Steve Smith
In a career spanning over 20 years, Steve has been involved in all aspects of the discovery and exploitation of economic mineral deposits, from grass roots exploration, definition drilling through to feasibility, underground mining/quarrying, to post mine environmental rehabilitation. Steve has worked in different geological terrains across East and Southern Africa and has experience in exploring for commodities such as gold, base metals and industrial minerals. In the mid 1990's, Steve was part of the Anglo American team that made the initial discovery of two multi million ounce gold deposits in Tanzania. In 2005, he was contracted by Helio Resource Corp to run its Namibian operation, during which time he introduced Helio to the Saza Makongolosi Project (SMP) in the Lupa Gold Field of Southern Tanzania.