Nkosinathi Sambo

Exposure: Mechanized Board and Pillar Mining, Open Pit Mining, Production, Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM), Mine Planning, Projects Management, Mining Exploration

Projects Technical Assistant - Mining Engineer at Lomeza Mining Services (2024-09 – Present)

• Exposure: Mechanized Board and Pillar Mining, Open Pit Mining, Production, Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM), Mine Planning, Projects Management, Mining Exploration

Junior Mining Engineer at Maptek (2023-01 – 2024-08)

• Exposure: Drilling and Blasting systems, Mine Planning, Mine Measurements, Scanning tools and client training

Vacation Student – Mining at Northam Platinum Zondereinde (2021-12 – 2022-02)

Exposure: Production and ventilation department where I was shown and given an opportunity to do measurements and observations on the following:

• fluid and fluid dynamics (gas)
• refrigeration
• airborne pollutants
• Vuma simulation models to confirm underground measurements

Academic Tutor – Mining Survey (Third year) at University of the Witwatersrand, School of Mining Engineering (2021-02 – 2021-06)

Academic Tutor – Computerized Mine Design [GEOVIA Surpac] (Third year) & Surface Mining [GEOVIA Whittle] (fourth year) at University of the Witwatersrand, School of Mining Engineering (2022-07 – 2022-12)

Demonstrator – Mining Engineering Laboratories (Third year) at University of the Witwatersrand, School of Mining Engineering (2022-07 – 2022-12)

Research and Design Mentor – Academic Development Unit at University of the Witwatersrand, School of Mining Engineering (2023-02 – 2023-11)

Vacation Student – Mining at Sibanye Stillwater (2020-12 – 2021-02)

Exposure: Production and Mineral Resource Management department where I had an opportunity to attend planning meetings and exposed to their production process and planning process- short-term and medium-term planning

Director of Operations, South Africa - Volunteer at AfriMine (2022-09 – Present)

Academic Tutor - Volunteer at Education Kit (2021 – 2023)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mining Engineering – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2017 – 2021)

Grade 12 – Reshogofaditswe Secondary School, Johannesburg (2012 – 2016)