New Geologist appointed in Cote d’Ivoire

By Mark Speed

SEMS Exploration Services is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Stanislas de Stabenrath to the team in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Stanislas, 28, is a French national and has an MSc in Georesources from the Institut EGID Bordeaux 3. His African experience began as a child, when he spent two years in Djibouti. He has travelled in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Morroco, and lived for a year in Cape Town. He spent four months working as a GIS in Benin on a sustainable development project. Stan is no stranger to Cote d’Ivoire, either: he spent two, two-year stints in the country in Abidjan and Bouake. He was a professional sound engineer and plays the guitar.

“This is excellent news for the company, and for our clients in Cote d’Ivoire,” said Simon Meadows Smith, Managing Director. “Stan has an innate understanding of Africa, and a solid grounding in the latest geological techniques. These are values that are at the heart of our company’s philosophy.”

Mini-gold Boom in West Africa Brings New Staff

By Mark Speed

The first four months of 2010 have been a world apart from the first months of 2009.  The gold price has settled at US$1,100 per ounce and West Africa has secured its position as one of the most rewarding investment destinations in the world for companies involved in the gold exploration business.

This mini-boom in the gold sector has enabled our company to return to full employment for all our technical staff and for us to engage a few new team members.  This is most apparent in La Cote d’Ivoire where Stanislas has built up an excellent crew of Ivorian Geologists and field technicians to handle an ever increasing number of Francophone contracts.

Other members of our team are busy in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Mali, as well as here in Ghana.

As is often the case, the focus of our staff during busy times is towards serving our clients rather than marketing our company.  So I thought is best to post a brief blog today summarising the services our Technical Staff can provide the Mining and Exploration Industry in West Africa.