CURRICULUM VITAE of TSHEPANG LECHEKOANE

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Profile: Geology professional with over five years’ relevant mining experience, from operational geology (stope mapping, trackless mining, reconnaissance and cover drilling budgeting, and contractor management) to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

Expertise: Mining geology, production management, medium to long term production planning, borehole drilling supervision, drilling reconciliations, geochemistry, resource management, environmental compliance auditing, database management, orebody modelling using various software, sampling and lab analyses.

Education: BSc. Life and environmental Science (Geology and Geography), BSc. Honours Geology, MSc. Geology.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Nationality : South African

Languages : English, Afrikaans, South Sotho

Drivers licence : Code 10/C1

EXPERIENCE

Position 1

Organisation : Wireline Africa

Position : Field Engineer

Duration : 1 March 2018 – Current

Responsibilities : Core drilling supervision, downhole geophysical data acquisition, presenting geophysics data to the client, instrument calibration, instrument maintenance, reporting orebody behaviour to the geologist, geochemical sampling, sample dispatching and control, liaising with clients on process improvement.

Position 2

Organisation : Nostrada Rock Mechanics Consultancy Position : Geologist/Strata Technician

Duration : 4 January 2015 – 30 July 2017

Responsibilities : Core drilling supervision and budget management, planning drilling schedules, borehole layout, core logging, core sampling and reporting. Geological data collection, underground mapping (both development and stope), structural mapping, geological reporting, monthly and annual mine planning, grade control. Relieving shaft geologist and managing geological duties on the shaft. Liaise with mining crews on high priority targets. Relieving fellow geologists, managing my own mining section, performing geostatistics and evaluation for orebody modelling.

Reason for leaving : Retrenched

Position 3

Organisation : Process, Energy and Environmental Technology Station (PEETS) Position : Consultant

Duration : 04 January 2013 – 31 December 2013

Responsibilities : Conducting site inspections to identifying potential geological and environmental safety considerations

Conducting mineral recovery studies and advise processing plant on best practices

Water quality monitoring on a continuous basis

Soil and water sampling for EIA reporting

Report writing

Reason for leaving : End of contract

Position 4

Organisation : University of Johannesburg

Position : Laboratory technician

Duration : 05 February 2013 – 30 November 2014

Responsibilities : Sample preparation for a verity of rock types and analyses (XRD, XRF, SEM)

Analyses of samples (XRD, XRF, SEM)

Liaising with clients to understand their analyses needs Ordering of laboratory consumables

Report writing

Reason of leaving : End of contract

Position 5

Organisation : University of Johannesburg

Position : Academic writing consultant

Duration : February 2018 – November 2019

Responsibilities : Facilitation of academic writing workshops. Consulting for undergraduate and honours students with academic projects running within a wide range of disciplines. Teaching undergraduate and honours students the principles of academic writing.

Reason for leaving: : End of contract

Position 6

Organisation : University of Johannesburg

Position : Senior tutor

Duration : 01 February 2012– 30 November 2014

Responsibilities : Facilitation of 3rd year practical exercises Delivery of practical lectures

Marking of practical exercises

Liaising with lecturers on student performance and progress Facilitation of fieldtrips and field mapping exercises Reason for leaving : End of contract

SHORT COURSES

Incident investigation and Risk Assessment

LA-ICP-MS (geochemistry)

Coal petrology and analysis

Arc-GIS

Drilling methods, techniques and supervision

Medical geology

Project planning

Database management

Portable XRF analyser

Microstration

Datamine studio RM and EM

Sable

EDUCATION

1. Institution : University of Johannesburg

Qualification : PhD; Geology (in progress)

Project title : The time, origin and significance of the Witwatersrand Basin carbon. 1. Institution : University of Johannesburg

Qualification : Master of Science; Geology (Completed year 2016) Project title : Paleomagnetism and geochemistry of the Mesoarchean Klipwal diamictite, Mozaan Group, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa 2. Institution : University of Johannesburg

Qualification : BSc Hons (Completed year 2012)

Modules completed : Applied and environmental mineralogy, Geochemistry of igneous rocks, Chemical thermodynamics and metamorphic rocks, Sedimentary basin analysis and palaeontology, Geophysics, Advanced field mapping, Economic geology and exploration management, Tectonic evolution of mountain building areas, Mining geology

3. Institution : University of Johannesburg

Qualification : BSc Life and Environmental Science (Completed year 2011) Major : Geology, Geography

Modules completed : Geology, Geography, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geospatial techniques and geologic maps

SECONDARY

High School : Milner High School

Qualification : National Senior Certificate (Completed year 2008) Subjects passed : English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science, Geography, Life Orientation

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