Professional Qualification:
- Registered Professional Engineering Technologist
Professional Memberships
- ECSA – Engineering Council of South Africa – Registration No. 70282
- IPET – Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists – Member No. 3463M
Period of Experience in Industry
- 35 Years
Previous Company and Last Position Held
- METS SA – Divisional Director (4 years)
- Metanoya – 1½ Years – Managing Director
- METS (A division of Shaft Sinkers) Total of 19 Years – Chief Design Engineer (6 years)
Other Companies
- Gencor,
- Rand Mines,
- Impala Platinum
Areas of Experience
- Brownfields and Greenfields Projects from conception to implementation and final commissioning.
- All areas of sinking designs and permanent infrastructure design in all aspects of the mining industry.
Major Project Involvement (Abbreviated)
- Lonmin – Saffy, Hossy Pandora (3 shafts), Karee 3, Newman and Middelkraal
- Afplats Leeuwkop Project (2 shaft system)
- Kalagadi Manganese Project (2 shaft system)
- Mopani South Ore Body Shaft
- Sasol – Irenedale, Thubelisha, Shondoni and Impumelelo Projects (All 3 shaft systems)
- Hindustan Zinc Limited – Rampura Agucha Mine, India (3 shaft system)
- Impala 17 Shaft (3 shaft system)
- Royal Bafokeng Platinum – Styldrift Project (2 shaft system)
- Poderosa Jimena Shaft Project (Peru)
- Medusa Mining – Saga Shaft Project (Philippines)
- Kibali Project (DRC) Taung Gold Jeanette Project Pre-feasibility Study