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Queen Mahlukani

Queen Mahlukani

Strata Control Officer
Atok

Summary

Hardworking and self-disciplined individual willing to assist the team and the organization achieve its goals.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Rock Engineering Graduate

African Rainbow Minerals (Black Rock Mine)
08.2022
  • Perform stope and development auditing; continuous risk assessment and generation of remedial actions on hazards identified.
  • Conduct coaching and training for miners and crews on basic strata control principles and enforce compliance with strata control-related mine standards.
  • Perform (Basic level) geotechnical core logging; determining RQD, Total/Solid core recovered, geotechnical zones, rock types, geological discontinuities/structures, and geotechnical properties.
  • Perform (Basic level) geotechnical mapping; identification of discontinuties and description of properties, generate RMR, Q-value from data collected.
  • Secondary support quality control.

Rock Engineering Graduate

African Rainbow Minerals (Two Rivers Platinum)
- Current
  • Perform stope and development auditing; continuous risk assessment and generation of remedial action(s).
  • Borehole Camera Inspection.
  • Secondary support quality control.
  • Conduct coaching and training for miners and crews on basic strata control principles, and enforce compliance with strata control-related mine standards.

Acting Strata Control Officer

African Rainbow Minerals (Bokoni Platinum Mine)
01.2024 - Current
  • Undertake regular underground visits to monitor compliance to mine standards, outline areas with strata control problems and issue recommendations.
  • Liaise with the Shift supervisors to advice on the challenges encountered and monitored underground and report to the Shaft Rock Engineer.
  • Conduct borehole camera inspection and analysis of the hanging wall strata to build a database of Ground Control Districts (GCDs) within the mine.
  • Secondary support quality control and assurance
  • Conduct continuous risk assessments and Rock Engineering information collection for reporting.
  • Determine and compile working area risk ratings for planned working areas to determine safe working conditions

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Education

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Geology -

University of Fort Hare
Alice, EC
01.2019 - 12.2019

Skills

Basic geotechnical core logging and Rock Mass Rating

Data collection, analysis and management

Report writing

Written and verbal Communication

Self-management

Microsoft package (Word, Excel & PPT)

Problem-solving and decision making

Risk Assessment

Certification

Strata Control Certificate

Timeline

Acting Strata Control Officer

African Rainbow Minerals (Bokoni Platinum Mine)
01.2024 - Current

Strata Control Certificate

10-2023

Rock Engineering Graduate

African Rainbow Minerals (Black Rock Mine)
08.2022

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Geology -

University of Fort Hare
01.2019 - 12.2019

Rock Engineering Graduate

African Rainbow Minerals (Two Rivers Platinum)
- Current
Queen MahlukaniStrata Control Officer