Patricia Abaijah
Geologist

BSc Geology, University of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA  

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Patricia has been a practising geologist since 1994 and has developed a broad range of skills from office to field work.

Patricia has ample experience in soil sampling, rock chip sampling, lag sampling, RAB hole sampling, water sampling and geological mapping. She is trained and licensed to operate:

• Thermo Niton Portable XRF Machine
• Magnetic Susceptibility Meter
• Downhole Survey Tools

Patricia has comprehensive phosphate exploration experience having worked on resource evaluation drilling, geological mapping and exploration for Southern Cross Fertilizers at Australia’s largest phosphate mine at Phosphate Hill, NW Queensland.

In 2008-2009, Patricia completed extensive field programs engaged in phosphate exploration in the Duchess-Phosphate Hill South area for Krucible Resources where she undertook mapping, sampling and drill evaluations. A phosphate resource was discovered in this program and Patricia was involved in the drill out.

Patricia has also worked on advanced copper projects such as:

• Osborne Cu-Au Mine (Barrick)
• NW Queensland and Highlands Pacific Ltd/ Noranda/Cyprus-Amax (Frieda River Copper Prospect), PNG
• Ramu lateritic nickel project in PNG for Highlands Gold and Kainantu epithermal gold deposit, PNG for Highlands Gold.
• Krucible - grass roots copper exploration in the Simpson desert - tasks included geological evaluation, lag surface sampling and follow up drill testing.

Other drill programs include epithermal gold exploration at Twin Hill, Drummond Basin and copper-cobalt exploration at the Anabama Project area in the Curnamona Craton area of South Australia. Patricia has extensive RC and diamond drill rig experience as well as data management. She is a very precise recorder of geological information.

She has experience with data compilation and management and hence is confident with databases and computer programs including:

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Access
• MapInfo
• Explorer 3
• Acquire

Patricia presently reviews database compilations for the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines and did the same in the past for the Papua New Guinea Department of Mining.