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Years: 1971 until April 1972

Employed by: Broken Hill South Ltd as a Field Geologist

Work Summary:

Regional mapping Mt Isa/Lawn Hill Region

Phosphate reserve drilling

Sulphur and base metal exploration in New Zealand.

 

Years: April 1972 until July 1976

Located: University of Auckland, New Zealand

Work Summary:

Research into petrochemistry and source of ignimbritic volcanics in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and Coromandel, New Zealand. (PhD research project).

 

Years: August 1976 until December 1978

Employed by: Union Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd as a field and project geologist.

Work Summary:

Regional exploration for base metals NSW and Queensland

Project geologist Panton Sill platinum prospect, Kimberleys, Western Australia

Base metal search Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia.

 

Years: January 1979 until July 1987

Employed by: Electrolytic Zinc Company Of A'Asia Ltd (now Norths) as:

Senior Geologist-Project Development, Supervising Geologist-Eastern States,

Supervising Geologist-Northern Region (included Qld, N.T. & Overseas).

Work Summary: 

Project development and exploration, administration, budgeting and reporting for new group commodities, namely tin, tungsten, gold, platinum, rare elements throughout Australia. Ongoing base metal exploration.

Monitor competitor exploration in New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and South Pacific.

Participate in joint venture projects such as Thalanga (base metals), Coronation Hill (Au-Pt), Ranger (U), Mount Windsor Volcanics (Au - base metals), etc. in eastern Australia and Northern Territory.

Participate in evaluation of major joint venture offers to NBH-EZ Group including gold properties such as Kidston, Mungana, Starra, Mt. Leyshon (Qld), Goodall, White Range (N.T.) and Bamboo Creek (W.A.); tin prospects such as Collingwood (Qld) and Taronga (NSW); Turee Creek U Prospect in Western Australia, an assessment of the geological potential of the Westmoreland uranium field, and numerous minor offers for base metals, tin, tungsten, gold, silver, rare earths, uranium etc. throughout Australia.

Undertake research and field evaluation for major offshore initiatives for gold in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and other Pacific island groups. 

Undertake research into new commodity options for the NBHH-EZ Group, for example, platinum group elements, gallium, indium, germanium, etc.

Organise and co-ordinate special in-house evaluation and assessment projects, for example, evaluate potential for additional ore reserves at Rosebery base metal mine, Tasmania.

 

Years: August 1987 until January 1988

Employed by: Crown Capital Resources Limited as General Manager.

Work Summary:

Assisted in preparation of prospectus to float company to public and establishment of an operating company. Company did not proceed to float because of stock market collapse.

Initiate and maintain exploration activities in joint venture with Talisman Mining & Exploration Pty Ltd.

 

Years: January 1988

Established: Rutherford Mineral Resource Consultants as an independent general and specialist consulting and contracting service to the mineral exploration industry.

 

Years: October 1989 until January 1992

Associate Consultant: Senior Geologist/Geochemist to Surtec Geosurveys Pty Ltd

Work Summary:

Exploration contracting and consulting.

Project management for gold, base metals, uranium, base metals.

Surtec field project manager for Queensland Mines Ltd. and PNC Arnhem Land uranium exploration programs.

Property valuation and evaluation.

Air photograph and Landsat image mapping and interpretation.

Exploration project planning and assessment, geophysical surveying.

Geochemical orientation studies and technique development for application in tropical environments. Pb isotope field application studies jointly with CSIRO, (Nabarlek, Jabiluka, Ranger).

Computer programming, geochemical and geophysical data processing and interpretation. Electronic note book programming.

 

Years: January 1992 to Present

Principal Consultant: Rutherford Mineral Resource Consultants

Established: EnChem - Environmental Geochemistry Consultants

Work Summary:

General and specialist geological and geochemical consulting and contracting services. 

Exploration program design and management for precious metals, base metals, uranium and other commodities in NSW, Queensland, Western Australia.

Extensive experience with geochemical application and data interpretation in all states and in a wide range of geological environments.

General consulting advice on computer software, data processing and interpretation.

Geological evaluations of properties.

Assisting with geophysical field surveys. 

Project design and management of major regional and detailed geochemical surveys, for example, stream sediment survey of upper north east NSW for NSW Dept of Mineral Resources covering 35,000 sq. km.

Joint development of new geochemical analytical techniques, for example, Regoleach partial leach method with Australian Laboratory Services, Brisbane.

Through EnChem offering environmental chemistry services for urban and rural studies, site geochemistry, project advice, data acquisition, processing and interpretation services for environmental studies.

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