This curriculum vitae is for Alick Mbawa, a Zambian citizen seeking employment as a metallurgical engineer. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Copperbelt University in 2014. During his studies, he completed a 3-month internship at CNMC-Luanshya Mine where he gained experience in crushing, milling, flotation, filtration and tailings plants. His fifth year student project focused on optimizing a flotation circuit. He aims to broaden his career and hold a top managerial position in the future.

1. Curriculum vitae
Alick Mbawa
7 Chilengwa twibukishe, Kitwe,Zambia
Cell: +260977804307
Email: ambawa19@gmail.com
Date of Birth : 21st
march 1990
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Single
Nationality : Zambian
NRC Number : 231224/65/1
Graduate Engineer- metallurgical engineering
Objective
Employment
Education
Academic yearInstitution
2010-2014 First andfifthyearEngineeringstudentatthe CopperbeltUniversity
and obtainedaBachelor’sDegree inMetallurgical Engineering.
2005-2007 Grade tenand twelve atKitwe BoysSecondaryschool inKitwe and
obtainedagrade 12 full certificate.
2003-2004 Grade eightandnine at DollyDollarChristianSchool inLusaka and
obtainedagrade nine certificate.

2. PERSONAL PROFILE
 Enjoys meeting challenges and solving them
 Goal oriented person
 Ability to work with minimum supervision
 Self-motivated and also able to motivate others in inspiring commitment, analytical and usage
of own initiative.
 Highly energetic and innovative
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
To contribute to the expansion and success of your company organization through
 Exceptional versatility and adaptation of a changing work environment.
 Dedication as a hardworking individual with the ability to analyze technical problems and
formulate solutions
 Superlative communication, team building and strong work ethics
 Ambition and drive to demand the best of self in a given situation. In doing so I am to achieve
the highest standard of work and contribute to the improvement of standards in the
company/organization
Work Experience
Metallurgical work experience
I did3 months internshipwith CNMC-LuanshyaMine fromFebruarytoMay 2014. Duringmy stay I was
familiarizedwithgroundworks andthe technical aspectsinvolvedatcrushing,milling,flotation,
filtrationandtailingsplants.
 Crushingplant; Familiarized withthe operationsof standardcrushersandshortheadcrushers
and howto control parametersfromthe control room.
 Millingplant;The workscarriedout involved groundoperationsandanin depth
understandingof the Startupandshutdownprocedure,Operationof variablespeedpumps,
Operationof the hydrocyclone classifier,Lubricationsystemonthe mills,Ball mill charging
and monitoringof mill amperage,Control of parametersfromthe control roomi.e.milling

3. plantfeedrates,wateradditions,variationof pumpspeedsetc.
 Flotationplant;The workscarriedoutinvolved familiarizingwithStartup andshutdown
procedure,reagentpreparations,Control of the flotation circuit,Interpretation of assay
resultsandcontrol of flotation parameters,Control of columngrades andcolumnparameters
i.e. wateraddition, airflow,PHandfrothlevel controls.
 Filtrationplant; familiarizedwiththe operationsof the Larox filter,how tocombatblinding
and thickeneroperations.
FifthYear Student Project
Main objective:Optimizationof the flotationcircuit( recoveryandgrade)
specificobjectives;
 To determine the effectof grind/particle sizedistributiononrecoveryandgrade.
 To establishwhetherthe pulpdensityof the rougherconcentrate (columnfeed)influences
recoveryandgrade of the column concentrate.
 To establishwhetherthere isarelationshipbetweenacidsoluble copperinfeedandtailingsin
relationtofeedTcuand tailsTcu.
 To establishwhethercopperlosestofinal tailingsare acceptable.
FUTURE PROSPECTS AND PLANS
 Broaden my career through integrating different academic programs.
 To hold a top managerial position
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
 Reading books,newspapers and magazines
 Watching soccer
 Singing

4. Other Skills
Languages; English - goodfluency
Bemba-native fluency
Nyanja - native fluency
Computing :competentuserof Microsoftoffice, excelandpowerpoint.Fastandefficientuse of
worldwide web andemail.
REFEREES
Mr F. Mutali Mr Lumbwe
PlantMetallurgist Safetyofficer
CNMC- Luanshya Mine CNMC-LuanshyaMine
Cell:+260977486118 Cell:+260978796000
Mr O. Chanda Ms P. Mwamba
Managing Director Lecturer- school of Minesand Mineral Sciences
Chalube Investiments Copperbeltuniversity
Cell:+260966784959 P.Obox 21692
Kitwe, Zambia
Cell:+260963270331