Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer
The Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer is selected on the basis of widely recognized expertise in a field of economic geology. Lecture sites will be primarily at colleges and universities having geologic programs related to mineral resources.
Michael Robertson
SEG Fellow
Talk Titles
- Ore Deposit Types Based on Personal Experience (Orogenic Gold, Sediment-Hosted Copper, Carbonate-Hosted Zinc-Lead)
- The Importance of Structural Geology in Controlling Mineral Deposit Formation
- Mineral Exploration Techniques with Case Studies
Biography
Michael is a principal consultant with the MSA Group, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. With an M.Sc. on the structural controls of gold mineralization at the Sheba mine, Barberton greenstone belt, he has a particular interest in the application of applied structural geology to understanding controls on ore genesis and exploration targeting. This has led to work on orogenic gold deposits throughout Africa, as well as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Western Australia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uruguay. He has been involved in mineral exploration, both in industry and in a consulting role, for 34 years. Apart from orogenic gold deposits, he has worked on a wide spectrum of mineral systems, including sediment-hosted stratabound copper (Zambia, DRC, Namibia, Botswana, Republic of Congo, Kazakhstan), carbonate-hosted zinc-lead (Namibia, DRC, Mexico), nonsulphide zinc (Turkey, Mexico), nickel-copper-platinum group elements (Canada), iron oxide copper-gold deposits (Zambia), volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea), phosphate and bauxite (Saudi Arabia), and heavy mineral sands (Russia). He believes that a fundamental geologic understanding of mineral systems is the cornerstone of exploration success.