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BENGUET
CORPORATION
Baguio City, Philippines
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Title |
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Department Manager
Exploration, Research &
Development |
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Inclusive Dates |
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1 April 1991 to 15 September 1992 |
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Employment Status |
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Permanent |
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Title of
Direct Superior |
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Senior VP - Administratively
Division Manager - Functionally |
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No. of Persons in Position |
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One (1) |
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Supervision Exercised |
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Unit Manager, Asst. Unit
Managers, Senior Geologists, Geologic Aides, Capataces, Geologic Mappers,
Samplers, Head Draftsmen, Secretary and Labourers.
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Hours Worked |
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Staff time; 48 hour-weeks |
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Duties and Responsibilities
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| GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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Responsible for
the effective management of all projects to attain the Company set
objectives. |
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Project-in-charge
of the Bulk Gold (GW orebody) and porphyry copper projects in Benguet
Gold Operations. |
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Responsible for
estimating gold resources and reserves of all projects. |
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Responsible for
preparing semester budget for the projects and maintaining a zero to 10%
variance based on actual expenses against budget. |
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Responsible for
the programming of drilling activities and its general supervision to
attain its objectives. |
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Responsible for
writing and submitting monthly reports, newsletters to higher
management. This includes writing comprehensive geologic reports. |
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Responsible for
training and motivating subordinates for greater job responsibilities. |
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The Senior Vice
President or Division Manager may assign other long or short-term
duties/responsibilities. |
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| RESEARCH |
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Comprehensive
literature research and compilation of prospects with potential
disseminated - replacement type gold and porphyry copper deposits in the
Baguio Gold District. |
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Research into
alteration mineralogy, geochemical gradients around ore bodies and
regional ore controls. |
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Delineation of
favourable areas for the possibility of discovering Au-Ag-Cu deposits. |
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| FIELD WORK |
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for detailed mine evaluations. |
| Responsible
for the field verification (property investigation and valuation) of the
prospects as prioritised from the literature research phase. This
includes planning and budgeting expenses for the fieldwork. |
| Supervision
for the accurate detailed (1:100 & 1:500) geologic mapping of the
projects and subsequent interpretation of the geology (i.e., from
reconnaissance to detailed work). This includes making geologic
sections, plans and other technical drafting works. |
| Supervision
of the representative geochemical rock and soil sampling in search of
concealed orebodies. |
| Responsible
for the location of costeans and test pits. |
| Supervision
for the detailed and accurate logging and sampling of all DD cores and
RC samples. |
| Responsible
for the rapid and sound geological interpretations of the project's
geology as exposed and mapped. |
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Responsibility
for Decisions
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Make most decisions concerning the projects' smooth overall progress. This
includes day to day interaction with subordinates and colleagues on the
projects' status, financial situation and other personal matters. |
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Responsibility
for Profit and Loss
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Responsible to the Company for the accurate gathering of geological data
that is useful for decision making and just disbursement of project funds. |
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| Communicates
daily with the Division Manager, and interacts with Project Consultants
(if any). |
| Meet daily with
colleagues and subordinates for their reporting and instructions. |
| Meets with
local officials when required. |
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Spends 80% of the time on fieldwork and 20% for report writing, plotting
maps and other miscellaneous necessities. |
