NAME/SURNAME: SERGO CUSIANI

AGE: 24 May 1966

MARITAL STATUS: Married.

NATIONALITY: Georgian

CONTACTS: t.+995 595 300 121, [email protected]

EDUCATION: 1983-1991: Georgian Technical University, Master’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering. 1995-1998: University ”Georgia”, Tbilisi, Faculty of Architecture.

TRAINING COURCES: 2004: LisCAD and Total Station, Tbilisi. 2008: Datamine Studio 3 advanced training at Wells, Somerset, UK.

Jul 2019 – present: Caucasus Minerals, Georgia www.caucasusminerals.com

Mining consultant.

Narrow vein antimony deposit with 1929-1957 channel sampling data obtained from underground workings – adits, drifts, inclines, etc. Geological data collection, 3D drillhile, creation, geostatistical study, variogram modelling, wireframe modelling, block modelling, resource estimation and reserves calculation; UG mine planning.

Jul 2018 – Jan2019. JV Georgian Copper And Gold, Bolnisi, Georgia, Consultant.

Geological modelling of copper/gold deposits (property of Georgian Mining Corporation, www.georgianmining.com). Duties and responsibilities I’ve performed:

3D drillholes creation, ore body wireframe modelling by geological domains.

Detailed geostatistical study of geological samples by domains, Kriging Neighborhood Analysis, variogram modelling and fitting, calculating estimation parametres.

Volumetric block modeling and population of the block model cells with grades and other attributes from sampling unit data with estimation parametres.

Resource estimation and reserves calculation, Open-Pit optimization and mine design and scheduling: ultimate pit sell and pit design, LG phases, pushback wireframe generation and reports, schedule wireframe generation and reports, schedules by benches, MAO and MFO analysis using NPV Scheduler software.

Road design using AutoCad Civil 3D and LisCAD software.

Waste dump and stockpile design, haulage road design using Studio OP software.

Training of local and international geologists in geological modeling and mine design using Datamine Studio 3 and Studio RM software.

May2016 – May2017. RMG Copper / RMG Gold, Lead Mining Engineer

Georgia, Madneuli porphyry deposit. I calculated reserves,  did open-pit optimization, ultimate pit design, pushback generation using Studio 3 and NPVS, short term scheduling using ISTS.

June 2011 – present. GEO-LOGARITMICA Consulting

www.geo-logaritmica.com

[email protected]. I organized, mentored and managed geological data collection, created 3D drill holes, ore body wireframes and performed geological modeling, resource estimation, reserves calculation and mine planning of TUKHMANUK deposit, Linne Mining LLC, Yerevan, Armenia, using Datamine Studio 3 and NPVS.

April 2011 – April 2012. DATAMINE INTERNATIONAL, Branch Manager, Kazakhstan.

I trained 5 groups of geologists and mining engineers in geological field data collection/interpretation & geological resource modeling, open-pit and underground techniques, consulted clients in geological and mining tasks. I delivered mentoring program, which included: cleaning of geo. data; basic statistics on data; drillholes; formatting; legends; plotting; geological modeling; string tools; section correlation; wireframe volumes; Boolean operations; block modeling; statistics; reserves and charting; dynamic anisotropy, toe&crest and ramp design; contour design; generating economic model and pushbacks.

March 2010 – January 2011, Tkibuli Coal Mine, Georgia, Mining Project Manager

I organized and managed geological data collection and performed coal deposit geological modeling using Datamine Studio 3.