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The University of Western Australia (M006), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Nick has 35 years industry experience, having performed in technical Director and Chief Geoscientist roles for major diversified exploration and mining companies. Nick is currently enjoying part-time research and consulting as the Director of PredictOre after recently retiring from the role of Director of Global Project Generation Exploration with Teck Resources Ltd. In that previous role he provided global leadership in generating a pipeline of greenfield discovery opportunities and delivered options for long term mine development and wealth creation, principally for Cu, Zn, Au, Ni across multiple stages (strategic planning, regional area selection, project generation, target development and target testing), as well as contributed to talent development, research and innovation. Other roles he held in 12 years with Teck included Global Zinc Specialist (Exploration) and Regional Chief Geoscientist for Australia, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Prior to Teck, Nick served 5 years with BHP Billiton as a Global Practice Leader - Structural Geology and Resource Targeting, and as a Global Technical Specialist - Strategy and Generative. Before that he spent 20 years with WMC Resources in a various roles covering mostly Au and Ni exploration.
Nick completed his PhD in 1991 at the James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, with research on “Orogenic processes, deformation and mineralisation history of portions of the Appalachian Orogen, U.S.A.” Prior to that, he completed his Bachelor of Science in Geology with first class honours in 1984 at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
Nick is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and a Member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Nick’s current research interests include:
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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