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Richard Sillitoe
Richard Sillitoe graduated from London University in England where he went on to earn a Ph.D.
degree in 1968.
Richard sillitoe biography
After three years with the Geological Survey of Chile and a Shell postdoctoral research fellowship at the Royal School of Mines in London, he has operated for five decades as an independent consultant to mining companies, international agencies, and foreign governments.
He has worked on a wide variety of mineral deposits and prospects in 100 countries worldwide, but focuses on the epithermal gold and porphyry copper environments.
Published research has earned him awards in Europe, Australia, and North and South America, including the SME Robert M. Dreyer Award, SGA-Newmont Gold Medal, and Penrose Gold Medal of the Society of Economic Geologists, of which he was President in 1999-2000.