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Thursday 4th August – 4pm AEDT
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04.00PM – Magic Mike – His magic rocks!
04.10PM – Richard Lilly – NExUS – The Mount Isa Story
04.50PM – Happy Hour – Q&A + Networking
The Mount Isa Cu-Pb-Zn deposit is one of Australia’s greatest ore deposits, and despite nearly 100 years of geological investigation, the origin of this giant system is still hotly debated.
Did ‘lightning strike twice’ or is Mount Isa a zoned carbonate-replacement deposit? Join this Thursday with our sundowner rockstar Richard Lilly where he will introduce the rocks, minerals, and history of this fascinating deposit.
Richard Lilly, NExUS
Richard Lilly is the Program Leader and co-founder of the National Exploration Undercover School (NExUS) at the University of Adelaide, and coordinates a range of applied economic geology research projects for companies including OZ Minerals and Mount Isa Mines.
Richard completed his undergraduate studies and PhD at Cardiff University (UK) in collaboration with the British Geological Survey and worked with Rio Tinto and Chevron before joining Mount Isa Mines (formally Xstrata Copper) exploration in 2007 based in Mount Isa, Queensland. In his role as senior exploration geologist he instigated and co-supervised a wide range of applied research projects with the aim of improving exploration targeting, before transitioning to an industry funded academic role in 2015. Since 2018 Richard has also led the NExUS program, a 3-week summer school, which aims to prepare Australia’s most promising geoscientists for a career in the minerals industry. Richard also lectures in economic geology and is involved with several national geoscience education initiatives.
Richard is passionate about rocks, advancing our understanding of ore systems, exploration through cover and teaching/mentoring the next generation of geoscientists.
