Saturday, December 9, 2017
Kristin Vala Ragnarsottir
Institute of Earth Sciences
University of Iceland
Dr. Johan P.M. de Villiers
Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Renato R Ciminelli
Brazilian National Institute for Science and Technology, Mineral Resources, Water and Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
View profileDr. Georges Calas
University Institute of France Chair of Mineralogy, Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)-Paris VI and CNRS, Paris, France
Dr. France Bailly
Director, National Centre for Technology Research (CNRT) – A Public Interest Group – "Nickel and its environment", New Caledonia
View profile11:30am to 12:00pm
- Abstract - Quantifying Subsurface Risk
- Quantifying Subsurface Risk: What Can the Mineral Industry Learn from the Petroleum Industry? (no presentation slides available)
Dr. Jef Caers
Professor of Geological Sciences, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1:00pm to 1:30pm
- Abstract - Resources for the Future – Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and Science
- Resources for the Future – Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and Science (no presentation slides available)
Dr. Lawrence D Meinert
Acting Deputy Associate Director – Energy and Minerals
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Dr. Roderick G Eggert
Professor and Viola Vestal Coulter Chair in Mineral Economics, and Deputy Director, Critical Materials Institute (an Energy Innovation Hub of the U.S. Department of Energy), Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
View profile2:00pm to 2:30pm
- Lithium and Other Energy-Critical-Element Resources in Rhyolitic Caldera Settings
- Abstract - Lithium Enrichment in Intracontinental Rhyolite Magmas Leads to Li Deposits in Caldera Basins
- Lithium Enrichment in Intracontinental Rhyolite Magmas Leads to Li Deposits in Caldera Basins (presentation coming soon)
Dr. Gail A Mahood
Professor of Geological Sciences
Stanford University
Dr. Frances Wall
Professor of Applied Mineralogy, Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK
View profileMr. Christian Polak
(Director of Strategy & Business Development, AREVA Mines, Courbevoie, France
View profileMr. Bradford A. Mills
Managing Director
Plinian Capital, London, UK