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24 SEG NEWSLETTER No 90 • JULY 2012 SEG NEWS Candidate for President-Elect (2013) JUDITH A. KINNAIRD (SEG 2002 F) Judith was born and brought up in Wales. She obtained a BSc degree in London and worked as a geologist for three years for the Land Resources Divi - sion (LRD) of the British Overseas Devel - opment Ministry. While at LRD, she began work on a project on Nigeria, which led to a move to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland to join a team researching the Mesozoic ring complexes of central Nigeria. Judith’s role in the team was to focus on the mineralization of the granites. This research led to the completion of both master’s and Ph.D. degrees at St. Andrews and to a lifelong interest in aspects of economic geology. Judith has spent most of her career as a University lecturer and has taught in University College Cork in Ireland, as a distance tutor for the Open Univer - sity in Scotland and Ireland, and, for CANDIDATES FOR SEG OFFICERS: Profiles and Vision Statements the last 13 years, she has been at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was promoted to associate professor in 2004. She is currently Deputy Director of the Economic Geology Research Institute within the University. Research interests cover a diverse range of deposits that cover projects on dimension stone, gem deposits, Li-Be, Nb-Sn-W, REE-U, and Pb-Zn mineralization. Currently, her interests include platinum and chromium mineralization of the Bushveld Complex, with a focus on the northern limb; the link between the Damaran orogen of Namibia and the Katangan-Lufilian of Zambia; and uranium deposits of southern Africa. This research has taken her to many of the countries of Africa. Judith has served the SEG as Regional VP Africa (2004–2008), as a member of the Committee on Committees, as SEG Newsletter contributor (2005–2011), as a field trip co-ordinator for the SEG 2008 joint meeting with the GSSA at Misty Hills in South Africa, and as Councilor (2011 to date). Vision Statement The Society has a high reputation in the world of economic geology for the quality of its publications, its worldwide membership of about 7,000 in 100 countries, and its strong support of the student members. In view of the aging academic fraternity, industry and academia need to work together, now more than ever, to support young researchers and academic staff to ensure the highest caliber geologists for the future of both industry and academia. Such capacity-building needs to incorporate fieldwork skills, human resource development, and technological training. The Society is taking a lead in promoting student development. In recent years, international student field trips have been initiated to give selected international students the opportunity to see deposits of different styles in various parts of the world in order to broaden their experience. In addition, in 2011 an Education and Training Committee was established and new training courses have been designed and integrated with preexisting courses. The program has 13 short courses, 6 week-long workshops VOTE NOW FOR 2013 SEG OFFICERS Instructions for Voting: Please vote on each candidate listed. An unmarked ballot indicates approval of all candidates. Votes must be received by September 1, 2012. If you have not voted online and prefer to submit your ballot by fax or mail, please copy and return this form to the Society of Economic Geologists. Fax: +1.720.981.7874 / Address: 7811 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, Colorado 80127-3732, USA. Last Name: _________________________________________ (please print) Member No: ______________________ OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR OFFICERS: FOR AGAINST President-Elect (2013) — Judith A. Kinnaird Councilors (2013–2015) Jean S. Cline Francisco I. de Azevedo, Jr. Thomas Monecke The slate of candidates was prepared by the 2012 Nominating Committee: M. Stephen Enders (Chair), Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Jens Gutzmer, Douglas J. Kirwin, J. Bruce Gemmell, Nicolas J. Beukes, and Moira T. Smith, in accordance with the relevant sections of the SEG Bylaws.
JULY 2012 • No 90 SEG NEWSLETTER 25 and 3 field schools covering four core concepts: basic field skills, exploration and mine technical methods, ore deposits and metallogeny, and management. It is my vision to give young geologists in emerging nations, particularly in African countries, access to these courses. Through such training courses we can promote the Society, train geologists in emerging nations, and increase membership—especially for younger geologists, to ensure a robust, healthy, and demographically more representative Society in the years ahead. For the Society to continue to thrive, a challenge is to convert our student membership to life-long society supporters, as our membership underpins the production of the quality SEG publications, not just through the Newsletter and Economic Geology, but through field guides and specialist compilations. As a University lecturer, I find all my research has been in collaboration with industry. I have been grateful for the financial support and the commitment of interest to funding postgraduate research. Such commitment needs to be expanded as we go forward, and I see it as one of my roles to encourage more academicindustry collaboration. Candidate for Councilor (2013–2015) FRANCISCO (CHICO) I. DE AZEVEDO, JR. (SEG 1996 F) Chico obtained a BSc degree in geology from the University of Brasilia (1982), and started his career of exploration geologist with GENCOR in Brazil, for whom he worked for 12 years, primarily in gold exploration. In 1994, he was transferred to Argentina and for two years carried a research project on gold deposits hosted by Paleozoic slate belts across the world. In 1996, Chico joined IAMGOLD Corporation in Argentina as exploration manager and was in charge of implementing and managing exploration programs for gold until 2006. He joined Gold Fields in 2006 and since has been in charge of the regional exploration for gold and gold-copper deposits in the South America region. Chico served the SEG as Regional VP Latin America from 2009 to 2011. Vision Statement During the last 30 years, my direct in - volvement in the mining and explora - tion industry has given me exposure to several different countries and cultures. If there is one common aspect within this vast diversity that requires special attention, in my opinion, it is one related to the advance of the status of the profession of economic geologist— one of the main objectives of the SEG. Our world has experienced times of prosperity for the last few decades, with a progressive decrease of poverty in all continents and a consequent increase in the demand for metals and minerals. The exploration and mining industry has been able to keep up with the discovery and production of the materials necessary for the production of goods, and this has guaranteed better living conditions for billions of people, and we should be proud of it. However, the perception that some sectors of the society, in general, have about our industry is not the one we would like to see. Despite the fact that modern mining is thought about and, most of the time, executed in a sustainable manner, our industry still carries a negative image inherited from the mistakes made in the past, and some made in the present. Taking into account this scenario, the work currently undertaken by the SEG has special relevance, and I consider that SEG Council is the appropriate venue to discuss and implement initiatives that will address these challenges to our profession. A vision for SEG’s future should focus following points. To advance the science of geology: — The scientific investigation of mineral deposits and mineral resources; — Mineral resource appraisal, mining, and mineral extraction; the application thereof to exploration. To disseminate basic and applied scientific information: — SEG publications, meetings, symposia, conferences, field trips, short courses, workshops, and lecture series. To advance the status of the profession of economic geology: — Maintain high professional and ethical standards among SEG members. Candidate for Councilor (2013–2015) JEAN S. CLINE (SEG 1983 F) Jean Cline grew up on Lake Michigan in Wis - consin and obtained her BS degree from the Wisconsin State Uni - versity, Platteville, in 1970. She accepted a position the following year as an exploration geologist for Inspiration Development Company, Globe, Arizona, and spent the next 11 years exploring for porphyry copper and epithermal deposits and strategic metals, primarily in the western United States. She spent most of her time working on project development, coordinating geological studies, geochemical and geophysical surveys, and directing drilling programs. A casualty of the economic downturn in the early 1980s, Jean returned to school and earned an MS degree in economic geology from the University of Arizona, where her thesis work focused on alteration and fluid inclusion studies of the 16 to 1 epithermal Ag-Au deposit in central Nevada. To pursue a growing interest in fluid evolution in porphyry systems, she moved to Virginia and began Ph.D. research at Virginia Tech. This research culminated in a numerical modeling study quantifying processes of copper concentration in porphyry systems, and analytical work that identified processes related to ore formation in the Questa, New Mexico, porphyry molybdenum system. Four years at Tech sealed a desire to continue to investigate hydrothermal processes that transported and concentrated metals, along with an eagerness to return to the western US. In 1990, on completion of her degree, she joined the Geoscience Department at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) as an assistant professor, where she has since been promoted to professor. In 2003 she was selected as the Distinguished Researcher in the UNLV College of Science, and she served as vice chair (2001) and chair (2005) of the Gordon Research Conference on hydrothermal ore deposits. Research for the last several years focused on Carlintype gold deposits, contributing to Jean’s expertise on the formation of these deposits, and she was invited to be the lead author on the Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume paper, Carlin-type Gold to page 26 ... SEG NEWS
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