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Ephraim Motshidisi

Ephraim Motshidisi

Geologist
Jwaneng

Summary

Engaged Geologist with 15 years of experience in base metal mining and exploration. Skilled in developing several projects from grassroots to proven resource levels while applying expertise in drilling target generation, core logging and coreshed management.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Project Manager

Aqualogic (PTY) Ltd
Jwaneng, JW
08.2018 - Current
  • Managed team of more than 60 employees, drilling contractors and other service providers within area of responsibility
  • Lead team for provision of geoscience data acquisition services to Jwaneng drilling projects at Debswana Jwaneng mine.
  • Helped to build award winning team renown for good reputation mine wide
  • Coordinate and inspect safety, health, and Environmental procedures on-sites
  • Preparing daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
  • Fostered relationships with Client and other business partners to promote positive working relationships
  • Provide technical and operational input into design and execution of exploration programs
  • Liaising with Client, preparing monthly project invoices, and producing monthly project progress review reports
  • Mineral resource updates
  • Ensure availability, Integrity, and accuracy of data collected
  • Check sample results to ensure assays are reported for consigned samples at set turnaround times
  • Coach and mentor junior geoscientists
  • Identify plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives
  • Identify, review and apply policies and procedures
  • Adhere to budget requirements with excellent planning and consistent expense monitoring
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts
  • Recruite and oversee personnel to achieve performance and quality targets

Senior Geologist

African Metals Limited
Selebi Phikwe
09.2010 - 07.2018
  • Lead team of more than 30 field employees for exploration of Limpopo Belt magmatic sulphide deposits.
  • Drill site supervision roles, mentoring and training junior field personnel, ore modeling, and ensuring adherence to SHE standards.
  • Developed and implemented real-time data interpretation and communication strategies for field investigations.
  • Compiled historical data, prepared reports and completed geological model that lead to team been awarded joint venture partnership with BCL Limited
  • Factual and interpretative analysis and reporting to Country/Exploration Manager
  • Providing significant input to design of future exploration programs
  • Desktop studies, target generation, and drill holes planning
  • Geological modeling
  • Database management
  • Carried out detailed geological and structural core logging to accurately constrain major lithological contacts, orientation, and location of geological structures
  • Target generation and drill holes planning
  • Supervision of detailed geological and geotechnical core logging.
  • Ensuring adherence to QA/QC protocols and sampling protocols for estimation Model inputs.

Project Geologist

Hana Mining Limited
Maun, NW
04.2010 - 07.2010

Worked for Hana Mining Limited as exploration Geologist for copper-silver SEDEX deposit of Ghanzi-Chobe Belt. This work has involved project management and site supervision roles thus including:
• Ensuring SHE adherence on work sites
• RC and Diamond drilling supervision
• Target generation and drill holes planning

Junior Geologist

Discovery Metals (PTY) Limited
Toteng
06.2007 - 04.2010

Worked for Discovery Metals copper-silver SEDEX deposits of Ghanzi-Chobe belt. Started this project and have been involved in all stages and aspects of it. This work has involved site supervision roles thus including:

• RC and Diamond drilling supervision
• Identifying drill target through geochem (Niton
• Sampling) anomalies and maps interpretations
• Ensuring SHE adherence at work sites
• Geological Modelling

Education

BSC - Geology

University of Botswana
Gaborone , Botswana
08.2006 - 08.2006

Master of Financial Management -

Amity University
India
02.2014 - 08.2016

Skills

Skilled in ensuring that there are safe and efficient work processes and to provide right resources at right time according to schedule, so that activities are completed on time and on budget These resources include provision of consumables and equipment, as well as coordinating maintenance of Exploration Geology facilities and equipment

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Accomplishments

  • Helped to build award-winning team that is renowned for good reputation mine-wide
  • Compiled historical data, prepared reports, and completed geological model that lead to the team being awarded joint venture partnership with BCL Limited
  • Delivering a project objectives within contracted time schedule.

Additional Information

  • Details of driving license: Class B NO: 208212

Software

Micromine, GEMS, MapInfo

Work Availability

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Quote

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.
Seth Godin

Timeline

Project Manager

Aqualogic (PTY) Ltd
08.2018 - Current

Master of Financial Management -

Amity University
02.2014 - 08.2016

Senior Geologist

African Metals Limited
09.2010 - 07.2018

Project Geologist

Hana Mining Limited
04.2010 - 07.2010

Junior Geologist

Discovery Metals (PTY) Limited
06.2007 - 04.2010

BSC - Geology

University of Botswana
08.2006 - 08.2006
Ephraim MotshidisiGeologist