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Dennis Slate
12/24 Ore Junction
Mt Melancholy QLD 3010
P: (03) 5555 1111
M: 0400 222 333
E: [email protected]
Career Objective
To establish a career in geology where my exceptional organisational skills will be put to best use. I am committed to continuous training and development, and would like to eventually progress to management level as a technical services manager, mine manager or operations manager.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science (Geology) – Honours
Mt Melancholy, QLD
Stonecutter University
To be completed: November 2012
Bachelor of Applied Science (Geology)
Mt Melancholy, QLD
Stonecutter University
Graduated: 2010
Key Skills and Abilities
Strong work ethic and high performance standards
I am able to learn and understand tasks quickly while performing under pressure, both independently and as part of a team. I have an excellent work ethic and have demonstrated clear attention to detail.
Technical and mechanical skills
- Aligning, cutting, measuring, orientating
- Photography
- Sampling and storing drill core
- Data entry
- Ore spotting
- Ore boundary markouts and trenching
- Pb/Zn Concentrator
- Licence to drive a vehicle in the open pit
- Geological block modelling
Software knowledge
- InSite
- Face mapping
- ROM management
- MineSight
- Acquire
- GIS
- Microsoft Word and Excel
Work Experience
February 2012 – Present (Contract)
Mine Geologist (Graduate), Eclipse Mining Limited
Pottsville, QLD
Eclipse Mining Limited is a gold explorer and producer with exploration titles across five goldfields in Queensland.
Responsibilities:
- Log the stratigraphic of the gold hosted quartz veins and surrounding Ordovician turbidite sedimentary sequences
- Mark up sections to be sampled for gold analysis, to then be uploaded to Acquire for interpretation by senior geologists
- Conduct daily development checks and geological mapping
- Perform core logging and sampling, and mineral resource evaluation and modelling
- Perform data collection and reporting
November 2010 – February 2011
Grade Control Assistant, GeoStrata
Yellowstone, QLD
Responsibilities:
- Assisted the graduate geologists as part of the summer vacation program
- Completed data entry using InSite and MineSight
- Conducted ore spotting from the excavator
- Conducted ore boundary markouts and trenching
- Operated the Pb/Zn Concentrator
Achievements:
- Worked in collaboration with the geology superintendent to maintain a smooth transition of data to a new computer software program (MineSight)
- Recognised by the Mine Manager for my proactive attitude towards safety
May 2010 – August 2010
Exploration Field Assistant, Eclipse Mining Limited
Pottsville, QLD
Responsibilities:
- Completed sampling and storing for the drill core
- Managed core preparation, including marking measurements, photographing and sampling
Achievements:
- Completed a third year university project at the site, which involved assessing the spatial distribution of gold grade within an individual quartz vein relative to its surrounding sediments
Interests
Fishing, hang-gliding and debating.
References
Brett Henderson
Exploration Manager, Eclipse Mining Limited
P: (03) 7777 0000
E: [email protected] |
Patricia Steel
Human Resources Advisor, GeoStrata
P: (03) 5555 0000
E: 02 [email protected] |
