METALLURGICAL PROCESSING

POSITION APPLIED FOR:

I have worked on several metallurgical processes during my 30 plus years. Always achieved my objectives. Begin to work on Virginia gold plant as an operator,moved to Anglo Gold an as reduction official completed all relevant modules to obtain my plant foreman certificate in 1986 thereafter done my metallurgical foreman certificate and in 2012 done my uranium plant production sup certificate. Commissioned several process projects successfully during my years on the mine My expertize are gold and uranium processing. Training people are a passion as my experience does allow me to share my knowledge. Completed several courses successfully to assist me in my work. I’ve managed process plants and acted as mine manager. Started to work on gold mines from 1982 and worked my way up to plant superintendent for the last 12 years I’ve trained several candidates on uranium processing and modulated the material for Ezulwini plant.

I’m a registered assessor and moderator at MQA

Career motivation:

I believe that my willingness to work diligently and consistently, my determination to overcome obstacles and meet my objectives my capability for interacting with others and work in dependability my dedication to achieve my goals will enable me to become a valued member of your workforce

CV OF E.H.M LIZEMORE

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I do have a valid passport;

Edward H M. Lizemore

600-***-**** 08 8

Fochville

Fochville

South African

Male

Afrikaans

English and Fanakalo read and write

Married

Code EB (08)

Good

Fishing and hiking and hunting

+278*-***-**** or 079-***-****

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EDUCATION & TRAINING

1977 - Jan Viljoen Hoër Tegnies en Handelskool

Additional Training /Courses / Certificates

Completed all relevant courses to Anglo standards to obtain my Metallurgical Foreman Certificate

Production area superintendant certificate

Safety representative (NOSA)

Supervisors Safety Training Course (NOSA) (Cum Lauda)

Safety Emergency Preparedness

Initial Loss Control Course

Modern Safety Management

Preliminary Certificate of Fire Fighting Technology

Handling of Dangerous Chemicals

Cyanide Practical Rescue and first aid

First Aid

Hazwise

Mine Health and Safety Acts

Risk Assessment

Health and safety policies

“Metsafe” Program

Workplace assessor

Breathing Apparatus course

Instrumentation course for metallurgist

Shift foreman for Au certificate

Section overseer certificate for uranium plant (including SCADA control)

Scaffold erecting and inspection

Front end loader

Personal Development

Employee Development Program

Dragger gas monitor instructor course.

Supervisory Development Program

Assertiveness

Assessor certificate

Industrial Relation Courses

Code of Practices

Slimes dam Appreciation course

Finance for non financial managers course

All the plant modules as required to obtain plant foreman certificate

Certificate for belt splicing and pulley lagging (Rema Tip Top)

Moderators certificate

Area production superintendant certificate (ADCORP) Computer Literacy

Excel, word, access and PowerPoint and outlook

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Nov. 2012 to date

ETDP practioner:

Talent Factor TRAINING SERVICES:

Do workplace assessments, risk assessments And plant specific training.

Coordinate and plan training to the needs of the client.

Monitor and evaluate learner progress.

Facilitate training material implemented.

Assess learners and register learners.

Keep record on learner progress by means of plotter cards.

Review training material and update when required.

Liaise with other departments.

Reporting to management of progress.

Moderate assessments

Training personnel at Cooke plant on the respective areas: Safety and Health training

Safety in tools and equipment use training

Safe handling of tools and equipment

Safety inspections

Hazard identification

Cyanide first aid and awareness

Environmental awareness

SAG milling

Thickening

Crusher plant operations

Elutions

Cyanidation Leaching

Electrowining

All chemicals involved

Plant safety

Hazardous chemicals handling and first aid training HIV and AIDS Awareness

Fire fighting

Scaffold erecting and inspection

Front end loader

Chemical first aid

Carbon in leach, carbon in pulp and carbon in solution Standard, Simons and jaw crusher

Mining induction

Uranium Plant specific:

Slurry Thickening

Acid Leach

Counter current decantation

Ion exchange

Solvent extraction and ADU Sections

Compiled assessment documents for the section and do the assessments for thiem Contact person and number: Hennie Prinsloo ; 082******* PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Feb. 2010 to Oct 2012

ETDP practioner:

Adcorp PMI TECHNICAL TRAINING SERVICES:

Started to work for GFETS training and development February 2010. Do workplace assessments, risk assessments for WCM chrome mining Mooinooi?

Coordinate and plan training to the needs of the client.

Monitor and evaluate learner progress.

Facilitate training material implemented.

Assess learners and register learners.

Keep record on learner progress by means of plotter cards.

Review training material and update when required.

Liaise with other departments.

Reporting to management of progress.

Moderate assessments

Train personnel in effective plant operations.

GFETS bought over by ADCORP

Transferred back to Ezulwini First uranium as contract expired with Samancor Jan 2011. At this plant I am in charge of the metallurgical training dept. Train and assess the workforce in effective gold and uranium recovery operations. Completed my Area Production Superintendent certificate.

Training personnel at this plant of Ezulwini on the respective areas: Safety and Health training

Safety in tools and equipment use training

Safe handling of tools and equipment

Safety inspections

S.C.A.T analysing

Hazard identification

SAG milling

Thickening

Belt filters inclusive the vacuum system and drum filters Uranium leach

Counter current decantation (CCD)

Hopper clarification

Ion exchange

Elution of uranium and regeneration of resin and elution and regeneration of carbon in gold process

Solvent extraction (no crud section)

ADU section

Smelt house operations inclusive electro wining

Thompson boilers 15 tonners

All chemicals involved

Plant safety

Hazardous chemicals handling and first aid training HIV and AIDS Awareness

Fire fighting

Scaffold erecting and inspection

Front end loader

Chemical first aid

Carbon in leach, carbon in pulp and carbon in solution Standard, Simons and jaw crusher

Contact number: Stevan Cornelisen : +277*-*******

Reason for leaving: Contract expire with Gold 1 of the Cooke group on the 31 October 2012

Feb. 2009 to 2010 Feb.

Assessor and training officer: ETD practitioner

Diggers training and development:

Started to work for Diggers training and development February 2009. Done workplace assessments, risk assessments for Asa chrome mining Steelpoort. Train personnel in effective plant operations. Modulate Ezulwini First uranium plant operations modules. Train personnel accordingly.

Contact number: J Schoombie +278*-***-****

Reason for leaving: Contract was terminated.

2007 – 2009

Boilermaker

Kusundu Katina:

Work as an underground boilermaker at South Deep mine. Re-furbishing their high pressure pipe lines. This work kept me busy until Diggers offered me a better package. Maintained the high pressure pumps (multi stage pumps) as a fitter Reason for leaving: Company owner left the country (One man business) 2005 –2007

Millwright

LEE MINING, Potchefstroom

Work as a millwright for this company as a fitter and turner, boilermaking and electrical work. Main function is maintenance work on coal fired boilers (John Thompson) dry back and wet back. Do coded welding on boilers, glorifiers autoclaves all steam pipes (high pressure) Installing of new pipe work, c/fiers etc. Do maintenance on hospital and correctional services kitchen appliances elect and steam. All hot water pipes installations from the boilers to respective areas. Do maintenance on plants. Done pressure vessel testing (water)

Reason for leaving: Done extensive travelling. Got a post where no travelling was required.

1996 – 2002

Domain Superintendent

Acting Technical Assistant

Metallurgical Plant Foreman

Plant Training Officer

WEST WITS, Number one plant (Treatment section)

This plant consisted of the following sections which I supervised:

Treatment

Laboratory all sampling done in our own lab

Extracting of the gold by means of Carbon in Pulp process.

Elution using AARL method.

Regeneration of carbon.

Smelt house operation: using zinc precipitation (This section became redundant)

Commissioning of the new smelt house (changed over to electro wining)

Carbon in pulp section (or carbon in leach as it’s also preferred too.)

Residue disposal from the plant.

Slime dam monitoring and all waste water management. Acted as the Technical Assistant:

Ordering reagents for plant use and controlling of this reagents

Update the metallurgical figures in the morning from shift reports

Responsible for all sampling of the plant

All metallurgical employees reported to me in total 28 workers.

I was responsible for the effective operation of the plant.

At this period, I supervised the commissioning of the electro wining section, the change over of the smelt house

This is a position higher than that of a Plant Foreman, where I have gained more valuable experience - Acted in this position for nine (9) months

Commissioned the new elution section, extracting gold from carbon - report to the domain superintendent.

Acted as Domain Superintendent:

I was in control of the eng dept. as well of the metallurgical dept.

In total there were 28 shift workers and 24 artisans with helpers.

The technical advisor with reagent handlers also reported to me.

Had to control and authorize all the stock and the orders

I had to do month end reports and draw up presentations of new operations in the plant

(At this time we was busy to commission a new smelt house section as well as elution operations)

I had to update training material for these sections

Solve subordinates industrial relation and human relations problems

Make process decisions based on gradin’s and samples from lab room

This position in the old term was metallurgical foreman - Report to the Plant Manager.

The reason I was taken of this positions was that Anglo gold closed it’s ERGO operations in the Springs area and they had to place this employees in their respective positions. Acted as the Plant Training Officer:

Train the employees in safety standards, all aspects in cyanide safety and handling and basic first aid for cyanide

Train and assess plant personal in effective plant operational procedures.

Plant induction to new and contractor employees

Train plant personnel in plant procedures and safety standards

Reported to the training manager

Presented new training material to him and plant managers via presentations

Was chosen to be the relieving training officer for the No 1 gold plant now the Mponeng gold plant.

1983 - 1996

Metallurgical Foreman

Acting Technical Assistant and Domain Superintendent Plant Foreman

Reduction Official (Western Deep Levels)

ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION

The first posting was as a Reduction Official on Western Deep Levels Number Two Gold Plant Started with the basic training as a metallurgical foreman, by working in all the plant sections. The position filled during this period was Plant shift Foreman. Operated the following sections with the help of subordinates which management entrusted to me:

Waste washing plant

Grading room supervisor (All plant samples done here)

Ore sorting and crusher plant, (Simons, standard and gyratory crushers jaw crushers (sampling grade determination from crushed rock done)

Smelt house Operations

Electrowinning of Au

Crusher and screening plant

Conventional milling (include tube mills and concentrator barrels, sampling)

Treatment and filter plant (merrils, leaf clarifiers, sampling)

Grading room or sample preparation room

Belt repairs and screen deck maintenance

Rubber lining of pipes and launders

Mill relining (Ball, Tube and run of mine ore mills)

Recloth of drum filters.

Further courses attended for completing foreman training consisted of:

Basic and advanced supervision

Assertiveness

SCAT-analysing

Instrumentation course, loss control courses and industrial relations I was transferred to domain 3 to work there as the Metallurgical Foreman. This plant we reclaimed rock dumps and the plant consisted of the following sections:

R.O.M Milling.(SAG)

Jaw crusher and Symons cone crusher

Treatment plant includes the CCD section and hopper clarifiers (counter current decantation)

Carbon in solution section Worked CIP and CIL sections as well.

Pressure leaching.

Elution: extracting the gold from the carbon by using AARL elution’s methods.

Boiler Plant that used coal and a lime slaking plant

Slimes dams: Working in the environmental section makes you responsible for the disposal of all waste from the plants and controlling the water balance for the plants.

Responsible for the sampling of all the sections. Reason for leaving: V.S.O.P

About myself:

I do have plant experience in other metallurgical plants, Chrome, copper, platinum,diamond and Zinc plants. I may need to brush up the knowledge that will not take more than a week.

I’m an honest, hard worker and believe in what I do. Give my full support to my superiors, willing to share my experience with others, and still learning from them as well.

I’m multi tasked, skilled in fitting, boilermaker, electrical, believe that there’s no job impossible to do, well spoken, good team builder, willing to teach any person. Believe in honesty and to build a strong workforce for my company. In short I believe I can be an asset to any company, and are willing to prove it, when given a change.

Certificates can be send on request.

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