Johan van Zyl is a Senior Mineral Resource Analyst who has been with Z* since the inception of the company in 2008. Johan has a BSc degree (Physical and Mathematical Analysis) from the University of Stellenbosch and he completed a BSc Honours degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at the University of Pretoria in 2006. Subsequent to joining Z* Johan completed, with distinction, the CSFG geostatistical course at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France. Prior to joining Z* Johan worked for De Beers on the placer diamond deposits at Namdeb and Namaqualand Mineswhere his responsibilities included preparing official government plans and he specialised in the spatial monitoring and reconciliation of rehabilitation programmes. During a period with De Beers Group Services Johan’s focus was on geostatistics and he has developed specialist skills in GIS, modelling and data validation.
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