Education

·        Master of Science (MSc) (Inorganic Chemistry)

·        Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Chemistry)

·        Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Professional Registrations and Affiliations

·        Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

·        Member, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

·        Registered Workplace Health & Safety Officer

Professional History

·        Principal, Goldtalk August 2003 to Present.

·        Managing Director - Metals Refining Operations Ltd (Port Moresby, PNG) December 1998 – June 2003.

·        Operations Manager - Metals Refining Operations Ltd (Port Moresby, PNG) April 1996 – December 1998.

·        Operations Manager - Pacific Precious Metals Ltd. (Sydney, Australia) August 1993 - March 1996.

·        Chief Chemist - Copper Refineries Pty. Ltd. ( Townsville, Australia ) June 1988 - August 1993.

·        Research Chemist - Copper Refineries Pty. Ltd. ( Townsville , Australia ) May 1982 - June 1988.

·        Extended periods of Environmental and Research & Development Management – Copper Refineries Pty. Ltd. (Townsville, Australia) May 1982 – August 1993.

·        Laboratory Technician - Queensland Nickel Pty. Ltd. (Townsville, Australia) August 1979 - May 1982.

Recent Key Experience

 August 2003 to present

·        Initial concept design of laboratory facilities for medium size gold mine under construction – January 2005, Highlands Pacific, PNG.

·        Laboratory quality system review for NATA Accreditation – Queensland Nickel Ltd, January to March 2005.

·        Test method assessment for analysis of laterite nickel ores by ICP – Queensland Nickel Ltd, February to May2005

·        Laboratory work function review – Queensland Nickel Ltd, March to July 2005.

·        XRF method evaluation for analysis of laterite ores and traces in nickel and cobalt refined metal products – Queensland Nickel Ltd, July to present.

·        Automated sample preparation system assessment for sample presentation to XRF and ICP instrumentation – Queensland Nickel Ltd, July to present.

·        Review of test work to passivate anode slimes to prevent auto-ignition during transport – Copper Refineries Pty Ltd, April 2005.

·        Zinc refinery energy audit team leader – Sun Metals Corporation for Aker Kvaerner Australia , May – September 2005.

·        Sampling by-product stockpiles – Xstrata Copper, Mt. Isa , 2004.

·        Market survey for low grade gold sources in Australia – Rand Refinery Ltd, South Africa , 2005.

·        Fire assay laboratory setup and training – Solar Applied Materials, Taiwan , 2004.

·         BSc (App.Chem.).

·         Post Grad. Dip. Food & Drug Analysis.

Languages

·         English Language teacher (TESOL).

·         Tok Pisin , Papua New Guinea , (Fluent).

·         Mandarin Chinese (sufficient for travel in China without an interpreter).

Professional Registrations and Affiliations

·         Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

·         Member, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

·         Certified Auditor, Environmental Management Audit, RABQSA International Inc.

·         Assessor, National Association Testing Authority (NATA), Australia .  35 years.

·         Head, Testing Laboratory Accreditation Committee, PNG Government for 20 years.

·         Auditor, DNV (Det Norske Veritas) Safety and Environmental (ISRS and IERS). Placer trained. 

Professional History

·         Principal, McKenna & Associates (Aust.) Pty. Ltd April 2004 to Present.

·         Chief Scientist, Placer Dome, Porgera Joint Venture (PJV), Porgera Gold Mine PNG, April 2000 to April 2004.

·         Chief Chemist, Placer Dome, Porgera Joint Venture (PJV), Porgera Gold Mine PNG, February 1990 to April 2000.

·         Superintendent, Occupational Hygiene and Environmental Chemistry, Bougainville Copper Ltd. (CRA/RTZ), 1984 to 1989. Civil war intervened.

·         Associate Professor, University of Technology , PNG.  Department of Chemical Technology, 1977 to 1984.

·         State Manager, SGS, Western Australia , 1970’s

McKenna & Associates

April 2004 to present

·         Cyanide Code Pre-Audits - audit team member for 2004 tailings and cyanide code (pre) audits at five Placer Dome Asia Pacific operations.

·         Environmental Laboratory Establishment, North Mara, Placer Dome Tanzania .  Contract commenced Jan. 2005 and revisited August, 2005.

·         Occupational Hygiene Survey - Porgera Joint Venture PNG.  March 2005.  Revisited July 2005.

·         NATA Laboratory Assessments – lead technical assessor for various laboratory assessments throughout Australia and PNG.

·         Lihir Management Company, Assay Laboratory, PNG.  Assessed May 2005.

·         CHINA .  Invited to live in China by a mining chemicals company, Aotong.  Activities were to improve in my Mandarin, teach English and offer scientific advice on their processes.  Lived in QingDao , Shangdong Province , PRC, September to December, 2004.

Revisit planned April 2006..

Porgera Gold Mine, Placer Dome, PNG.

Chief Scientist, 2000 to 2004

·         Cyanide code compliance team coordinator.

·         Site Occupational Hygienist (worker health).

·         Control of dangerous goods.

·         In charge, Technical Aspects of bullion shipments, shipping/remelting/settlement.

·         Provision of specific scientific advice (for Porgera and other Placer Dome operations) including various projects and research.

Porgera Gold Mine, Placer Dome, PNG.

Chief Chemist, 1990 to 2000

·         Responsible for the accreditation the Assay Laboratory by NATA/NISIT.

·         Developed new methods for the determination of sulphide for mining and autoclave control. 

·         Discovered cost-saving process to neutralise acid waste liquor.

·         Seconded to head the Environmental Chemistry section to resolve specific issues.

Education
Civil Aviation Academy Australasia
 Safe Transport of Infectious Substances & Diagnostic Specimens.

Quadrant Instruments Australia
 Approved course in Screening Audiometry Deakin University  

Graduate Certificate of Industrial Hygiene Science

Bruel & Kjaer Training Course  Occupational Noise

Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene  

National Safety Council of Australia Workplace Health and Safety Officer

Hazardous Substance Workshop

University Central Queensland Associate Diploma of Applied Chemistry

Professional Registrations and Affiliations

·     Associate member of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists since 2000

·        Registered Workplace Health & Safety Officer

Professional History

·       1997 – 2005      OH&S Consultant – Occupational Hygiene   Townsville

·       1990 – 1993 Assayer
     Copper Refineries Pty Ltd Townsville  

Recent Key Experience

 Principally involved with the assessment of occupational hygiene hazards in the workplace; particularly chemicals, dusts and fibres, heat stress, noise, indoor air, and lighting.  Also providing assistance with general occupational health and safety issues, and compliance with elements of the Workplace Health and Safety and Dangerous Goods Safety Management legislation. 

Eight years experience in the industrial laboratory at the Copper Refineries working in wet chemical, physical, and gravimetric methods of analysis, as well as instrumental analysis using ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma), Mass Spectrometer, Gas Chromatograph, AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy), as well as various other instruments and techniques.  

MICHAEL JAMES HYLAND