CYANIDE - RELATED OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE - TECHNICAL AUDITOR
Ata Akcil, Ph.D. - Eng. (Regst No: 5393) - Technical Expert Auditor for Gold Mine Verification Audits
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Year |
Type |
Country |
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2013 |
Technical Auditor, Eldorado Gold, Kışladağ Gold Mine, Turkey; ICMC certification audit of the Kışladağ Gold Mine |
Turkey |
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2012 |
Technical Expert presenting training on cyanide management and ICMC for Alamos (Kuzey Biga) and Eldorado (Tüprag) sites |
Turkey |
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2012
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Lead Consultant/Project Manager for cyanidation (carbon in leach/carbon in pulp) research & development tests for gold recovery, for Eldorado Gold’s Efemçukuru mine |
Turkey |
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2012 |
Designed and presented official 16 day course on Environmental Impact Assessment, hydrometallurgy and mining environmental issues (including cyanide use), for KazNTU |
Kazakhstan |
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2011 to 2013 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for national /thesis research project involving cyanide usage in recycling products (recovery process-leaching), for Süleyman Demirel (SD) University |
Turkey |
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2007 to 2012 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for industrial spent catalyst and battery recovery national-international/thesis research projects involving acidic leaching, for SD University and L’Aquila University |
Turkey and Italy |
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2004 to 2013 |
Senior Researcher and Lecturer responsible for design and presentation of official 14 weeks’ course on Environmental Impact Assessment, Chemical-Biological treatment, Cyanide Management, Mining and Environment, Advance Analysis Techniques and Laboratory Application, Recycling Technology and Metal Recovery, Evaluation of Industrial Waste, for SD University
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Turkey |
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2004 to 2005 |
Led research team on program to monitor the heterogeneous catalytic degradation of cyanide, for SD University |
Turkey |
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2003 to 2004 |
Led research team on program for monthly monitoring of the biodegradation of cyanide waste, for SD University |
Turkey |
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2003 to 2004 |
Led research team on program to monitor the destruction of cyanide by hydrogen peroxide in tailings slurries, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2002 to 2003 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for monthly monitoring assessments/audits of the cyanidation process and monitoring of cyanide and heavy metals in tailings, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2001 to 2004 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager for R&D, Education and Consultancy (Monitoring/Auditing on: usage, handling and destruction of cyanide through reactor leaching process; INCO detoxification process; and further breakdown in tailings storage facility, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2001 to 2004 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager for review of Cyanide Management Plan and Environmental Impact Assessment for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2001 to 2003
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Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for monthly monitoring assessments/audits of health and safety aspects related to cyanide management, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2001 to 2002 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for monthly monitoring assessments/audits of the cyanidation process and monitoring of cyanide and heavy metals in tailings, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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2001 |
Lead Consultant/Project Manager/Lead Author for three monthly monitoring studies/audits of Case study-I : Chemical decomposition and Case study-II: Heavy metal stabilization, for Ovacik Gold Mine (Newmont and Normandy) |
Turkey |
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1994 to 2001 |
Junior and Senior Researcher/Project Manager/Co and Lead Author for national /thesis research project involving gold recovery, hydrometallurgy, cyanide usage in mining, for Dokuz Eylul and SD Universities |
Turkey |