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Naledi Qhetso

Naledi Qhetso

Geology | 4IR | Exploration and Resource

Utilities / Energy

Rustenburg, Bojanala Platinum

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About Naledi Qhetso:

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.

Special Tasks: Acting Sectional Geologist (Supervisor): Jul 2021 – Aug 2021, Dec 2021 – Jan 2022

 

 

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  

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