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Supervisor: Hari Tsikos
Sponsors: BHP-BILLITON-HMM Ltd
Thomas was born and raised in Venda in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. He studied at the Department of Geosciences at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the Witwatersrand and graduated with an Honours degree in Geology in 2004. He is currently holding the position of Chief Geologist at BHP Billiton Wessels Mine, having accrued over 5 years' experience in the manganese business. He is also working on his MSc project at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 on the parallel characterization of the upper and lower manganese ore-layers (“seams”) at Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, with emphasis on their comparative mineralogy, mineral chemistry and physical characteristics. He is married and a father of two sons, 5 and 8 years old. Thomas is also a Pastor of a local church in the city of Kuruman where he also resides with his family.
A comparative study of the mineralogical, geochemical and physical attributes between the lower and upper manganese ore-bodies at Wessels Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
E-mail: Thomas.Rambuda@bhpbilliton.com
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