Paul Duuring is a Senior Geologist at the Geological Survey of Western Australian. After completing his PhD degree in Economic Geology at The University of Western Australia in 2002, Paul has worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at Monash University (Melbourne), University of British Columbia (Canada), Pukyong National University (South Korea), and recently as a Research Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia (Perth). His interests in Mineral Systems, include orogenic and intrusion-related Au systems, komatiite-hosted nickel, porphyry Cu-Au, epithermal Au-Ag, hypogene/supergene altered Fe ore, and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits. Paul has published more than 18 first-author articles in international journals. Paul has held volunteer positions, including as an Associate Editor for Ore Geology Reviews and a committee member for the Geological Society of Australia (WA Chapter).