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20th July 2010
I now officially work for Petropavlovsk Plc and will be flying to Russia tonight -- assuming my visa comes through this afternoon!
You can look them up on the web, but the salient features are that Petropavlovsk are the third largest gold producer in Russia, have recently diversified into iron mining and are based in Blagoveshchensk in the Amur region. That is in the same time zone as Melbourne. My title is In-House Consultant and the job is basically the one I have always done but in-house (the clue is in the name!). Training their people, hands-on involvement with resource evaluation, working with the mines and taking responsibility for statements under Jorc and the Russian GKZ reporting codes. Initially we have a 6 month agreement with a review in January. If I am fit for purpose, that will segue into something a little more permanent. Hopefully, in that time, I may even learn a little Russian!
This is an immense challenge for me and an exciting opportunity for long term involvement in projects and production -- rather than the "fly in for a fortnight, solve problems, go home" life which has been mine for the last 30 years!
I will still be attending conferences, writing our textbooks and providing our educational materials on the web but will not, for the future, be available for short courses or one-to-one training.
Will be attending IAMG 2010 and
GeoEnv in September and hoping to look up
some old friends on the drive between the two.
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Particularly looking forward
to Peter Diggle's pre-conference workshop in Gent