Naledi Qhetso
Geology | 4IR | Exploration and Resource
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About
I am a multifaceted registered Natural Scientist with cumulative expertise in Geoscience, Industrial Engineering & Computation (Data Science, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence). I have acquired technical proficiency in multiple software packages used in geological data repository, geological modeling & management, mine planning and data warehouse management. As such, my role has advanced in business sustainability and monitoring.
This comes with a direct contribution to mineral resource management and continuous regional business improvement and mine technical services optimization. Furthermore, I contribute towards organizational skills set and mine health and safety standards compliance.
Interest include
3D geological modeling and Resource Estimation
Operations/Production Geology
Business Improvement
Optimization & Decision Science
Data Science, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
Experience
I am currently a graduate geologist in a Platinum mine in Rustenburg. My duties are but not limited to:
- Supervising underground geology drilling (cover & prospect) programme and mapping of underground developments.
- Ensure correct capturing and interpretation of geological logging, observations and mappings.
- Database management and information audit on geology systems, e.g. MineRP and Sable Warehouse.
- Descriptive statistical analysis, summarizing, organizing and presentation of evaluation data.
- Conducting regular software related challenges and liaising with services for improved solutions.
- Establishing, compiling, maintaining and developing geological standards
- Conduct monthly and annual updates of the structural models and geological plans, i.e. contours and isopach models (reef domains boundary change, i.e. UG2 undercutting project).
- Perform accurate measurement of geological and mining losses.
- Implementing effective controls and procedures through underground production coaching.
- Review (year-on-year in depth analysis) & advise on the maximum exploitation of the ore body and consolidation of resources and reserves(R&R) and database maintenance thereof.
- Investigating reasons for grade variation and white area investigations.
- Provide geological advice about on-reef & off-reef development, outlining both current and future risks and potential through extrapolation.
- Advise on ore deposits and related risks for effective mine planning, mine layouts and related projects.
- Achieving optimum grade by mitigating the impact of geological anomalies.
- Ensure compliance to organizational and legislative standards, procedures and safety requirements.
- Cultivating a healthy work environment within evaluation and geology department and the broader technical services organization to improve cultural transformation and synergy to adopt a unified objective.
Education
Tertiary Education
2022: PGDip Industrial Engineering (Data Science), Stellenbosch University
Part-Time Studies: a special degree that equips professionals with 4th Industrial Revolution skills to advance their working environmental covering:
Programming in R, Industrial Management, Data Science, Applied Machine Learning
Project Management, Optimisation, Data Analytics, Dig Data Technologies.
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2020/21: BSc Hons Geology (Project: 75%), University of the Witwaterstrand
Postgraduate Merit Award Scholarship
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2017/19: BSc Applied Geology (Summa Cum Laude), University of the Western Cape
Dean’s Merit List (2019)
Golden Key International Honour Society
Society of Petroleum Engineers International
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National Senior Certificate
2011/15: NSC (SCHOOL DUX), Alexandra High School, Pietermaritzburg