Modern Mining November 2018

MINING News

High-tech training centre opened

Tietto Minerals appoints Exploration Manager West African gold developer and explorer Tietto Minerals, listed on the ASX, has appointed senior exploration geologist Dr Mathieu Ageneau as its Exploration Manager as the company accelerates exploration of its Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. Dr Ageneau is currently Newcrest Mining Limited’s West Africa Senior Geologist, lead- ing the team which discovered the Antenna gold deposit at Seguela in Côte d’Ivoire. He also worked in West Africa with SRK Exploration Services and has previous explo- ration experience in Australia with Gold Fields Australasia, as well as in Serbia (First Quantum Minerals), Peru (Pan American Silver) and Papua New Guinea (Lihir Gold). Tietto Managing Director Dr Caigen Wang said the company was pleased to have attracted a high-calibre candidate to the role. “Mathieu has an excellent track record in successful West African gold exploration, and more specifically in Côte d’Ivoire, and helped Newcrest discover the 430 000 oz Antenna resource. We are confident he can lead Tietto in rapidly expanding our resources at Abujar as we continue to report high grade results over thick intercepts,” he said. Tietto has planned an extensive work programme for 2018-19 to explore its Abujar project, where it is focused on the Abujar Middle tenement as well as preliminary work at the Abujar North and South tenements. The project has a JORC inferred resource of 10,4 Mt at 2,1 g/t Au for 703 600 oz and Tietto is aiming to upgrade this in late 2018 following completion of 15 000 m of RC and diamond drilling in Q4 2018, with a further upgrade expected in 2019. 

On 8 November 2018, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions South Africa hosted the official opening of its new Technical Training Academy situated at the compa- ny’s Service Centre in Chloorkop, an event attended by Naledi Pandor, Minister of Higher Education. “Our aim is to offer first class technical training programmes to raise the tech- nical proficiencies and standards of our industry and to set further benchmarks for excellence on the African continent,” said Philipp Nellessen, CEO at thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Sub Sahara Africa. “We want to develop exceptional skills in Africa for Africa!” “Our decision to build a Technical Training Academy was motivated by our goal to develop exceptional candidates for our workshop and site team environ- ments combined with the tremendous

skills shortage faced by the country,” commented Ruben Lamprecht, General Manager of thyssenkrupp Service Centre. “This was a key driving force behind the construction of the approximately 1 300 m 2 training facility which will enable us to train and upskill young people for our industry on our equipment in line with our standards to the ultimate benefit of our customers.” thyssenkrupp’s close on R20 million investment includes a 831 m 2 workshop which houses state-of-the-art equipment such as lathes, milling machines, hydrau- lic, pneumatic and electrical simulators as well as all practical models required for the technical training. The 483 m 2 first floor is equipped with high-end tools to conduct, simulate and annotate certain principles and circuitry within the class- room environment. 

The training facility houses state-of-the-art equipment (photo: thyssenkrupp).

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