Exploration
and Geophysics Expert, Geologist
Valery is a
graduate of the Dnepropetrovsk Mining Academy,
a specialist in diamond geology and a highly
practical geophysicist, with over 30 years
experience in exploration and assessment,
worldwide. He was Principal Geophysicist
on several Russian Expedition teams and
worked for Alrosa for almost 14 years. Valery’s
work lead to the discovery of more than
thirty diamond pipes and dykes in Russia
and Africa, most notably the Grib Pipe in
Northern Russia where he was the individual
who originally identified the drill target,
which is now a world class deposit. Valery
has a team who specialise in air-magnetic
data interpretation and ground geophysics
work and is a co-inventor of the RAP technology
which has been used for this profiling work
for Target.
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