Geotechnician

Permanent Senior Level position / Contract Position

Preferred Locations Prepared to travel, live in camps or relocate

International (West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Europe, Australia, Canada, United States etc --- Any safe environment)

Gauteng (South Africa)

Mpumalanga

Western Cape (South Africa)

KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

North West (South Africa) and;

Notice Period: Available to start work immediately.

mailto:[email protected]

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Career History

Company Position Duration

Minxcon Exploration (Pty) Ltd (South Africa and Liberia)

Senior Geologist (Exploration) and Project Manager

Jan 2012 – 16 February 2015 Aug 2015 – 31 October 2015.

Minxcon Exploration (Pty) Ltd ( Liberia, West Africa)

Senior Exploration Geologist and Project Manager

2013 – March 2014

Delta Mining Consolidated (South Africa, Zimbabwe and Liberia)

Senior Exploration Geologist Oct 2008 – Oct 2011

Delta Mining Consolidated Ltd (Liberia, West Africa)

Senior Exploration Geologist 2010

Tuli Coal Mine (Zimbabwe) Exploration Project Geologist Jan 2006 – Sep 2008

Buchwa Iron Mining Company (Zimbabwe)

Senior Geo-technician & Exploration Supervisor

Jan 2003 – Mar 2006

Rift Minerals and Geo-Associate Ltd (Zimbabwe)

Field Geologist (Exploration) Mid-Winter mine, Step Lively Mine, Tsessebe exploration

Jan 2002-Dec 2002

Canister Resources Pvt Ltd (Zimbabwe)

Exploration Geotechnician Dogwe & Tsholotsho Gold exploration Hydrogeochemical Sampling and Soil geochemical sampling lead.

Nov 2000-Dec 2001

Anglo American Zimbabwe Ltd (Zimbabwe)

Geology Vacation student Motapa mine, Isabella mine, McCays mine

1998 & 1999

Casmyn Mining Ltd (Turk Mine) (Zimbabwe)

Turk mine_ Vacation Student 1998

Other Recent Private Projects Undertaken Namibia and South Africa.

Date Company Client Commodity Project Name Location

August, 2014 Geoservices and

Communications RSA (Pty)

Ltd

Vargaworx (Pty) Ltd South

Africa

Coal Vryheid coal

exploration desktop

study report

Vryheid, Kwa Zulu

Natal

February, 2015 Geoservices and

Communications RSA (Pty)

Ltd

Phandasiphile Mineral

Resources (Pty) Ltd

Coal Desktop study report

on Coal potential on

Rusticana project

Near Standerton,

Mpumalanga

February, 2015 Raptoflex (Pty) Ltd South

Africa

Raptoflex (Pty) Ltd South

Africa

Copper Technical Review of

the Copper project

on EPL Ovitoto in

Nambia.

Namibia

March, 2015 MJ Geophysics consultants MJ Geophysics consultants Copper Namibia EPL447 ,

Geochemistry report

Namibia

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Skills

Commodities:

Gold, Coal, Iron ore, Chrome, Manganese, Copper etc

Extensive

Geological Desktop studies,

Target generation, field reconnaissance

Geological mapping,

Trenching

Pitting, Drilling contracts management,

Diamond drilling, RC and Percussion drilling management

Exploration team management and supervision

Geological Logging and sampling

Interpretation of Downhole Geophysics data

Laboratory Liaisoning

Sampling and QAQC

Exploration Project Management

Off road Navigation

Mentoring of unskilled and skilled labour

Solid

Computer software knowledge

Data capturing, Technical Report writing

Computer Softwares Surfer,

Mapsource,

Base camp,

ArcGIS ,

Microsoft Suite,

Basic Datamine and; Rockworks

Other Attributes: Can learn new computer softwares quickly

Commodities Experience

Coal

Iron Ore

Gold

Manganese

Chrome

Copper

Limestone and many more

Employment

Jan 2012– 16 March, 2015 Minxcon Exploration (Pty) Ltd)

Senior Geologist (Exploration and Project Management)

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Roodepoort, Johannesburg , Gauteng (South Africa)

Permanent Senior Level position .

**** Retrenched due to employers facing financial challenges.

Duties at Minxcon included but not limited to :

Exploration projects management. Projects include:

1. Zimbabwe: Commodity : Gold (August to October 2015)

Thistle Gold Mining ltd, Eiffel Flats, Kadoma , Zimbabwe

Leading and managing the field exploration team in a 6500m diamond

drilling campaign.

Siting exploration drill holes for resource drilling for orebody depth and

lateral extensions.

Drilling access, pad preparations, drillhole set-up checks, downhole

survey monitoring, supervising geological logging, sampling and samples

despatch. Technical reporting. Site management. Rehabilitation of sites.

Exploration results synthesis, database management and all field

exploration-related activities.

2. Zimbabwe Commodity: Chrome (2012)

Zim-Alloys Chrome exploration 2012. Led the field exploration team

during a coal exploration and resource verification project along the Great

Dyke of Zimbabwe from the south to the north.

Geological mapping, sampling, drill hole planning, technical reporting

Areas covered include Inyala mine, Lalapanzi, Darwendale,

Mutorashanga, Ceaser Mine, Sutton Mine and Mvurwi Peak.

3. South Africa Commodity: Gold (2013)

Stonewall Mining (Pty) Ltd Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga (TGME)

Gold exploration diamond-drilling planning, management, core logging,

geotechnical logging sampling, QAQC, Data capturing, technical reporting

4. South Africa Commodity: Coal (2013)

Ergosat Coal Exploration Free State Province

Vereeniging-Sasolburg coalfield (near New Vaal Colliery and LETHABO

power station) in the Free State province):-

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Managing coal exploration drilling campaign, supervising geologists and

drilling contractors, core photography, drill core marking,

lithological/geotechnical logging, coal seam identifications, geological

mapping, drill core sampling, data capturing, summary reporting, drilling

planning and scheduling, contracts sourcing and management, sample

submissions to laboratories, project management, Ez-trac multi-shot down-

hole surveying, safety, health and environment.

Formulating project-specific protocols and training junior personnel on the

aspects of coal exploration and drill-core handling. Report writing.

Administration and management of the field -exploration team.

5. Liberia Commodity: (Iron ore)

Jonah Capital/Anglo-American/Kumba Iron Ore joint venture (2013-

2014)

Exploration Project team manager and leader for iron ore exploration,

geological field-mapping for Kalasi project targets near Liberia-Cote

D’ivore border. Target generation. Camp management, Trenching,

Diamond drilling supervision, Sampling, Samples despatch. QAQC,

Results synthesis, Mentoring qualified, semi-skilled and unskilled

personnel. Led a team of 5 exploration geologists.

Other Projects worked on while at Minxcon Pty Ltd.

1. Tanzania (Coal and Gold

Kibo Mining Coal to Power Project

Contributed to the authoring of technical report for Rukwa project.

2. Liberia (Iron ore)

Project Technical review of Tawana Resources’s Mofe Creek iron ore

project in Liberia.

3. Mauritania (Gold)

Part of the authoring of a Competent Persons Report (“CPR”) on

Mauritania iron ore project at Zerga and Kaouat El Khadra.

4. Ghana (Gold)

Tarkwa and Kumasi (Ghana) waste dumps and mined

areas re-treatment and rehabilitation research and

target identification.

Oct 2008– Oct 2011 Delta Mining Consolidated (Pty) Ltd -Senior Geologist

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Kyalami, Midrand, Gauteng (South Africa)

Permanent Senior Level position .

South Africa: Commodity: Coal

Projects

Delmas (Rietkuil) Witbank Coal field,

Musina Coal Project (Tuli Coal Basin )

Vryheid (Vryheid coalfield)

Dundee (Project due diligence at Slater Coal mining ltd)

Springbokvlaaktes in Bela Bela

Commodity: Iron Ore

Gulukwane iron ore project in Thabazimbi

Zimbabwe Commodity: Coal

Lubu coal Senior exploration geologist and project manager near

Binga on the Zambezi Valley.

Lubimbi (Hankano/Gwayi) coalfield exploration team Senior

Geologist and Project Manager near Lupane in Matabeleland province

in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe Commodity: Chrome

Mberengwa, Mashava (Boss mine etc) and Zvishavane chrome projects due

diligence on Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke,

Liberia Commodity: Iron ore (year 2010)

Senior exploration geologist for iron ore projects at the following targets:

Timbo,

Bopolu,

Wologizi mountain

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Duties on the above projects included (not limited to):-

.- Desktop studies

- Greenfields exploration for coal, uranium, chrome and iron ore

-Geological mapping

- Resource evaluation drilling

- Core logging

- Core photography

- Core Sampling

- Geophysical logging contractors monitoring.

- Geophysics and borehole log correlations and interpretations

- Data capturing and data entry.

- Creating links with government/ Geological Survey Offices’ officials.

- Preparing and writing annual reports for work carried out on projects.

- Samples instructions preparations for laboratory

- Samples despatches and laboratory liaisoning

- Results synthesis.

- Data validations

- Preparation of drilling data summaries for modelling with Surfer software

- Coal Seam modelling with Surfer.

- Isopachyte map productions

- Interaction with consultant geologists and surveyors.

- Percussion drilling supervision, logging and sampling for Iron ore and coal

resources.

- RC (reverse circulation) drilling, monitoring and supervision for iron ore

resources.

- Field mapping and Helicopter-aided reconnaissance.

Jan 2006– Sep 2008 Tuli Coal Mine (Pvt) Ltd-- Exploration Project Geologist

Zimbabwe

Permanent Management Level position .

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COKING COAL

Reporting to Technical Services Manager.

- Open pit mining control and guidance to mining department and surveyors

(block delineation)

- Grade control sampling

- Assisting in drill hole planning

- Drill hole siting

- Working in conjunction with the drilling managers and site supervisors.

- Near mine exploration drilling, supervision and monitoring

- All diamond drill core logging in the field.

- Field data capturing and presentation

- Drill core sampling and despatch to laboratory.

- Drilling summary preparations

- Cross sections

- Geological mapping

- Open pit mapping of seams and structures such faults, folds, dykes and sills.

- Training of field assistants and vacation students.

Arranged and participated in management meetings for planning, production

and all other relevant meetings

Jan 2003– Mar 2006 Buchwa Iron Mining Company -- Senior Geotechnician And Exploration Supervisor (subsidiary of ZISCOSTEEL)

Zimbabwe

Permanent Senior Level position

Iron ore, Limestone, Manganese, Coal and other diversification projects

Duties included.

All geological duties as assigned by the Chief Geologist and the technical services manager. Geological Field mapping Geological Logging Drilling crew supervision for near mine and field exploration. Open pit and field sampling Samples submissions Data capturing and synthesis Mentoring personnel

Report writing

Open pit geology work for iron ore and limestone mining.

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2002 Rift Mineral Resources (Zimbabwe)

Midwinter mine, Kadoma_ Gold Exploration RC drilling, chip logging and sampling

Diamond drilling, core logging and sampling

Report writing

Auger drilling and sampling of tailings waste dumps

Step Lively Mine (near Pickstone Mine) Diamond drilling, logging and sampling

Report writing,

Data capturing

Tsessebe Exploration project (near Thistle Etna Mine)

Trenching planning, siting and supervision

Trench sampling

Pitting

Surface mapping

2001 Canister Resources (Dokwe-Tsholotsho Exploration)

Field Geotechnician Hydrogeochemical sampling and soil sampling lead

Mentoring junior personnel

Assistant field camp manager

Report writing

Drill hole siting

1998-1999 Anglo American Zimbabwe (Amzim) Ltd (Vacation Student)

Motapa mine

Isabella mine

McCays mine Geological mapping, trench siting, mapping and trench sampling.

Drill hole siting, drilling supervision

Data capture

Percussion drill logging

Did my final year project on the Exploration of McCays mine .

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Education

3 YEAR Diploma in Mining and Exploration Geology, Zimbabwe School of Mines

GCE Cambridge “O” Levels 1993- Rakodzi High School, Marondera, Zimbabwe

GCE Cambridge “A” Levels 1996- Mount Pleasant High School, Harare, Zimbabwe

Languages

Current

Zulu–basic

Chichewa/Chewa/Nyanja–basic

Ndebele–basic

Shona–fluent

English–fluent

Professional Associations

November 2013 – Current SACNASP (MEMBER (CERT.NAT. SCI (Geological Sciences))

October 2008 – Current GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (GSSA MEMBER)

November 2000 –current MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ZIMBABWE SCHOOL OF MNES

Work Permits

Permanent Residence permit (South Africa)

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References

Mr Barry Venter

Geology Manager (Minxcon Exploration (Pty) Ltd)

Suite 6, Coldstream office Park,

Littlefalls, Roodepoort,

Gauteng, South Africa

Contact: cell +27 715 96 3712

Office: 011 958 2899

Email: [email protected]

Mr Pierre Coetzer

Manager Richbar Refineries.

180 Barbara Rd, Elandsfontein,Germiston

Contact: +27 824523335

Email: [email protected]

Mr Roman Sczcecina

Chief Geologist, Coal

Delta Mining Consolidated

P.O BOX 31330,

Kyalami

Midrand, 1684

Cell : +27 73 183 2121

Email : [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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SACNASP Certificate

Lovemore Mauled Exploration Geologist

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