Nana Yaa Bimpomaa Boafo
Kwabenya,
Summary
Enthusiastic and hardworking Metallurgical Engineering graduate from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I’m excited to bring my knowledge and enthusiasm for metallurgy to the gold processing industry. Ready to dive into hands-on work and contribute to meaningful projects.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Trainee Metallurgist
Newmont Africa
Kenyasi, Ahafo South
03.2024 - Current
- Monitoring of crushing operations.
- Inspection of crusher and conveyors.
- Monitoring and controlling key performance indicators of the mill circuit (grind, tonnage, density, power consumption, etc.).
- Troubleshooting circuit issues.
- Inspection of cyclone operations.
- Monitoring and controlling circuit parameters (Density, Cyanide, Dissolved Oxygen, carbon concentrations).
- Cleaning the autosampler for effective sampling and accurate results.
- Monitoring gold in solution and solid losses.
- Report on CIL plant operations daily.
- Reagent preparation.
- Densitometer checks.
- Metallurgical accounting.
- Analysis on particle size distribution.
- Perform QA/QC sampling and reporting.
- Calibrate pH and Marcy scales daily.
- Inspection of Tailings Storage Facility.
National Service Person
AECI Water
Ahafo Kenyasi
11.2023 - Current
- Mixing and transfer of chemicals to elution heat exchangers, cooling towers of process plant, and underground fridge plant.
- Sampling and inspection of dosing areas.
- Perform chemical and biological test analysis on water samples from process plant and underground fridge plant(conductivity, total and calcium hardness, alkalinity, chloride ion content, sulphate ion content, scaletrol and STP residual, silica content).
- Chemical cleaning of condensers and evaporators at underground fridge plant.
Intern
Gold Fields Ghana Limited
Tarkwa
10.2022 - 11.2022
- Monitoring and operating the crusher.
- Monitoring and inspection of milling and thickener operations.
- Tailings Storage Facility inspections.
- CIL parameter inspections.
- Extended Leach analysis.
- QA/QC sampling and reporting.
- WAD analyzer maintenance.
- Monitoring of elution parameters (Caustic concentration, burner and heat exchanger temperatures, etc.).
- Mixing of Cyanide, Caustic, HCL and flocculant for use in the plant.
- Monitoring and controlling clarifier operations.
- Monitoring and controlling of Ultra-filtration and Reverse Osmosis plants.
- Sampling and testing of feed and treated water.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Metallurgical Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ghana11-2023
WASSCE - General Science
Holy Child School
Cape Coast, Ghana06-2019
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite(Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- SCADA Software (Intermediate)
Projects
Final year project on the "RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT THROUGH EXTENDED LEACH STUDY ON TAILINGS RESIDUE"
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Trainee Metallurgist
Newmont Africa
03.2024 - Current
National Service Person
AECI Water
11.2023 - Current
Intern
Gold Fields Ghana Limited
10.2022 - 11.2022
Bachelor of Science - Metallurgical Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
WASSCE - General Science
Holy Child School
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