Mapping SA’s geology at all scales: The driver to mineral exploration targeting - Dr. David Khoza

24 July 2020 GSSA Lunchtime talk with Dr. David Khoza:
Mapping South Africa’s geology at all scales: The driver to mineral exploration targeting.
David Khoza is currently an Executive Manager: Applied Geoscience at the Council for Geoscience
David is geophysicist who’s worked in minerals exploration, mining and geoscience research. After completing university David joined BHP Billiton’s mineral exploration division, conducting geophysical surveys primarily in Africa. David took a break and then back into academia to complete his PhD, which focused on understanding the tectonic evolution of the Southern African lithosphere using magnetotelluric data. Following that, he joined Anglo American’s Technical Solution department supporting several business units in mining, green and brownfield exploration and research efforts within Anglo American. He then joined SPECTREM AIR, primarily focused on airborne data processing, modelling, interpretation and research.
He holds a BSc (Geology and Physics), BSc Honours (Geophysics) and a PhD (Geophysics) from the University of the Witwatersrand, specialising in EM methods.