EXECUTIVE PROFILERené Sterk, Managing Director, RSC
“I’ve always loved starting new things”, says serial entrepreneur
René Sterk. “Confidence is everything: being able to deliver on
what you promise, and knowing that you can, is key. You’ve got to
learn from your mistakes and learn to identify your own strengths
and weaknesses. In order to set up a successful company, you
have to hire people who are better at the things you are not good
at. I’m only a geologist because I love rocks and have a passion for
the outdoors, not because I wanted to find fortune; I would have
become a banker instead! From an entrepreneurial point of view,
I find the competitive nature of the mining industry really
interesting. It’s a very crowded space, but it’s been far easier than
I thought at the beginning to start a company and find a niche.”
Sterk has delivered resource evaluation, training and
geological consulting throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and
Oceania in a wide variety of geological settings and
commodities. He has led numerous exploration and mine
geology teams in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia,
Philippines, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, South Africa,
Mozambique, Ghana, Sweden and Mali. He is a Director,
Fellow and Chartered Professional with the Australian
Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, a Member and
Registered Professional Geologist with the Australian
Institute of Geoscientists, and holds a master’s degree
in Structural Geology and Tectonics. He established
RSC in 2008, employing up to 75 technical staff
around the globe, and specialises in exploration
management for gold and base metals, with a strong
added skill set in resource modelling, grade control,
reconciliation, QA/QC and successful sampling.
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