AIGWA MEGWA October 2021

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AIGWA MEGWA October 2021


AIGWA MEGWA October 2021

 

Date

WEDNESDAY 20th October 2021
5:30PM onwards


 

Venue

Celtic Club, 48 Ord St,
West Perth, WA


Talk Title

Sedimentary Copper Deposits: Which basins are hiding the next big copper belt?


Speaker

Bruce Hooper

Bruce is a geologist with extensive experience spanning the base metal, precious metal and energy sectors across five continents.

Bruce has been involved with a number of significant discoveries in Australia and internationally. Within senior management teams, he has developed and run a number of operations and led due diligence and transaction teams on successful acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and project sales across the mining sector.

Most recently, he was the Chief Exploration & Business Development Officer at Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX: SFR). During this period, he was seconded to be President of Tintina Resources based in Montana, USA and completed the MOD Resources acquisition in Botswana.

Prior to 2012, Bruce worked for a variety of companies including British Petroleum (‘BP’), Rio Tinto Ltd, North Ltd, Straits Resources Ltd, Perilya Ltd, Ivernia Inc. along with both private and public board roles. Bruce holds an BSc (Hons) from the University of Leeds and is a Registered Professional Geoscientist of the AIG.

Bruce currently consults as B&B Resources, is a Non-Executive Director of Redbank Copper Ltd, Chief Geologist for Noronex Ltd and an ambassador for the charitable organisation, Teach Learn Grow.