Seth Owusu-Sarpong – Head Geology/Geotechnical Division

Seth Owusu-Sarpong is a holder of MSc Degree in Mining Engineer from Stanislaw Staszic University of Science and Technology, Cracov, Poland, with a specialization in Mining Rock Mechanics. He also holds an MSc degree in Finance from Leicester University, United Kingdom. He has over 30 years’ experience in underground hard rock mining. His working experience covers 15 years of gold mining with AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, Ghana; 8 years of copper mining with Mopani Copper Mines, (Mufulira, SOB Kitwe and Mindolo SV – underground and surface) in Zambia, and 8 years of consultancy service and lecturing in Ghana.

Seth has been involved in many underground operations of varying ground conditions ranging from very shallow room and pillar mining at Mindolo North to very deep and seismically active Vertical Crater Retreat mining at Mindolo and deep level Open Stoping with delayed hanging wall cave – a hybrid between Open Stoping and Sub-Level Caving, at Mufulira, and Sublevel Caving at SOB, Kitwe, all under Mopani Copper Mines. His experience with AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi, includes Cut and Filling Mining, Open Stoping with delayed backfill and Sublevel Caving.

His experience includes numerical modeling, ground control management, ground conditions characterization for large underground excavation designs (stopes, workshops, pump chambers, etc.,), mine shaft raise boring characterization, training of mine personnel in underground geotechnics, consultancy services, as well as lecturing in Mining Principles and Rock Mechanics.

His consultancy works include the following international collaborations with SRK Consulting:

Underground Portal and Site Investigation, Lero Karta, NordGold, Guinea Conakry, July 2021 (For SRK Consulting, UK).

Open Stope Stability Analysis, Segala Underground Mine, Semico, Mali, November 2021 (For SRK Consulting, Ghana).

Review – NI 43-101 Technical Report, Wassa Gold Mine, Ghana, January 2023, together with SRK Ghana and SRK South Africa, with reference to mining and rock mechanics.

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