Phillipus Wouter Joubert is a consulting mining engineer with over 27 years of experience in various roles within the mining industry. He has held positions including mine manager, senior project manager, and head of business optimization. He has extensive experience in production, project management, training, research and development, sales and marketing, and managing diverse teams. Joubert holds multiple qualifications in mining engineering and explosives. He is looking for a new role as a mine general manager, mine manager, business improvement manager, or consulting mining engineer.

1. Curriculum Vitae: Phillipus Wouter Joubert
Current Job title: Consulting Mining Engineer
Personal Values: Safety,teamwork,accountability,respect
Contact details:
• Cell: 0748401117 / 0826871752(add 0027 for RSA)
• E-mail: wouterjoubert85@gmail.com
• Tel: (home): 014 533 0910 (+27 for South Africa)
• Address street: 33 Hibiscussstreet Safari Gardens Rustenburg ,
0299 South Africa
• Address postal: PO Box 571 Kroondal 0350 South Africa
• Idnr.7105285107082
• Passportnr.A04058834(exp 16 Feb 2024)
Introduction and executive summary: I greet you with respect. I am a
graduate mining and explosives engineer with several other related
qualifications to the mining industry. I have 27 years working experience
up to senior mine manager/management level with exceptional
experience and exposure in most facets of the mining industry and
related industries. I follow a hands-on approach where possible. The
information contained in the CV below will expand on the detail.
Positions interested in:
• Mine general manager
• Mine manager
• Business improvement manager
• Consulting mining engineer
• Senior projects manager
Proven core competencies:
• Strong strategic thinker and planner
• Dynamic and passionate leader of large cultural diverse teams

2. • Motivated self-starter and implementer
• Good communication skills and people motivator
• Technically competent, experienced, creative and analytical
• Strong personal values, self-awareness and assertiveness
• Disciplined and responsible
• Follows a hands-on approach where possible to transfer skills
better
Education and training and courses completed (all relevant
documentation available upon request for verification purposes):
• Grade 12 school education(Gert Maritz High School KZN), all
subjects higher grade including maths and science (higher b
average achieved and was academic leader for the school) 1988
• B.Tech. Degree(2006) and NHD(1994) and ND(1993) in mining
engineering (University of Johannesburg and Wits Technicon) –
Twice awarded the prize as best mining student
• Diploma in extraction metallurgy(Wits Technicon) 2002
• CIM (Business qualification through Henley in England) 2000
• MMC of competency (metal) 1996
• Fully qualified explosives engineer (narrow reef underground,
surface mining methods, massive mining, quarries and civil etc.)
1998-1999
• MQA qualified assessor. 2006
• Full developmental training programme completed for Anglo
Platinum Senior Managers, related legal training included(whilst
in employment)
• Full Training programme completed for senior managers through
Huthwaite International(Sales and Marketing)1997-1999
• TOC trained (theory of constraints)
• Six Sigma training and exposure managing business improvement
teams with Black Belts and Master Black Belts
• Fully trained user of all MS Office programmes and some mining
related software packages
Memberships held/maintained:
• AMMSA (Association of Mine Managers of South Africa) 2006
• SAIMM (South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy) 2006
• ISEE International Society of Explosives Engineers(USA) 2000

3. • ECSA registration as professional certificated engineer(RSA and
Namibia) 2009 and 2013 respectively
• These active memberships, attending seminars of value and also
reading related magazines of the mining and engineering
industries keep me updated, also from a new technologies
perspective
Employment history/career synopsis in order from 1989 to 2015:
• Start 1989 - end 1992 Learner official(mining) JCI (REGM Cooke
Shafts) – 3 years full training programme to become a mining
official(all certificates) Left for promotion in-house.
• Start 1993 - end 1996 Operations supervisor and Mine
Overseer(JCI and RPM) – 4 years in mining production. Carried
legal appointments for underground production positions. About
500 production staff under my control. Left for in-house
promotion.
• Jan 1997 Operations Manager(1 year) at Anglo Boschfontein #
producing Merensky and UG2 reefs U/G by means of
conventional and trackless mining methods(150kt reef/month and
about 3000 employees under my control). Left for secondment
opportunity in-house to H/O.
• Jan 1998 Research and Development Mining Engineer
secondment(Anglo-Platinum H/O) 1 year, to start several trackless
mining projects. This is typically done with young mining
engineers with sound production experience. Left for operational
re-deployment back to BRPM.
• Jan 1999 - Dec 2002 Mining optimisation and mechanisation co-
ordinator (Anglo Platinum and BRPM) – 4 years secondment to
put structures and systems in place for a new underground and
surface mine with acting stances as production Business Area
Manager(3.1A legal appointment). Resigned for position offered
by AEL to get sales and marketing and explosives engineering
experience and qualifications.
• Start 2003 - end 2004 AEL business area manager - 2 years
(technical and sales and marketing and business management

4. mainly)- R250m account managed. Left for in-house promotion
opportunity.
• Jan 2005 - end 2006 AEL business development manager and
contracts manager (value mining projects – 2 years mining
contracting to fix a marginal mine after detailed constraints
analysis and agreed projects to address production bottlenecks).
Left AEL due to limited opportunities at that stage and having
being engaged by a major mining company.
• Jan 2007- end 2009 – 3.1A appointed Mine Manager
Rowland#(flagship operation) at Lonmin Platinum producing 230
000 tonnes/month reef and 30000 tonnes waste/month. (UG2 and
Merensky reef mined) using various mining methods ideal for a
narrow tabular ore body. Total workforce of about 4500 people
contributing about R800m profit to Lonmin annually. Operating
budget of nearly R1bn. Did also frequently manage the Deep
Operations as 4.1 acting senior mine manager(K3# and Rowland#)
– about 45% of Lonmin reef tonnes then with nearly 10000 staff.
Left for in-house promotion.
• Start 2010 - end 2011 Senior manager mining optimisation
Lonmin and also acting Head of Mining Lonmin(surface mining
included) and carried a 4.1 appointment similar to that of General
Managers across the mining industry in RSA. These roles
managed training, technical services, business improvement,
explosives management, best practices, security, safety and
emergency and disaster management. Positions occupied till end
2011. Left for international mining exposure opportunity outside
the RSA and also diamond mining experience. Also a more senior
position.
• Jan 2012 - March 2013 got the opportunity to gain international
experience and also experience in the surface diamond mining
field - Head of Business Optimization and Mining and Safety for
Namdeb and part of the GMT(executive team) – experienced
unpredicted problems related to workpermit for my double-
graduate teacher wife still residing in the RSA with my children,
forcing me to return to the RSA
• MD of consultancy - Apr 2013 to current - mining consulting and
business improvement consulting and new safety products
development work in the RSA and Namibia. Companies like

5. MRC(senior project project manager for R5bn tender award) and
ASA Metals(business resque and legal compliance assessment)
and Toro Industrial(business resque) and Booyco
Electronics(business resque and new technology dev.) and Rolyn
Engineering(business resque) and Weatherly PLC(mining
optimisation project) and FMP and MD are major clients having
done work for.
I have received several promotions and performance and safety
commendations during my career and I have always achieved
excellent performance ratings. I will be an asset to your
business/company.
Work strengths: Well–equipped and able individual with a lot of
mining experience in gold and platinum and chrome and copper and
manganese U/G and surface mines and also surface diamond mining. I
have had a lot of experience in:
• Production
• Project management
• Training
• Backfilling of mined out areas
• Research and development(both mining and explosives related)
• Sales and marketing
• Managing cultural diversity in the workplace
• U/G mechanisation of platinum and chrome mines(also bord and
pillar mechanised mining)
• Safety management and interventions
• Starting up of new mining operations
• Procurement/supply chain optimisation and contracts
negotiations(Anglo, Lonmin and AEL)
• Mining consulting
• Strategic planning
• Short, medium and long term mine planning
• People optimisation and performance management
• Mining optimisation and best practices implementation surface
and underground mining
• Business improvement
• Management of large departments and mines

6. • Turning around marginal mines over short periods by high-
impact interventions, also following a hands-on approach
where possible
• Instrumental in starting the value mining concept(pay for
improved output rather than the commodity bought)
• At least 4 years experience in surface mining both at Lonmin and
BRPM(Merensky and UG2) and at Namdeb(diamond mining
opencast and also beachsand mining) - during which ample
exposure to mine design and planning and scheduling were
obtained working closely with the mine planning department as
support function to the mining department
Referees of people worked with and reported to:
• Mark Farren (COO of Ivanplats) 0780194837
• Gavin Ferguson(COO of Platinum Australia) 0716740614
• Anton Lourens(MD of Booyco Electronics) 0828977740
• Buks van Rensburg(GM ASA Metals) 0832651800
• Graham Chamberlain and Kobus Gloy - executives at MRC
0823759949
• Gerrit van Rensburg(Lonmin) 0834487107
Personal plan for the next 5 years:
• To optimise my skills package as broadly qualified consulting
mining engineer
• To relief at Director Mining level and be appointed in a similar
position within the next 5 years
Personal Details/Information
• RSA ID no: 7105285107082
• Date of birth: 28 May 1971
• Married to Cristine (double graduate and diplomat teacher at
Fields College)
• 1 young daughter Angelique and 1 young son Benjamin
• Member of Vantage Point Church
• Hobbies include golf, hunting, game fishing, motorcycling ,cricket
and water sport (including sea snorkelling)

7. • No criminal record or bad debt record
• Health - excellent from birth
• Code 08 drivers licence and also motorcycling
• RSA citizen born in Piet Retief(MP)
• Complete schooling in KZN with provincial colours in 2 sports
• Top academic student of the school in Grade 12
• School leader in grade 12
• Reached rank of Captain in SANDF(infantry) 1990
• Can speak, read and write in Afrikaans. English, Fanakalo,
and German(5 years school training)
Looking forward to further engagement. I am available for any
interview requested.
Yours in safe and cost effective production and sound and
sustainable business performance.
I thank you.
Wouter Joubert
“Success breeds freedom!”