Associates

Tanya Galbraith
Interaction Director

Corporate Reporting Specialist

Member of the Investment Analyst Society (IAS) and Chairperson of the judging panel for the IAS special award for SAMREC Compliancy in Annual Reporting

Tanya is a co-director and shareholder of Venmyn Interaction (Pty) Ltd.  Interaction provides corporate reporting and identity service to, but not exclusively, the mining industry.  When required, Interaction draws on the expertise of Venmyn (Pty) Ltd who hold a share interest in the company.  Key attention is put into compliance when it comes to Annual, Quarterly and Corporate Reporting as well as looking at Tripple Bottom Line issues.  With her background and over 10 years experience in marketing and graphic design, she also presents talks to a variety of audiences including MEETI covering topics such as Do's and Don'ts of Annual Reporting, How to present a compliant Mineral Reserve and Resource Report and Technical Statement - the door to Short Form Reporting.
Evelyn Steel
Graphic Designer
Evelyn joined Interaction as a graphic designer.  She has over 15 years marketing and desktop publishing experience in a wide range of corporate industries.  With her analytical and technical background, she can more readily interpret the mechanical and procedural data into illustrative form.
Dr Carina Lemmer
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B.Sc (Hons) Physics; B.Sc(Hons) M.Sc Computer Science; Ph.D. (Stanford) Applied Earth Sciences. FGSSA, MGASA

Carina has had extensive experience in the evaluation and technical due diligence of mining and mineral projects in South Africa and in Africa . She has authored a large number of Competent Persons Reports as a member of teams on feasibility and other studies, for both local and international stock exchanges.

Carina's particular areas of expertise are in the incorporation of a basic understanding of the geology of an ore deposit into its geostatistical modelling and in the interpretation of geological, geophysical and satellite information with a view to exploration target generation. She has been involved in projects ranging from generating exploration targets, guiding drilling campaigns, evaluating Mineral Resources and auditing Competent Person Reports. She has also managed the development of major Resource and Reserve calculation systems for mining houses.

Tony G Bloomer
Consultant
B.Sc Hons. Geology, MGSSA, MSAGA, Pr.Sci.Nat.

Tony has over 40 years of experience in Geology , 26 of these involved in exploration projects for a major International mining house, and has been in private practice since 1996. Key speciality areas – Kimberlite and alluvial diamond exploration and project evaluation. - Competent Persons Reports and Due Diligence studies, particularly as applicable to diamond projects Member of:

  • Geological Society of South Africa
  • South African Geophysical Association
  • South African Archaeological Society
  • Society of Exploration Geochemists
Martyn Hay
Specialist Metallurgist
B.Sc. Hons (Metallurgical Engineering), M.Sc. (Operational Research) FSAIMM, MCIMMP

Martyn has 28 years experience in the South African Mining industry in gold, coal, base metal and PGM ores in operation, design, management, research and consulting. Experience is varied, and includes positions of Consulting Metallurgist for Lonmin , South Africa and Mining Analyst for a stockbroking firm in London . Martyn formed Eurus Mineral Consultants (“EMC”) early in 2002. EMC offers specialist milling and flotation consulting services to the mining industry in Africa and Canada . The company has developed and uses SUPASIM, a proprietary flotation simulation program and an empirical mill sizing methodology and also maintains a large database of milling and flotation operations as well as associated laboratory and pilot test data to characterise ores and predict plant performance. In addition to simulating over 50 operating flotation plants from laboratory data, SUPASIM has been used to design and simulate the performance of four flotation plants from laboratory data only. EMC is also involved in education of metallurgists for selected clients.

To date Martyn has authored seven papers published in international journals and a number of competent person and due diligence reports.

Peter Cheshire
Consultant
B.Sc. (Hons) Geology, Pri.Nat.Sc.

Over 29 years of experience with key speciality areas in: Gold and Base metal exploration, technical aspects and project co-ordination and management. Structural mapping, geomorphology, geohydrology, groundwater quality and environmental investigations.

Dr Alexander S. Rodionov
Diamond Geology Consultant
Phd Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Russia Acad. Sci., Siberian Division, Novosibirsk, Russia Pr.Sci.Nat, MGSSA

Alexender is an internationally recognised expert in the field of diamond geology with experience in alluvial gold geology.  He is familiar with all stages of diamond prospecting, exploration and mining through personal experience both in the field and in the laboratory. He has done fieldwork in Russia, Syria, Brazil, RSA, Botswana, Lesotho and Angola. DR. Rodionov has experience in the Anglo American Research Laboratories as well as at De Beers Consolidated Mines Geoscience Centre. He is the author of several publications, most notably to do with kimberlite pipes.

Cuthbert Musingwini
Mining Engineer
Pr. Eng, MSAIMM, MZwIE; MSc Mining Engineering (Mineral Economics); BSc. Hons. Mining Engineering (1st Class).
Cuthbert has 15 years experience in the mining industry spread over production (gold mining), academia and consulting.  He currently lectures at Witwatersrand University in the area of mine financial valuation, decision making for mining investments and applied operations research.  He is currently completing a PhD in multi-criteria mine planning optimisation for platinum mining.  In his consulting role, Cuthbert has participated in projects on technical due diligence and mineral property valuation in gold and industrial minerals.  He has appeared as a professional witness before a court of law in a valuation case.  Cuthbert has also presented papers at international conferences and authored several papers in an international journal.  His interests lie in mine financial valuation and mine planning.
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