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Frederick Thomas Cawood is Director of the Wits Mining Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and the former Head of the School of Mining Engineering at Wits. He has qualifications in Mine Surveying, Mining Engineering and Law. He is Fellow and Past President of the Institute for Mine Surveyors and a member of the South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy, where he served as the Chairman of the Samrec Samval Committee developing and maintaining the Southern Africa’s Codes on the reporting of mineral resources, reserves and asset values until the end of 2015. He serves on the Davis Mining Tax Sub-Committee for Mining, making recommendations on how the South African mining tax framework could be improved for inclusive growth and development. Fred has published internationally on mineral economics, mine surveying and mining law and policy matters, and serves on the Editorial Boards of the South African Journal of Geomatics, Resources Policy, SAIMM Journal, Mining Mirror and African Mining. He is also a co-author of the book World Bank Mining Royalties, which is a comprehensive guide on the collection and management of mining royalties. Fred established the Digital Mining Laboratory at Wits University, which hosts a research group working on twenty-first-century mining technologies and practices. Current research projects within the digital mine include technology development for underground positioning, mapping, navigation, detection of abnormalities, remote inspections and visual environmental and rock monitoring for real-time risk management. These are meant as a contribution to zero harm to mine workers and maximum benefit for mines.