Graeme O'Connor

Causal relief assignment for 3 months.

Sample preparation

Operation of Boyd and Jaw crushers

Sample sorting and documentation

Weighing of samples prior to crushing

Operation and maintenance of ABM

• Short term staff relief contract for 3 months with Bureau Veritas at Pantoro Gold Norseman
• Sample preparation of core samples
• Boyd crusher and Jaw crusher operation
• LM2 mill operation
• PAL operation.
• Calibrated and maintained instruments to keep equipment fully operational.
• Maintained a high level of accuracy in test results by following strict quality control procedures.
• Operated laboratory equipment such as balances, pH meter, colorimeter, spectrophotometer, autoclave and evaporator.
• Conducted routine equipment maintenance, ensuring optimal performance and reducing downtime.

• Executed short-term contract to manage automated laboratory operations.
• Sample preparation.
• Sizing of samples as required
• Riffle splitting of samples as required
• Computer analysis of results
• Operated both small and large automated robots.
• Profiling of required jobs.
• XRF and TGA analysis
• Weighing of samples and manual splitting
• Maintenance of the laboratory equipment as required.

• Manual sample collection of fines and lumps.
• Executed manual riffle splitting of samples.
• Boyd crusher operation and Milling LM2 of all the samples required for the shift.
• Moisture analysis of selected area samples as per geology team request for shipping.
• Fusion of samples.
• TGA and XRF of all samples.
• Liaison with geology team with updates on sample analysis.
• Profiling of jobs as required.
• Sizing of samples with Rotap

Deployed and maintained enterprise telephony and IT network solutions.