Mining Engineer Holdings Ltd

Location:

Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia

Salary:

600,000

Posted:

March 24, 2022

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HEIKKY SUNDAY KATTI

Email: ******.*.*****@*****.*** Cell: +264-**-***-**** Windhoek, Namibia.

Summary

Offering over 8 years of expertise from the mining industry, Heikky Sunday Katti is a results-oriented Mining Engineering professional with strength in Short Term Mine Planning, Project Management, Drilling & Blasting, Handling of chemicals and explosives, and Load & Haul. A proactive leader with strengths in communication and collaboration. Proficient in leveraging mining operations and possessing knowledge to promote engineering team support, skillful at contractor management to promote efficiency and influence positive outcomes. Skills

Mine Planning & Scheduling – short term.

Drilling & Blasting.

Explosives & Chemicals.

Hard rock open pit mining operations: Gold, Fluorspar, and Uranium.

Alluvial diamond (seashore) mining operations.

Contract Management.

Cost Management.

Minerals Exploration: Copper & Gold.

Project Management.

Computer & Software Proficiency

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, MS Project.

Mine Sight 3D

SURPAC

Talpac (Loading & hauling simulator)

Split Desktop – fragmentation analysis software

Sasol Surface Blast Program (SSBP – blast simulation software) Work Experience

Ongwe Minerals Ltd: July 2021

Role: Laboratory Technician

Town: Khorixas, Namibia

Work description: running the site laboratory of a recently established Namibian Gold & Copper exploration company in Khorixas, with well- defined goals and targets. The laboratory uses XRF technology to analyze rock chip samples collected from the field with the aim to find key minerals or associative elements such as Gold & Copper in commercial grades and quantities. The laboratory team is comprised of three people, the lab technician and two assistants. Ongwe Minerals employees a total of 17 people. The lab technician ensure that the work is done safely and according to the QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) procedure in order to preserve investors’ confidence.

Punto De Vue Holdings Ltd: June 2019 –

June 2021

Role: Project Initiator/Company Owner

Project Size: N$350 million

Town: Windhoek/Tsumeb

SASOL (Base Chemicals & Explosives):

Role: Explosives Engineer & Contract

Manager 03/2015 - 05/2019

Town: Karibib, Namibia

Work Description: In May 2019, Mr Heikky decided to pursue entrepreneurship on a full time basis by resigning from his job at Sasol Namibia. His focus was mainly on manufacturing projects that would see value addition to local raw materials and import substitution becoming a reality in Namibia and as a result creating permanent jobs for the youth. One of the projects he embarked on, was to setup a Ceramic tiles manufacturing plant in Tsumeb, a first of its kind in the country, using cutting edge technology imported from Italy and sourcing raw materials such as clay, quartz, and feldspar from within the country. Starting this project from scratch, investing his time and resources, he managed to attract the attention of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) from South Africa, and Konigstein Capital as an equity financier. This project was awarded Best Innovative Idea by DBN in December 2017 with award prize worth N$500,000 (newspaper articles are available on internet for reference). The project was further awarded N$ 1.1 million from DBN’s Project Preparation Fund for further research work. Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020, the project was put on hold because of the local market that was found insufficient to support the project when fully operational. Due to family commitment (married with two kids), Mr Heikky then decided to make his way back into the mining industry, hence his current role at Ongwe Minerals Ltd.

Sasol Nitro, a subsidiary of Sasol Chemical Industries, was contracted to undertake blasting activities at QKR Navachab Gold Mine. Mr Heikky was appointed as the Explosives Engineer (Blasting & Explosives) on site. His job was to:

Plan all blast design and drilling parameters, monitor and review all blasts undertaken by the mine looking at factors such as: fragmentation, powder factor, & compile pre and post blast reports.

Coordinate charging and blasting activities – liaison with Navachab Engineers and Managers to ensure targets are met and optimization of the blast is achieved.

Conduct pre and post blast valuation on the blast block, carrying out blast quality control and efficiencies through video and photo recording, fragmentation analysis, VOD measurements, and vibrations & air blast monitoring.

Operate in a safe and efficient manner in accordance to the company's and client's Safety policies and procedures i.e. adherence to the ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 standards, and the Mining Regulations i.e. Explosives Regulations and the Labor Act.

Conducting training sessions on all personnel involved in explosives handling and blasting, including Junior/graduate mining engineers;

Operation of a total quality explosives and face operations management system including new product trials.

Identifying and analyzing opportunities for value addition to improve customer operations - pursuing new initiatives, technology, and techniques to improve rock mechanics, drill and blast performance as part of continuous improvement.

Blast modeling for Open Pit – Development of drill and blast systems and outlining parameters for design, design procedures, strategies for continuous improvement and risk management and assessments.

Ensuring hanging wall and sidewall rock stability through proper blasting methods.

Namdeb Diamond Corp. (Pty) Ltd

Role: Graduate Mining Engineer, Short-

Term Planner 02/2012 - 04/2015

Town: Orandjemund, Namibia

Short-Term Planning:

Tracking and reconciling production performance on a daily and monthly basis, and following through to ensure the plans are being accurately executed.

Compiling traffic management plans for the site.

Drawing up daily, weekly, monthly, and annual mining plans/schedules using Mine Sight, Microsoft Excel, and Talpac.

Chairing daily planning meetings to discuss issues hampering mining processes in order to implement catch up action plan. Key areas of concentration:

- Ore/resource performance (grade)

- Manpower & resources availability & utilization

- Effective communication

- Traffic management (access to the mining areas)

- Performance tracking (micro-management, following up). Graduate Development Program:

Load & Haul:

Tasked with a Continuous Business Improvement (CBI) project to create measures that will optimize utilization of mining equipment in February 2014 during the phase of Loading & Hauling proficiency of the traning program. Work done:

Running simulations in Talpac (a loading & hauling simulator) to work out mining fleet requirements to feed the plant for each site.

Design drilling plan in Blast Pattern Editor in Mine Sight to determine drilling meters for the areas to be mined.

Running monthly competition between mining teams to encourage performance.

Implementation of an Action Centre to host daily meetings between mining and its service providers, and to monitor Short Interval Controls

(SIC) for each mining process.

Drill & Blast:

Supervision of blasting activities at Namdeb's onland mines (Orange River Mines);

Ensuring maintenance of health, safety, and environmental standards;

Obtained an open cast Blasting Certificate with the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). Certificate was issued in 2014.

Others:

Spent an average of two months in each department, getting acquainted with their operation procedures: Metallurgy (Processing plant), Human Resources, Mineral Resources, Engineering and Finance.

Education and Training

University Of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering 12/2011

Certifications

OPEN CAST BLASTING CERTIFICATE - Ministry of Mines and Energy SURFACE BLASTING COMPETENCY - AEL Mining Services

References

1. MR. TOBIE VAN DER LINDE

Marketing Manager

Sasol Base Chemicals -Namibia

Cell: +264**-*******

2. MR. PROTASIUS ALUVILU

Business Improvement Specialist (Mining Engineer)

China Nuclear Corporation: Rossing Uranium Mine