Ken EdgarLife Experience Presentation

The Edgar Family

Introduction

My Family I love my family very much as the keep me alive and vibrant.This pretty much sums up who I am and what my nature is.All of this energy is taken through into the work place and that is why I thrive on challenges.A wealth of experience that is engaged through a drive to succeed and provide the highest level of service.

Executive SummaryDuring the course of my career I have had the privilege of working on many major projects which has given me a broad knowledge base to handle single or multi-disciplinary contracts.

My career path has involved the following:Multi-disciplinary construction management and execution • Vertical construction packages including civil and electrical disciplines • Turnkey design and construct services • Fabrication and installation of structural steel, tankage, mechanical works and process equipment and piping • Local and overseas fabrication and procurement • Modularisation and off-site pre-assembly • Plant commissioning

My expertise has covered: • Structural steel supply and erection • Installation of heavy mechanical equipment such as crushers, screens, mills, ship loaders, stackers, reclaimers, compressors, process skids, boilers and turbines (gas and steam), draglines, conveyor systems and other plant with facilites. • Installation of above and below ground piping systems for petrochemical, mineral processing, water and associated facilities • Installation of large bins and tanks for the mineral processing and petrochemical industries including thickeners, process tanks, elevated storage bins, silos and miscellaneous storage and reagent tanks

The companies I have worked for have specialised in: • Overall project management, design, procurement, fabrication, erection, installation and commissioning of all major plant and equipment • Subcontract management of all associated construction services including earthworks, civils, refractories, coatings and insulation • Wet/dry commissioning of plant equipment, systems testing as well as pre-commissioning services •The management and coordination of multi-disciplinary design functions through alliance partners and/or subcontractors

Employment Benefits

The benefits I bring to a Company are very wide and diverse with the main thrust being on efficiency. My extensive technical and management experience combine to ensure target objectives are achieved in a healthy manner. This experience has been gained from a low ground level up to the highest level through hard work. I have no fear of facing and overcoming all challenges head on. In this regard I am constantly learning and applying any free time to further studies. I also have extensive computer experience in a wide variety of software programs. Having worked in a variety of different roles in the industry as given me a unique insight to the whole process of a Project from start to finish. With this experience one is able to undertake any project efficiently and dynamically exceeding the client’s expectations. On any new project I bring Quality Control and Safety to the fore. Quality Control together with Safety ensure a project that is to the highest standards. These two issues I give all my attention to as they reduce risk management, if not completely eliminate it, and ensure proper controls over all aspects of any Project. Any lack of technical knowledge can be easily and quickly obtained but management and planning is something that is acquired over time and through experience.

Each and evey contract brings with it new challenges that need to be addressed on their merits, this requires leadership and experience.

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 Construction: o Earthworkso Pipe Lineso Civil Structureso Dams - Tailings, Return Water and Storageo Dam Liningso Concreteo Pump Systemso Control Systems• Design and Constructablity reviews• Training• Quality Assurance/Quality Control, review of Quality Assurance Plans• Contract Administration (FDIC, GCC, DBO, etc)• Schedule Control• Financial Control – Costings, Claims, RFC’s• Measurement and Payment• Client Liason – Meetings, Presentations, Reports, Regulatory• Regulatory (Governemental) Liason - Meetings,

EmployersAnglogold AshantiJanuary 2011 – CurrentLead Project ManagerFootprint Reduction Project at Obuasi Mine, Ghana which comprises a number of projects– Office complex’s, change rooms, stores, workshops, laboratories, lodge resort, etc. +$150mil280ha Tailings Dam at Iduapriem Mine, Ghana $190milLarge Scale Housing Estates at Obuasi and Iduapriem Mine, Ghana

Stefanutti Stocks MiningJune – December 2010Reason for leaving – end of contractProject/Works ManagerTailings Dam facility for Gold Mine in Barberton areaTailings Dam and Thickner for iron ore mine in Northern CapeThe Directors have assured me that I am welcome back at anytime and we keep in regular contact.

Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd 2008 – 2010Reason for leaving –End of ContractConstruction Manager (EPCM)15ml/day Water Treatment Plant. (R600mil)Bulk Earthworks – Plant platform, 1.2mil m3 earth placed for three pondsPipelines – HDPE, Stainless Steel, GMS and PVCBulk Electrical, light electrical and controllers – PLCsSub stations – 15Mva and 6.6kVaReservoirs, clarifiers, water tanks, intake (dam) and inlet (plant) towers.RO filters, UF filters, green sand filtersAcid and lime storage tanksPumps, valves, controls, flow metersRoadworksAdministration blocks, laboratory, control room, MCC’sDrainage systems

Employers (cont'd)Meetse Civils 2001 – 2007Reason for leaving –Owner had to undergo extensive surgeryProject MangerMajor pipelines, piping, earthworks, dams and other various civil structures reservoirs, infrastructure, roadworks, sewerage works, administration blocks, housing, etc. Two such projects were - Marite Bulk Water Supply – pipelines, reservoirs, treatment plant (R100mil)Dwarsloop Water Supply – pipelines, reservoirs, treatment plant (R130mil)Moolman Mining and Earthmoving 1986 – 1989Reason for leaving –Personal divorceSite Manager PositionN3 toll road – Marianhill Toll plaza to ShongweniWitbank to Richards Bay Railway additional lineRichards Bay harbor deep water berthCoal Mining ventures – Witbank areas, opening, hauling and rehabilitationAndulusite process plant – Zeerust areaBulk Earthworks - Mossgas.Chief BuyerManaged the buying department with twelve staff and responsible for all contractual and consumable material ordering along with the logistics of supply to sites throughout the RepublicAlternative DirectorResposibility for numerous sites

Durban Plasma Coatings 1975 – 19781990 – 2000Reason for leaving –partners retired and sold offProject ManagerDurban Plasma Coatings specialised in the coating and repair of wearing surfaces and covered mainly mechanical engineering. These included but were not limited to pumps, valves, piping, bearing surfaces, and hydraulic cylinders. Several teams did all the fiiting required as well as the shutdown work and modifications to the following plants -Sapref Refineries – Durban. Iscor steel works (Newcastle and Van der Byl plants) - Mainly the billet steel mills.Sugar mills – (all along the KNZ coast and Swaziland)Mining projects – Processing Plants, new projects, additions (JCI, Goldfields, Anglo American) (both surface and underground)

Employers (cont'd)

New Vaal Colliery – Amcoal 1983- 1986Reason for leaving –End of ContractProject ManagerGreenfields ProjectEstablishment of complete Opencast Mine including main plant, base workshops, bulk material conveyor systems, tip, crushers, haul roads. This also included th establishment of the mobile equipment such as draglines, face shovels, haul trucks, etc. The mine was established to supply Lethabo power station with coal using a mix of sub grade mixed with high grade coal.

Consolidated Diamond Mines – De Beers Namibia1978 – 1982Reason for leaving –received better offer closer to homeSite Agent/Credit ControllerStarted in field workshops and then progressed to Base workshops.Establishment of No. 4 plant and pilot plant. An opportunity was given to move to the Financial Department to broaden my experience. Here I took over the Creditors Department which was processing in excess of $3mil per day excluding Capital PurchasesThe changes I made to the exisiting systems improved efficiencies by over 50% and this was brought to senior management’s attention and I was then promoted to the accounts department to head the Creditors section. We handled invoices to a value of R4mil daily and employed a staff of eight of which 6 were just handling queries. I then set up a computerized system to handle the thousands of invoices received daily and bring better control over the payments. It was also during this time that I began studing for my B. Comm which unfortunately I only managed to achieve two years and did not complete.

Some of my projectsObuasi Footprint ReductionNumerous roadworks, structures, bulk electrical reticulation, community relations, security, pipework, processing plant. $150milOptimum Coal Mines15ml/day Water Treatment Plant. (Greenfield Project) – R600millionMarite Bulk Water SupplyPiping, reservoirs, pumps stations and pumps - +R100millionDwarsloop Water SupplyPiping, reservoirs, pumps stations and pumps - +R130millionConsolidated Diamond Mines - De BeersMain Plant, Pilot Plant – erection and fabricationSapref RefineriesPiping, pumps, control systems, shutdown major (major repair and modifications)Iscor Steel WorksPlant modifications and extensions, repairs and maintenanceNew Vaal Colliery – AmcoalComplete Mine – greenfields projectSugar mills – NumerousPlant shutdowns, extensions, new sections, repairs and maintenance.MossgasBulk earthworksRichards Bay/Witbank Railway lineEarthworks, bridges, culverts, crossingsCullinan Diamond MineUnderground production monitoring systemsHarmony Gold MinesUnderground water control systems