Associate Partner & Technical Mining Services Africa Lead
ERM
Sifiso is an Associate Partner and Africa Lead for ERM’s Technical Mining Services, with a focus on the sustainability of mining projects. He oversees multidisciplinary, global projects throughout the mineral asset lifecycle. As a registered geologist with over 20 years of consulting experience, he specialises in exploration, mineral project valuations, and integrated due diligence reviews across a diverse range of commodities, such as battery metals, precious metals, precious stones, and industrial minerals. Prior to joining ERM, Sifiso served as Senior Manager at Deloitte Technical Mining Advisory, where he gained experience in technical reviews, audits, mineral strategy design and operational improvements within mining operations. He is currently Chairperson of the SAMCODES Standards Committee, which develops, maintains, administers, ensures compliance with, and promotes the SAMREC, SAMVAL, and SAMOG codes. Furthermore, he is a Fellow and Past President of the GSSA, a Fellow of the SAIMM, and a member of the SEG. He has also lectured on compliance and reporting in the extractives industry at Wits University, as well as on geochemistry at Rhodes University. His expertise has been acknowledged through various mining publications and speaking engagements at industry conferences.
