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DOMINIQUE FRANÇOIS-BONGARÇON graduated as a Mining Engineer from the Nancy School of Mines, France, in 1974. In 1978 he obtained a Doctorate in Mining Sciences and Techniques from the Paris School of Mines and Nancy University. Dominique spent several years as a Research Engineer at the Geostatistics Center of the Paris School of Mines in Fontainebleau. Since 1981 he has worked for a number of international consulting firms and mining companies, including INCO Ltd. in Canada, where he was responsible for geostatistics. Dr. François-Bongarçon now runs his own consulting company, AGORATEK International, which specializes in sampling, geostatistics, due diligence studies, QA-QC, training, reference materials and preparation laboratory logistics. KIM H ESBERSEN Ph.D, is chemometrics professor at the ACABS Research Group, Aalborg University, campus Esbjerg, Denmark. ACABS is a leading contributor to R&D in applied chemometrics, acoustic chemometrics, Multivariate Image Analysis (MIA), representative sampling (science, technology and industry), Process Analytical Technology (PAT), applied biotechnology/bioenergy. He has given more than 250 lectures/courses, published 125+ papers, is the author of a leading chemometric textbook and has four other contributing didactic book chapters to his credit. He is a leading member of the International Chemomtrics Society, the international sampling community and member of six other scientific organizations. Since 2000 he has devoted most of his scientific and R&D work to the theme of representative sampling of heterogeneous systems; he is currently chairman of DS-Forum 205 (CEN) responsible for writing the proposal for the world’s first horizontal (matrix-independent) sampling standard. He is also professor extraordinaire at Stellenbosch University (Institute of Wine Biotechnology) and external professor (Process Analytical Technologies) at Telemark Institute of Technology, Norway. FRANCIS F. PITARD has over 40 years of experience in the natural resources industry and atomic energy. Accomplished in teaching short courses for Universities and companies around the world and in consulting. Versatile in applying talents in a variety of areas including nuclear chemistry, analytical chemistry, geochemistry, and statistical process control. Outstanding expertise in all aspects of sampling accumulated during a 20 year association with Dr. C.O. Ingamells and Dr. Pierre M. Gy. Author of many papers and two books on sampling. Francis will be presenting a 2 day sampling course prior to WCSB4. FRANCIS PITARD SAMPLING CONSULTANTS LLC. RALPH HOLMES(Key Note Speaker WCSB4) has a BSc in Physics and a PhD degree in the development of a new electron microscope system from the University of Melbourne. He joined CSIRO Mineral Physics in 1971 to work on the application of nuclear techniques to the on-stream analysis of iron ore and has been also been involved in the development of ISO and national standards for sampling mineral commodities. Ralph is recognised in the iron ore industries as an expert in processing and sampling has been instrumental in initiating and growing CSIRO’s engagement with China and India. Ralph is a Fellow of the AusIMM and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and has published over 85 papers and conference proceedings and is the author or co-author of more than 105 limited-circulation reports and is the recipient of a number of presitguous awards. Ralph chaired WCSB2, Sampling 2008, numerous Iron Ore conferences and standards symposia. GEOFF LYMAN has worked with sampling statistics since the1970s that lead to an investigation of Gy’s work and earlier sampling literature. Geoff has degrees in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering and a Ph.D. He has published many papers on sampling including contributing three seminal papers to the sampling literature. Geoff has consulted on sampling since the early 80s covering the areas of coal, gold, iron ore, PGE and base metal ores, concentrator and smelter process streams, foodstuffs and spent autocatalysts. He established Materials Sampling & Consulting (MSC) in 2000 and more recently Materials Sampling Solutions (MSS). PENTTI MINKKINEN became interested in analytical quality control, including sampling, when he was working in as an associate expert in two United Nations’ Mineral exploration projects in Turkey and Egypt in 1973-1975. In 1976 he was appointed as an Associate Professor in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He retired as a full professor at the end of 2007 but remains scientifically active, especially in the field of sampling. Pentti has been teaching sampling theory at Lappeenranta University since 1980, first as an undergraduate courses and later as part of the graduate continuing education programme. He has been invited to lecture on sampling at numerous Finnish and international conferences and workshops. He was member of EURACHEM Working Group for Uncertainty arising from Sampling, 2004-2007 and Associate Member of the Division of Analytical Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 2006-2009. He received Herman Wold gold medal in chemometrics and Pierre Gy sampling gold medal both in 2007. He has over 80 original research articles in peer review journals, of which 15 are on sampling. Filipe Schmitz Beretta: Mine Engineer, Graduate Student From Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS - Porto Alegre - Brazil. Ludovic Boland : Obtained a first Master of Science in Industrial Engineering – general engineering education – from the Gramme Institute in Belgium. I then acquired a second Master of Science in Engineering in Chemistry, Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy from Esbjerg Institute Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
In October 2008, He have started a Ph.D. on Process Analytical Technologies and Sampling under the supervision of Prof. Kim H Esbensen, ACABS. Florent Bourgeois: Pr. Bourgeois received his B.Eng. in Materials Science (Orléans, France) in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Extractive Metallurgy (under Pr. R. Peter King) from the University of Utah’s Mining & Metallurgical Engineering Department in 1993. He worked as a Research Fellow for the CRC Mining (Qld, Australia) from 1994 to 1996, and held a Lecturer Position in Minerals Processing with the University of Queensland’s Mining & Metallurgical Engineering Department from 1997 till 2000. Between 2001 and 2005, he worked as Project Leader for the French Geological Survey’s processing department. He now holds a tenured position at the University of Toulouse. His field of expertise is particulate process design and modelling, with emphasis on solid-liquid separation, mineral comminution and texture modelling. Pr. Bourgeois is an Associate of Materials Sampling & Consulting and brings high level stochastic modelling and theoretical skills to the firm in addition to practical engineering experience. Urban Burger: A Geologist with 13 years experience gained in production and exploration environments. He has been involved in the geological interpretation, geological modelling, exploration drilling, sampling and estimation of the diamond placers on the west coast of Southern Africa both offshore and onshore. He also spent some time in kimberlite exploration focussing on petrography and indicator grains. He is currently based at Elizabeth Bay Mine in Namibia where his focus is on gaining a better understanding of the mineral resource hosted in an aeolian deposit and to generate additional resources. Luciano Nunes Capponi: Graduated in 2000 as Mining Engineer at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Worked as manager production in Monego´s Mine, mine of limestone localized in south Brazil. After worked in Pedraccon´s Mine as Mining Engineer. Atualy work as Engineer of Mine Planning and Geology Department at Fosfertil S.A.a company Chemical Fertilizer in Brazil. Pedro Carrasco Castelli : Pedro Carrasco graduated as a geologist from University of Chile and as a geostatistician from the Paris School of Mines. He has 35 years of experience in sampling, exploration, mining geology, geological and geostatistic modelling, resource estimation and valorisation of mining business in gold, silver, copper, iron, tin deposits and mineral sands located in Chile, Argentina, United States of America, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Zambia. Visiting professor of Mining Geostatistics at Centre of Geosciences of the ENSMP and several universities in Chile and Argentine. Past President of the Chilean Geological Society. Ana Carolina Chieregati : Mining Engineer from the University of Sao Paulo (1998), master's degree in Mineral Engineering (2001) and Ph.D. in Mineral Engineering (2007) from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Currently is a lecturer in the Mining and Petroleum Department of the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo and responsible for the disciplines of Mineral Exploration and Geophysics. Has professional experience in the following areas: mineral processing design, mineral exploration, sampling and reconciliation in the mining industry. Teaches the Theory of Sampling and Reconciliation Practices for several mining companies - especially gold companies - and technical training institutions. Isobel Clark : Isobel Clark has taught, researched and consulted in the field of geostatistics for over 35 years. Possibly best known as the author of the introductory text "Practical Geostatistics" (1979), she is co-author of a more complete textbook, Practical Geostatistics 2000. Dr. Clark lectured for 11 years at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg for 9 years and was Visiting Professor at Camborne School of Mines for 2 years. In between these academic engagements, she acts as Managing Director and senior partner of Geostokos (Ecosse) Limited, an international consultancy company based in Central Scotland. Her recent consultancy assignments range from the evaluation of tantalite deposits in Mozambique to the study of protected sea-birds in the UK. Dosti Dihalu : As part of the M.Sc. Chemical Engineering curriculum at the Delft University of Technology, Dosti Dihalu spent a few months during his internship at Hosokawa Micron B.V. (a manufacturer of industrial mixers). The main task throughout this period was to assess how the sample size and sampling location in a mixer is related to the sampling error. Simon Charles Dominy: Dr Dominy is Executive Consultant and General Manager (UK) with the Snowden Group and an Adjunct Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of Ballarat, Australia. He is a geological engineer with experience in deposit evaluation, underground mining and project management spanning over 22 years and based in operations, consultancy and academic roles. His research and publications have addressed the challenges associated with high-nugget effect and coarse gold-bearing systems, with emphasis on geological interpretation, resource definition & development, and grade control & mine design. Currently his focus is on geological risk assessment & management, sampling strategies, integration of geology & engineering in the production environment, and geometallurgical sampling, testing & modeling. In August 2009, he Chaired the highly successful AusIMM 7th International Mining Geology Conference in Perth, Western Australia and is also Chair of the AusIMM Gravity Gold Conference being held in Ballarat, Australia during September 2010. Joao Felipe Coimbra Leite Costa: João Felipe, as a Mining Engineer, worked in mining industry (coal mining) for 7 years before re-joining the University in 1989. He completed his MSc at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in 1992. In 1993 joined the Bryan Centre at the University of Queensland, Australia for his PhD in Mining Geostatistics. His interests include geostatistics for orebody modelling and recoverable reserves, simulation methods to improving mining practices. Bastiaan Geelhoed : Bastiaan Geelhoed (20 December 1975) is scientist and expert in the theory and practice of material sampling. He is author of several scientific publications in international journals. From 1998 to 2004 Bastiaan conducted scientific research at the Delft University of Technology and at the University of Exeter. In 2004, he successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Sampling of Particulate Materials – New theoretical approach” at the Delft University of Technology. After gaining industrial experience in various projects he continued his scientific research at the University of Sussex from 2005 to 2007. Since 2007 he continues his research at the Delft University of Technology (till 2011) into the generalization and extension of the theory of sampling Pablo Gonzáléz Jimenez : Pablo Gonzalez, has over 35 years of experience in process design and optimization for the recovery of precious and base metals by froth flotation, leaching and gravimetric concentration. Has has been teaching internal cources on flotation, cyanidation, applied statistic and has over 20 technical papers of which 5 are on sampling Diego Machado Marques : Graduate in Mining Engineer at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2008). Experience in geostatistics, resource estimation. Publications in the field of geostatistics.
Presently MSc candidate at UFRGS in geostatistics applied to improve ore blending. Richard (Dick) Minnitt: Dick Minnitt graduated from Wits University in 1972 (Geology Hons), and in 1974 completed, and was awarded the Corstiphine Medal for a Masters Degree. In 1979 he completed a PhD degree that dealt with the aspects of the Hiab porphyry copper system in Southern Namibia. For a brief period he worked for Anglo American Corporation at Western Deep Levels and later joined a subsidiary of JCI. From 1981 until 1995 he ran a Consultancy. Having completed a Masters in Mining Engineering in 1993, he joined the School of Mining Engineering at Wits University in 1995. He currently holds the JCI Chair of Mineral Resources and Reserves. Viloshnee Moodley: Rodrigo Peroni: Graduated in 1994 as Mining Engineer at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),
After his graduation worked as independent consultant and managed MINX-Mineração Ltd. a company for resources evaluation, mine planning and mining services in general like blasting and drilling. Finished his Masters degree in 1998 in geostatistics field (UFRGS), Finished his PhD in 2002 in Mine Planning and Resources Assessment (UFRGS), worked as substitute professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. In 2003 assumed as Chief Engineer of Mine Planning and Geology Department at Rio Paracatu Mineração (RPM) a company prior of Rio Tinto group and then sold to the Kinross Gold Corporation, in 2006 left the RPM to come back to the academics as Adjunct Professor teaching courses like Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Engineering Geology and Mining Projects besides his research at his specialty as geostatistician and open pit mine planning and applied softwares to geological modeling and mine planning and design. David Pollard: Several years with BHP steelworks after graduation, 20 years lecturing metallurgy at the University of Melbourne and University of South Australia, 11 years Education Manager, Australian Mineral Foundation developing and managing professional development short courses and conferences for the minerals and petroleum industries (about 50 short courses and several conference per year in Australia and other countries). 2001 – present: consulting via Salamander Consulting in professional development, developing and convening conferences. Chair of the AusIMM Metallurgical Society, member of the AusIMM Education Committee for many years. Geoffrey Keith Robinson: He has had a continuing interest in mineral sampling and mineral stockpiles since becoming involved with a review of Hamersley Iron's grade control system in 1987-8. He has used a general-purpose three-dimensional stockpile model called CHASM for investigating the relative merits of stockpiling options for a variety of proposed mine developments for iron ore, coal, copper, nickel and phosphate rock. He has completed several research projects studying sampling procedures and sampling devices, and has served on International Standards Organization subcommittee ISO/TC 102/SC 1 and a few Standards Australia Subcommittees. Hilde Synnøve Tellesbø: June 87 - Decembre 87: Student work at Norsk Hydro Magnesium Material Technology, Porsgrunn Norway. Alberto Tello: 20 years at Mining and Metallurgy Research Center (CIMM in spanish), Chile
6 years as General manager at Cognis chemical products in South America (Solvent extraction for mining purposes in South America)
10 years as Consultant on sampling and process control. This work has been developed to main mining Companies working in Chile, Peru and Venezuela. Among Others: Codelco, BHPB, Anglo America, Kinross, SQM, Antofagasta Minerals, Freeport Mac Moran, Aur Resources, etc. Alfredo Wilke Vera : Alfredo Wilke Vera, graduated as a Chemical Engineer from State Technical University. He has 37 years of experience working in the Quality Control Department Codelco Chile Corporation el Teniente División. Income in 1973 by chemical analysis and since 1985 is responsible for the Metallurgical Balance of the Company. Since 1995 is in charge of the entire Department, including the extraction, preparation, chemical analysis of different samples of all the company. He has participated in developing the rules of the Corporation CNAM and has led the improvement works on sampling and weighing systems. Christopher Michael George Wortley (Mike): Mike joined Union Corporation upon graduation. After an initial spell on various gold mines of the group he was transferred to Impala Platinum where he worked for twenty five years on the various metallurgical operations of the Company in Springs, Rustenburg and the Head office in Johannesburg, latterly as Director Operations. Mike then transferred to Gencor/Billiton as Technical Manager Business Development, seeking new business opportunities for the company, mainly in base metals. After retiring from Billiton, Mike spent a few years at Hatch Africa as Senior Consultant and Regional Director Technologies |
