Johan Erasmus - Geological Consultant
FREDERIK JOHAN ERASMUS
QUALIFICATIONS:
B Sc. (Geology, Chemistry)
B Sc. (Hons.) Geology
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Member of the Geological Society of South Africa
Registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)
2009 – PRESENT
GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANT
Associate of BADGER MINING AND CONSULTING (PTY) LIMITED
The provision of services in geological aspects of Exploration and Mining Projects. Recent projects includes Resource Due diligence on the Okaba Coal Deposit in Nigeria, Designing and Managing exploration Programme for Sable Mining Africa Ltd in Zimbabwe, Managing aspects of exploration programmes for Anglo Coal South Africa
2008 - 2009
EXPLORATION MANAGER
Anglo Coal Botswana (Pty.) Ltd.
Responsibility for the management of all aspects around the exploration activity for a Coal Bed Methane exploration project. Included in responsibilities was logistics, planning, coordination, sub-contractor management, supervision, budgeting and reporting.
1998 – 2008
RESIDENT GEOLOGIST
ANGLO COAL SOUTH AFRICA (Pty.) Ltd.
The provision of services concerning the geology function. The management of geology departments on various Anglo Coal Operations. Responsibilities included overseeing of drilling contractors and the associated contracts, logging of boreholes and overseeing logging standards, modeling of coal deposits, developing and implementing grade control systems, reconciling between production and plant in terms of quality and quantity, depleting and reconciling resources and reserves, managing drilling programmes , the annual reconciliation of reserves for budget purposes, the geological aspects around shaft establishment, the development and application of contamination control systems, input in mine planning activity, liaison with laboratories, liaison with I&AP's, environmental management and compliance with mining operations statutory requirements.
1997 – 1997
MINE GEOLOGIST
RONDEBULT COLLIERY (Pty.) Ltd.
Borehole logging and sampling, laboratory liaison, geological modeling, mine planning, resource calculation and reporting, grade control, liaison with the plant and mining functions, structural interpretation.
1995 – 1997
SHAFT GEOLOGIST
KINROSS MINES LIMITED (Gencor).
The underground management of drilling contractors, planning of underground drilling, the structural analysis of drilling results, the mapping of underground reef exposure, assisting with the planning of production, mapping of remnant pillars and estimating resources, assisting with resource estimates, advising production departments ito structural geology, Liaison with production.
1994 – 1995
WATER POLUTION CONTROL OFFICER
DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY
Development of catchment management control plans, the enforcement of sections 12 and 21 of the Water Act, pollution incident reaction, legal action against offenders of the act, assisting industry with applications, reviewing and commenting on EMPR's, liaison with the DME, monitoring stream quality, monitoring effluent discharges, liaison with Municipalities and industries, reporting.
1993 – 1994
CONTRACT GEOLOGIST
SELF EMPLOYED
The provision of geological services that included resource estimation, mapping, logging of boreholes, sampling, laboratory submission, result interpretation, reporting to clients.
1991 - 1993
GIT, EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST
GENERAL MINING UNION CORPORATION (PTY.) LTD. (GENCOR)
Geologist in training with Gencor gold exploration in the Springs Regional Office, logging of core, assisting with structural interpretation, liaison with landowners, assisting with resource estimation, report writing, assisting with basin analyses, attending in-house development workshops, reef-mapping, reporting.