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Company: Management

Mine Management, Angola - Neils Badenhorst

Neils Badenhorst has extensive experience in equipment management and diamond mining. Operating for many years in the Kimberley regions of South Africa, he has been successful in diamond recoveries and plant management. He has been involved with large London based companies in exploring and identifying resources for the diamond industry. Neils has had extensive experience with Bell Equipment, having spent time in Japan, visiting OEM plants and studying new technologies for heavy equipment management. His current fleet of heavy equipment has been acquired by the Company to be used on the Angolan project. He has had security training in South Africa and is conversant with the imperatives of diamond mining. Neils lives in the Kimberley, but will spend extensive amounts of time in Angola, educating local operators in the methodology of correct plant care and plant operations. Future work envisaged for the Badenhorst Combine will be the stage 2 implementation of heavy trucking and equipment for larger scale mining.

 

Independent Geologist - Dr Michael Harold Smith, FIMM, C. Eng, from Scotland

Dr Smith is a qualified Economic Geologist with a record of practicing in the Mining Industry as well as recognition by the European Commission and the World Bank as an approved consultant. He graduated from Durham University, England, with a First Class Honours B.Sc. in Geology and has a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He has 34 post doctoral research years of professional experience. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Metals, Materials and Mining, a member of the Irish Association of Economic Geology, a member of the Gemmological Association, a Chartered Engineer and a Euro – Engineer. Dr Smith has no direct or indirect interest in Mombo LDA or New Millennium Resources or any of their associated companies.

 

Consultant Geologist - Bernard Neehoff, AUSIMM, Perth, Australia

Mr Neehoff is a qualified geologist with 18 years experience in minerals exploration, development and mining on projects in Australia, Africa, South East Asia and the United States. During the last seven years his work has specialised in the field of Project Feasibility Studies and Project Development. Mr Neehoff graduated from Otago University, New Zealand, with a Degree in Geology and Post Graduate Diploma in Science (Geology). He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

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