Curriculum Vitae

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Ronald Peter SMIT - Summary CV

Key skills

Career

Feb 2019 - present: Consultant, Mineral Export Valuation, Mongolia and Zambia. Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF).
Jan 2015 - Jan 2019: Team Leader, Mineral Production Monitoring Support Project (MPMSP), Zambia. Component of the EU-funded Public Finance Management programme. Adam Smith International.
Jul 2008 - present: Owner/principal, Ron Smit Consulting
Jul 2005 - Jun 2008: Project Manager, National Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment Project, Ghana. EU-funded Mining Sector Support Programme. HifabGruppen AB.
Dec 2003 - Jun 2005: Mining/exploration consultant.
May 2001 - Nov 2003: Completed MBA studies.
Jan 1995 - Apr 2001: Manager - Exploration (West Africa), Ghana. JCI Limited and subsidiary companies.
May 1991 - Dec 1994: Ore Evaluation Manager and Exploration Manager (Africa), Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd., South Africa.
May 1987 - Apr 1991: Senior Geologist - Evaluation, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd., South Africa.
Sep 1984 - Apr 1987: Senior Geologist, GENCOR, South Africa.
Jan 1982 - Sep 1984: Geologist, General Mining Union Corporation, South Africa.

Qualifications

2003 - MBA, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh Business School), Scotland, UK
1992 - M.Sc.(Eng.)(Mining) in the field of Mineral Economics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1986 - Dip.Data. (Diploma in Datametrics, Computer Science), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
1979 - B.Sc.(Hons.)(Geology), University of Johannesburg (previously known as Rand Afrikaans University), South Africa
1978 - B.Sc.(Earth Sciences), University of Johannesburg (previously known as Rand Afrikaans University), South Africa

Languages

Memberships and registrations

KIVI-NIRIA - Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers
KNGMG - Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands
SGA - Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
SAIMM - Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
GSSA - Geological Society of South Africa
SACNASP - Registered as a Professional Natural Scientist (Pr. Sci.Nat) with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Field: Geological Science. Reg. no.: 400145/86.

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