KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

20 years global industrial minerals experience including: attapulgite, barytes, bentonite, ceramic clays, chromite, coal dust, feldspar, kaolin, limestone, pigments, pyrophyllite, spodumene & talc

Base / precious metals experience: Au, Cu, Fe, Nb, Pb, REE, Sn, Zn & Zr Field and underground mapping in sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic terranes Target identification Exploration management Technical evaluation of exploration and acquisition targets Geological modelling and Industrial Minerals resource / reserve estimation Licensed MapInfo, Micromine, Minex and Surpac user

QUALIFICATIONS

1987-1991 PhD Geology UD-W, South Africa Discovered and mapped Bulls Run nepheline syenite / carbonatite complex

1984-1985 MSc Geology (cum laude) UD-W, South Africa Discovered and mapped Ngoye alkaline / peralkaline granite complex

1973-1977 BSc (Hons) Geology Natal University, South Africa Practical geological experience at several deep-level South African gold mines

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Australian Institute of Geoscientists Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

CAREER SUMMARY

Current Consulting Geologist / Director KlipStone Pty Ltd, Perth 2002 - 2008 Minerals Development Manager AMCOL International, Chicago 2001 - 2002 Industrial Products Manager Integrated Mineral Technology, Brisbane 1996 - 2000 Marketing Manager G&W Base & Industrial Minerals, 1993 - 1995 Geological Consultant Johannesburg, South Africa 1984 - 1987 Senior Research Assistant University of Durban-Westville, Durban 1987 - 1993 Divisional Geologist South African Development 1981 - 1984 Senior Field Geologist Trust Corporation, Pretoria 1980 - 1981 Section Geologist Randfontein Estates Gold Mine Ltd, Jhb.

1978 - 1980 Geologist / Chief Mine Geologist Messina Transvaal Development Ltd Copper (Zimbabwe). Lead-Zinc (Namibia)

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Andrew Scogings

PhD.Geology

GEOLOGIST

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Andrew Scogings

PhD.Geology

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GEOLOGIST

SERVICES OFFERED

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS EXPLORATION Assessment of project data Field and underground mapping Drill collar positioning Logging and sampling Data validation and evaluation of lab results Geological software modelling Final report

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS MINING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Quarry production advice Product development Process improvement

TENEMENT REPORTS Annual geological exploration reports

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RESOURCE ESTIMATIONS Micromine, Surpac and Minex resource models

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & ABSTRACTS

Scogings, A.J. (1989). Peralkaline granitoid and associated mafic gneisses northwest of Eshowe, Natal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr., 92, 331-351.

Scogings, A.J. and Forster, I.F. (1989). Gneissose carbonatites in the Bulls Run Complex, Natal. S. Afr. J. Geol., 92, 1-10.

Scogings, A.J. (1992). Differentiated mafic intrusions west of the Ubombo Mountains, Natal. Ext. Abstr. Geocongress ’92, 360-362. Geol Soc. S.Afr., Bloemfontein.

Scogings, A.J. (2000). Characteristics, uses and market developments of bentonites in Southern Africa. SAM 3 Abstr., IML conference, Durban.

Daly, M.J., Germiquet, J-D. and Scogings, A.J. (1989). Bull’s Run Nepheline Syenite, a new deposit – new products. Proc. S. Afr. Ceramic Soc. 21st ann. Symposium, Jhb., 41-45.

Thomas, R.J., Bullen, W.D., de Klerk, I. and Scogings, A.J. (1990). The distribution and genesis of precious and base metal mineralization in the Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Geol., 93, 683-695.

Bullen, W.D., Thomas, R.J. and Scogings, A.J. (1992). Non-metallic minerals in the Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa. IGCP No 25, Bulletin 4, 125-129.

Thomas, R.J., Buhmann, D., Bullen, W.D., Scogings, A.J. and de Bruin, D. (1994). Unusual spodumene pegmatites from the late Kibaran of Southern Natal, South Africa. Ore Geol. Rev., 9, 161-182.

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