Karthik Rathnam

About Karthik Rathnam

I am a Geologist with 25 years of varied experience in exploration and mining in India/Former Soviet state (FSU)/Middle East/Africa/N.America. My experience has been mainly as a Exploration/Project/Resource geologist both in open pit and underground mining operations. My technical skills covers resource estimation- long-term/short term models, database design management, planning and execution of Reserve definition drilling,deep drilling programs and brown field exploration. My managerial skills include compiling cost/manpower budgets for geology department, exploration project management- contract management and project planning and execution. I have also worked in the acting capacity of Geology Manager/Chief Geologist.I have operational experience working in Gold (open-pit and underground), Copper and Iron ore and additionally copper, iron ore in a consulting capacity.

Experience

1. Director Resource Geology

   SSR Mining Inc.

   Mar 2022 — Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  MSc, Applied Geology

  1993 — 1995

• Anna University Chennai

  BACHELOR of Science, Applied Geology

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Economic Geology
• Budgets
• Resource Modelling
• Project Planning
• Sampling
• Geochemistry
• Base Metals
• Underground Mining
• Arcgis
• Coal
• Contract Management
• Drilling
• Resource Management
• Logging
• Gold
• Structural Geology
• Earth Science
• Rock Mechanics
• Geology Database Management
• Vulcan
• Managerial
• Mining Engineering
• Nickel
• Resource Estimation
• Minerals
• Iron Ore
• Mineral Processing
• Geostatistics
• Geology
• Coal Mining
• Mining
• Mineral Exploration
• Geological Mapping