RALPH ROSSOUW
Roaming contact: +27 762349868
rcrossouw@yahoo.com Skype name: rcrossouw
Professional•Professional Engineer \[Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)\]
Affiliations•Professional Engineer \[Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ)\]
•Chartered Engineer \[Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust)\]
•\[Project Management Institute - USA (PMI)\]
• \[Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)\]
• \[Institute of Directors - UK (IoD)\]
•Fellow \[Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)\]
•\[Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)\]
•\[Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)\]
•\[Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)\]
•Committee Member \[AusIMM Mining Society & Occupational Health and Safety Council\]
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CareerManaging Director & Country Manager - Fujairah Gold Ghana, Vedanta Resources, Director - Aluworks \[Ghana, Jan 2013 - current\]
Summary
Chief Executive Advisor (Officer) - Philex Mining Corporation \[Philippines, Jan 2010 - Dec 2012\]
General Manager: Mineral Resources, Contracts and Projects
PT Arutmin Indonesia (PT BUMI Resources Tbk) \[Indonesia, Jan to Dec 2009\]
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Zeehan Zinc / Creat Resources Holdings
\[Australia, Jan to Dec 2008\]
General Manager, Chief Operating Officer - Zeehan Zinc / Creat Resources Holdings \[Australia, Jan to Dec 2007\]
Chief Operating Officer - Toledo Mining Corporation, Atlas Consolidated Mining & Development
Corporation - \[Philippines, Jan 2004 - Dec 2006\]
Director: Projects & HSE - Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) \[Saudi Arabia, Jan 2000 - Nov 2003\]
Group Mining Engineer: Mining Systems - Gengold (Gencor) / BHP \[South Africa, Jan 1995 - Dec1999\]
Shiftboss, Projects Mining Engineer, Production Superintendent/Mine Overseer, Mine Manager -
Gengold (Gencor) / BHP \[South Africa, Jan 1991 - Dec 1994\]
Production / Operations Student - Great Noligwa (AngloGold Ashanti), Impala Platinum, Usutu Colliery
(South32), Beatrix (Sibanye Gold) \[South Africa, Dec 1987 - Dec 1990\]
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Education•B.Sc. Engineering (Mining) Honours 1990
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Government Certificates of Competency 1995, 1997 & 2000
Academic•University of the Witwatersrand Council Merit Scholarship - Valedictorian, 1987-1990
Achievements•Mine Managers’ Prestige Prize, 1989
•Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Prestige Prize, 1989
Residency Status•Canada & Australia Permanent Resident, South African Citizen
Languages•English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Core Competencies/•Mining Engineering, Mine Planning/Consulting, JORC / NI 43-101 / SAMREC Reserves, Technical
Key Skills/Services, Underground and Open-pit Operations, Mine Management, Project Management, Feasibility
ExpertiseStudies, Due Diligence, Business Development, Operating Excellence Performance Improvement, Listing
Companies, Capital Raising, Executive Leadership, with strong People Skills
