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Wayne A. Svee

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Whitefish, MT 59937

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Occupation: Geochemist- Organic and Inorganic Analytical Chemist, Mining and Exploration Geologist

Professional Goals: Career oriented employment in Hazardous Waste Remediation and disposal, Mine Waste Remediation, or Geochemical Analysis and Prospect Evaluation.

Job Skills Acquired on the Job or in School

Geologic Field Survey and Report- Drill core and cutting logging, well gas monitoring, rock mechanic logging, mud logging, well site and field geologic interpretation, (field, underground, and trench mapping), stream sediment sample, geochemical alteration mapping, claim staking, down hole surveying (geophysical and directional), magnetometer, EM VLF survey, compass survey, hot wire and gas chromatograph operation and maintenance, assigned and maintained company vehicle, Exploration Report, Prospect Generation and Evaluation.

Industrial Equipment Operation- fork truck and loader, underground mining vehicle, portable core drill, diamond rock saw, chain saw, helicopter sling loading, pneumatic hammer, sheet metal fabrication and carpentry.

Chemical - Analysis and Report- Water and Wastewater, Rock, Sediment, Soil, and Mine Waste Analysis, Bulk chemical and trace element analysis,

EPA CLP (organic Methods 502, 508.1, 515.3, 524.2, 525.2, 531, 552, 556, 8260, 8270 + ASTM 3500 series extraction), Massachusetts Method GRO/DRO THP. Inorganic methods- 200.7, 200.8 including digestion, leaching, TCLP and sequential extraction analysis. XRD, SEM-EDX, Fire Assay, cyanide distillation analysis, and, TDS, TSS, automated alkalinity titrations, conductivity, turbidity.

Petrographic Microscopy of rocks, minerals, slags, mining and industrial wastes for phase identification and geochemical associations,.

Analytical Lab Equipment-GC/MS (Agilent 5890/5970 6890/5973-uECD-HPchem), Tekmar LSC 3100/aquatek70, LSC2000/ALS2016, GC/ECD (Varian *3400), Perkin Elmer autosystem FID-turbochrome, Perkin Elmer Lambda 2 uv-vis w/ UV Winlab, ICP-AES (PE-Optima), IC-(Dionix+Peaknet 6.0), SEM-EDX (Phillips), ICP-MS (PE-Elan 6000), high temperature furnace, GFAA Perkin Elmer 5100, XRF (Asoma + Horiba), XRD (Phillips), Alpchem Cyanide Analysis, CTEC CV Hg analysis, Shimatzu TOC, pH, Eh, conductivity, ion selective electrodes, Waters 600E and Alliance Carbamate HPLC Analysis w/ postcolumn derivitization UVF detection. Agilent uv-vis.

Chemical Modeling Programs- MinTeq, WQ4F, Solmineq, Phreeqe, MiniTab, Excell, Quatropro.

Office Clerical- typing (60 wpm), CAD and manual drafting, desktop publishing, 10 key operation, planimeter operation, [ IBM and Apple computer programming and data entry, word processing, and data base analysis

Employment History

(from most recent job held)

Geochemical and Environmental Chemical Analysis and Research

Montana Dept. Human Health and Services, Montana State Environmental Lab (1998-2010) – Analytical chemist GC/MS, HPLC,UV-Vis,– Drinking and wastewater methods- EPA Method 508.1, 515.3, 524.2, 525.2, 552.2, 624, 625, 8260, 8270. Gasoline, diesel, and motor oil range organics. Instrumental methods development and equipment maintenance and trouble shooting. Organic chemical extraction of drinking water, wastewater, and hazardous waste. Drinking water wet chemical methods for alkalinity, conductivity, cyanide, TSS, TDS, etc. Air Quality filter analysis PM-10, PM-2.5, XRF sulfur in diesel, Diesel dye analysis and gc/ms/ecd, Diesel FID fingerprint analysis.

Montana Tech of the University of Montana: Physical Chemistry Lab instructor and research geochemist, 6/94 – 6/98. Research Assistant (1992-1998); Assisted Dr. Frank Diebold and other research scientists in environmental chemistry and mine waste research, slag and rock analysis, geochemical analysis of waste materials, water and wetlands research, smelter dust analysis, contaminated soil analysis, water chemistry, hydrogeologic data analysis. Mine waste data base compilation and interpretation, Innovative Technology evaluation, investigation, and demonstrations. Generated numerous industrial reports pertaining to Montana geochemical pollution problems for ARCO, State Department of Environmental Quality, MSE Inc., Meltrans Inc., Bureau of Land Management, MonTECH, Montana Tech Industrial Hygiene Department.

Experience as Field and Mine Geologist (1979 - 1992)

Work involved surface and underground geologic mapping, sampling, data analysis via computer, microscope, air photo, and geophysical instrumentation.. Exploration project design concerning drilling and environmental impact through the interpretation of geologic and geochemical data and report compilation. Supervision of field construction personnel and contractors.

Hanson Drilling and Mining Co. Montana Gold Exploration, Crown Butte Project, Cooke City, MT. (1992) Underground Miner.

Phelps Dodge Mining Co. Montana Gold Exploration, Lincoln Montana Area Projects. (1989-92), 7-Up Pete and McDonald Meadows Projects. And regional gold exploration projects. Field geologist, mapping, drilling, data processing and evaluation.

Galactic Resources Western California Gold Exploration Projects. (1988-89), Bodie, CA.

Field geologist drilling.

Geologist Consultant Nevada Gold Exploration - 1988, Battle Mountain, Crescent Valley, Carlin Area. Coral Resources, Minex, others. Nevada Gold property evaluation, drilling, sampling, report generation.

Coral Resources Inc. Nevada Gold Exploration, Crescent Valley, NV- 1987-1988. Carlin and Battle Mountain Trend Gold Exploration and prospect evaluation.

Noranda Mining Inc. Alaska Precious and Base Metals Exploration and Mining (1984-1986), Greens Creek Project, Admiralty Island., underground and surface geology and mining evaluation.

Burlington Northern Inc. Coal and Mineral Division - Washington coal resource evaluation (1981), King County Coal Fields in Western Washington state.

Tooke Engineering & Mudlogging Services Wyoming oil exploration drilling (1980)

U.S.D.A. Forest Service - Cartographic Aid Flathead National Forest, Montana (1980)

BurWest Inc. Montana uranium and gold exploration project (1979)

Anaconda Aluminum Co. Smelter Laborer, Aluminum Metal (1978)

Education

1994 - Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology

Butte, MT 59901

Degree: M.S. Geoscience - Geochemistry

Graduated 5/94: GPA: 3.62; additional credits 94-95

EPSCOR Graduate Traineeship in Energy- Research Grant in Energy Research

Thesis: The Effect of Cesium on the Durability and Hydration Rind Thickness of a Simulated Borosilicate Nuclear Waste Glass, and additional studies to determine the Durability of Plasma Arc Furnace Generated Nuclear Waste Slags to Vapor Hydration and Crushing.

Additional research regarding the remediation of hazardous metal contaminated mine tailings and the remediation of acid mine drainage and the effect of lead mineral speciation on the bioavailability of lead in the blood of smelter workers.

1979 - Montana State University

Bozeman, MT 59715

Degree: B. S. Earth Sciences ( Geology)

Graduated: 1979 GPA: 3.00 Graduate School: 1981-82

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