Measure it – Manage it

AN OVERVIEW OF THE GEOQUEST ENVIRONMENT SERVICES

GeoQuest Ltd.

14 Nsumbu Road, Woodlands, PO BOX 39541, Lusaka, Zambia

Tel: +260 211 257063/4 Fax: +260 211 257065 Cell: +260 978 391 304

e-mail : bwarr@geoquest.co.zm / jdgreen@geoquest.co.zm

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Table of Contents

1 ABOUT GEOQUEST ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................4

GeoQuest Team and Expertise ................................................................................................................. 4 Our approach to Environmental Project Briefs ......................................................................................... 4 Expertise on Assignments of a Similar Nature .......................................................................................... 6

Environmental Project Briefs: ........................................................................................................... 6 Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring: ....................................................................... 6 Economic and Social Sustainability Studies ...................................................................................... 6 Environmental Audits: ...................................................................................................................... 6

2 CURRICULUM VITAE OF PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT .......................................................... 11

Dr Benjamin Warr, Director of GeoQuest Environment and Senior Environmental Scientist ................ 11

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1 About GeoQuest Environment

GeoQuest Expertise

GeoQuest is a Zambian incorporated company based in Lusaka which provides independent studies of the environmental impacts of economic activity as part of its comprehensive package of high quality, efficient, cost effective and innovative technical and logistical solutions. We provide expertise to the Agricultural, Environmental, Hydrogeological, Industrial, Construction, Mining, Exploration, and other Socio-Economic sectors in Zambia and Central and Southern Africa in both French and English speaking countries.

GeoQuest Environment is led by Dr. Benjamin Warr who received his PhD in Environmental Soil Science, specialising in geostatistical mapping of environmental resources from the University of Reading, England. He holds an equivalent Masters in Geostatistics from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech), Fontainebleau France.

Dr Warr has extensive experience in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) and Corporate Environmental Strategy having worked at INSEAD, International Business School as Senior Research Fellow. Dr Warr has received several awards for his work, notably as Leverhulme Scholar, and has a world-class reputation for his many publications in the field of Natural Resource Management and Ecological Economics.

Further details about Geoquest can be found by visiting our website www.geoquest.co.zm.

Our approach

Environmental reports (EPBs, EIAs, ROMPPS, BAPs) are a requirement of the law, but have a significant importance to the strategic and operational objectives of our clients. As such we pride ourselves on providing a service that goes beyond compliance in identifying strategic and operational risks, then providing robust and innovative technical and management guidance on mitigation strategies and management plants to reduce risk and costs over the life-cycle of the project.

Our service extends across the life-cycle of the approval process and to the identification of environmental and social (health) risk involving four main stages:

Goal and Scope

Inventory

Impact Assessment

Interpretation and Management

Our considerations extend beyond the site of operations to include the off-site environmental and socio-economic impacts of the proposed project using methods typically practised in Strategic Environmental Assessment.

By so doing we provide our clients as well as the regulating authorities with a complete overview of the potential environmental, social and economic implications of the proposed project. We generate the peace of mind and assurance that all potentially negative and positive impacts have been considered and that suitable measures will be adopted to avoid and reduce harm and maximise the projects contribution to sustainable development.

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With first-hand experience from similar projects carried out within Zambia and internationally the Group is well equipped in terms of staff, resources and expertise to assist your company.

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Expertise on Assignments of a Similar Nature

Environmental Project Briefs:

BHP Billiton: 12 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Vale Zambia Limited: 3 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Rio Tinto: 2 Environmental Project Briefs for a Large Scale Prospecting License

MMG Zambia Limited: 4 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Phelps Dodge: 2 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Katanga Resources: 4 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Zambezi Resources: 2 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses

Other medium and small scale companies: 22 Environmental Project Briefs for different Large Scale Prospecting Licenses.

Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring:

First Quantum: Environmental Impact Statement for the Sentinel, Intrepid and Enterprise Projects.

Mwembeshi Resources: Environmental Impact Statement for the Kangaluwi Project.

AERL: Implementing African Energy Resources Limited’s Environmental Monitoring Program for the Chirundu Uranium Project.

Denison Mines Zambia: Implementing Denison Mines (Z) Limited’s Environmental Monitoring Program for the Mutanga Project.

First Quantum (Kansanshi): Environmental Audit for the Environmental Protection Fund 2011.

Economic and Social Sustainability Studies

First Mile Innovation, Leveraging social capital and a fragmented supply chain. Part A & B. Assessing energy ventures in emerging markets.

The Economic Growth Engine. How Useful Creates Material Prosperity. Professor Robert Ayres and Dr. Benjamin Warr. Edward Elgar, 2009.

Astrium / InfoTerra: Farmstar Goes Global. Corporate entrepreneurship bringing sustainable value innovation to agribusiness.

Environmental Audits:

First Quantum (Kansanshi): Environmental Audit for the Environmental Protection Fund 2011

Waste Management in Five Districts (Chipata, Kabwe, Kitwe, Livingstone, Solwezi)

Background Radiation from Mobile Base Stations (Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority)

Sustainability Experts

Helping business contribute towards Sustainable Development

World class expertise & Sub-Saharan experience dedicated to the provision of cutting edge solutions and identification of profitable opportunities for your business.

Our Services include

Assessment, Audit and Analysis Management Plans Corporate Strategy

Strategic Environmental

Assessment

Environmental Project Briefs

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Monitoring

Programs

Environmental Audits

Corporate Social Responsibility

Mine Closure and Rehabilitation

Waste Management & Disposal

Carbon Reduction Management

Compliance for International

Standards,

(IFC, World Bank, UNFCCC)

Corporate Environmental Strategy

Stakeholder Engagement

Supply & Value Chain Analysis

Climate Change Risk Assessment

Economic & Environmental

Scenarios and Forecasting

Helping our clients navigate the complexities of meeting

regulatory requirements throughout a project life-cycle.

Providing expertise in defining management plans tailored to

the specifics of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ensuring your business reduces risk, benefits from cost

reductions and profits from the latest innovative eco-positive

business solutions.

Cutting edge analysis applied to your data to provide

quality information at lowest cost.

Achieving industry standards and prepared to meet beyond

compliance requirements.

Identifying, orchestrating, growing new business ventures around carbon and ecosystem

services.

Minerals Exploration & Mining Agriculture & Agribusiness Government and Local

Authorities Dams, Rivers and Water Resources Urban Development Transportation

Forestry and REDD+ Renewable Energy and Biofuels Materials & Chemicals Industries

EU, UNEP, FAO, NGO & Community Based Initiatives

MONITORING - ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL IMPACTS

“What you can’t measure you can’t manage. Get it right first time to ensure that your monitoring is not just a regulatory hurdle but a real asset for day-to-day site and operations management”

Your Pains

Environmental monitoring of air and water quality and soil contamination is costly

Monitoring (social impacts) & environmental processes can be hard to manage if poorly designed

Measurements alone don’t provide the information you need to plan interventions

You have the data but what to do with it and how to present it effectively?

Your opportunity, Our solution

Minimize the cost of monitoring environmental data through optimal design

Develop control & responsibility processes to facilitate management

Analyse your data to identify critical issues for management teams

Develop quality reports that meet regulatory requirements

Examples

Don’t sample where you don’t need to! By identifying regions of low variability sampling can be reduced whilst maintaining the quality of the monitoring effort, but in others with extreme variability it could be necessary to sample more densely.

Monitoring data is not just for the regulators! By transforming your data into easy to understand maps and reports your environmental monitoring effort acts as a tool for managers to improve operations.

GeoQuest offers its expert services and knowledge of the mining sector to identify innovative solutions to your problems. Our environmental services help you to manage your projects, reduce

risks and maximize efficiency.

Independent and Innovative

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REMEDIATION PLANS using ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSTATISTICS

“geostatistics is useful not only for resource estimation but also for reducing the costs of monitoring and maximizing the information provided by each sample”

Your Pains

Environmental monitoring of air and water quality and soil contamination is costly

Measurements alone don’t provide the information you need to plan interventions

Your opportunity, Our solution

Minimize the cost of sampling through optimal site location

Maximize the information provided by each costly sample

Incorporate cheap and dense measurements to improve estimation

Generate reliable data inputs for remediation options assessment

Isolate and explore the uncertainty in your data and evaluate alternative strategies

Example

It may not be necessary to implement costly remediation across an entire site

Identify spatial patterns in pollution and define specific strategies for each zone

Evaluate costs and efficiency of alternative options that are robust to data uncertainty

GeoQuest offers its expert services and knowledge of the mining sector to identify innovative solutions to your problems. Our environmental services help you to manage your projects, reduce

risks and maximize efficiency.

Independent and Innovative

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AUDIT and ENHANCE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

“Outdated methods, inefficient data management systems, weak control and responsibility are no excuse when faced with a regulatory audit ”

Your Pains

Social and environmental monitoring are not your area of expertise

Developing ‘in-house’ expertise is costly

Internal auditing systems can only go so far

Your project has evolved but your monitoring systems have stagnated

Regulators are preparing to audit your operations soon

Your opportunity, Our solution

Our team brings expertise from many other projects to your company

Targeted interventions prove less costly than maintaining a permanent staff

Independence means an honest appraisal of need for improvement

Regular auditing reduces costs of regulatory delays and reputational risk

Audit is the first step in enabling us to design enhanced systems that will provide you with better information with minimal extra cost

Example

Much of the data you collect may be redundant, our spatial data audit can provide statistical information to identify where monitoring is needed, where it can be reduced to save costs and where extra vital information is needed to meet regulatory and ‘best practice’ standards.

Decisions are only as good as the information they are based on. Auditing and subsequent redesign of control and responsibility systems ensure the uniform high quality of the information you need to avoid unnecessary risks

GeoQuest offers its expert services and knowledge of the mining sector to identify innovative solutions to your problems. Our environmental services help you to manage your projects, reduce

risks and maximize efficiency.

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2 Curriculum Vitae of Principal Consultant

Dr Benjamin Warr, Director of GeoQuest Environment and Senior Environmental Scientist

Fluent in English and French Status: Single

Birthplace: Kitwe, Zambia Date of Birth: 14 / 02 / 1972

Nationality: British

Mobile No. : +260 978 391 304 Email 1: benjamin.warr@gmail.com

Email 2: bwarr@geoquest.co.zm Summary Biography

Benjamin Warr is a sustainability analyst and strategist. His research and work focuses on the biophysical dimensions of economic activity and the development of sustainable business, society and environment. Benjamin is currently Director of Environmental Services at Geoquest Ltd based in Zambia. He works at the interface of private business (agricultural, mineral exploration and mining), government departments (District Councils, Forestry, Water Board, ZAWA and ZEMA) and Ministries (Land, Natural Resources and Env. Protection) providing strategic environmental consulting services.

Benjamin has completed empirical research into community-based and social entrepreneur led innovations in natural resource management. This work has led to development of a new theory of sustainable value innovation, which has public and private benefits sharing at its centre. This work has informed further research into the role of the private sector in UN-REDD+ Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM).

Benjamin has used the insights from this research to provide strategic advice to companies and policy advice to government. He has lectured on these topics to business leaders, industry associations, research institutions and universities worldwide. He is author of publications in Energy, Ecological Economics and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, book chapters, case studies and co-author of "The Economic Growth Engine: How energy and work drive material prosperity", with Professor Robert Ayres.

He has worked in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe providing expertise to companies, research institutions and governments on sustainable development strategies, natural resource management practices and eco-positive business models.

Achievements

Co-author of “The Economic Growth Engine: How energy and work drive material prosperity”, with Professor Robert Ayres which has received much attention and is being used by groups worldwide (IIASA, IMF, CSIRO, IFF).

Chair of the INSEAD Energy Network since 2009 (founded 2008) – managed the network to become the largest INSEAD student and alumni club with associations in 10 countries over 3 continents.

Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the Fontainebleau Man & Biosphere Reserve.

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Finalist Oikos Foundation for Economy and Ecology 2010 Global Case Writing Competition with “Farmstar Goes Global: Corporate Entrepreneurship bringing Sustainable Value Innovation to Agribusiness”.

Won Leverhulme Trust Scholarship.

Won University of Reading PhD Scholarship.

Won University of Reading Best Student in Soil Science Prize.

Areas of Research Expertise and Work Experience

Management Science and Economics: Strategic (Corporate) Environmental Management, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Integrated Assessment Modelling (IAM), Material and Energy Flow Analysis (MEFA), Econometric Analysis, Ecological Economics, Eco-Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Forecasting.

Natural Resource Management and Environmental Science: Climate Change Economics, (Global and Corporate) Environmental Initiatives, Carbon and GHG Accounting, Precision Agriculture, Environmental Science, Environmental Impact Assessment / Monitoring / Valuation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Ecosystem Service Assessment.

Technology and Operations Management: Industrial Ecology, Technology Innovation and Transition Dynamics, (National) Innovation Systems Policy, Technology (Life-Cycle) Assessment, Value & Supply Chain Analysis.

Education

June 2001 PhD, Environmental Science. “Analysis of proximal and remotely sensed spectral data for the prediction of soil properties.”

Soil Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights PO Box 233 Reading Berkshire RG6 6DW UK. Tel: 44 (0)118 9318911, Internet: www.reading.ac.uk.

1998-2000 Leverhulme Scholarship (2 year). Centre de Géostatistique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. 35 rue St. Honoré, 77305 Fontainebleau, France. Tel: 33 (0)1 64 69 47 00, Fax: 33 (0)1 64 69 47 01, Internet: www.cg.ensmp.fr.

1997-2000 Diplôme de Formation Spécialisée en Géostatistique (CFSG). Centre de Géostatistique, Ecole Nationale des Mines de Paris..

1995-1997 First Class BSc Hons. “Soils and the Environment.” University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AH, United Kingdom. Tel: 44 (0)118 987 5123, Fax: 44 (0)118 931 4404, email: Information@reading.ac.uk, Internet: www.reading.ac.uk

Awards

Finalist Oikos Foundation for Economy and Ecology 2010 Global Case Writing Competition with “Farmstar Goes Global: Corporate Entrepreneurship bringing Sustainable Value Innovation to Agribusiness”.

Leverhulme Trust Scholarship (1998-2000)

University of Reading “PhD Studentship Award” (1997)

Remote Sensing Society Conference 1997, Best Poster Award “Factorial Kriging of Radar Imagery”.

University of Reading Final Year Soil Science Prize for “Best Student” (1997)

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University of Reading First Year Soil Science Prize for “Best Student” (1995)