Ignatius Bisschoff (Ig)
Rock Engineering/Geostatistics Consultant
Skills
• Management
• Consultancy
• Auditing
o Performed internal resource audits: SAMREC and JORC codes
o Quality Control and Assurance of samples used in the estimation
o Assay Laboratory Audits
o Peer reviews of diamond drill exploration borehole samples
• Staff Development
o Presented in-house geo stats courses
• Technical
o Surface and underground geological/geotechnical mapping and core logging
o Geological Interpretation of structure and grade distribution patterns
o XRF & XRD
o Project Geology
o Strata Control Support systems design
o Local Kriging
o Macro Kriging
Professional Experience
• Academic & Geology Research (North-West University and COMRO)
• Mining Geology
• Chemical R&D and Quality Control Laboratories Naschem
• Rock Engineering – Hard Rock Underground
• Mineral Resource Estimation – Geoscience Manager (Evaluation) – Precious Metals
Professional Bodies
• Member of South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (Pr. Sci.Nat) Reg no: 400103/88
• Member of Geological Society of SA
Education – South Africa
• BSc (Geology and Chemistry Majors) – North-West University
• BSc (Hons) Geology – North-West University
• Chamber of Mines Rock Engineering Practitioners Certificate No. 303
• Graduate Diploma in Engineering – University of Witwatersrand
• Geostatistical Training Endorsed by GASA
• Assessor SAQA ID 231846US
