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Career Summary
Chris developed a passion for geology very early in life, as his father is a prospector and small-scale miner. However after 12 months underground at the business end of a shovel Chris was convinced study would be a good option. In 1992 Chris completed a BSc in Geology at the Australian National University and was subsequently employed by WMC Resources as a junior geologist at the Redeemer underground gold mine and the Cox open pit near Leinster W.A. In 1994 Chris returned to study and completed his honours in geology at the University of Western Australia and in 1995 Chris returned to WMC Resources as an underground mine geologist at the Rocky's Reward underground nickel mine near Leinster.
From 1997 to 2000 Chris worked for WMC resources as a resource geologist in Melbourne, Canada, Cuba and Perth. From 2000 to 2001 Chris then worked at the Three Springs open pit Talc Mine as a senior mine geologist. Chris worked as a resource geologist then senior resource geologist with BHPBilliton at Newman until 2004. Chris then joined MPI Mines as a mine geologist followed by Senior Resource Geologist at the historic Stawell gold mine in Victoria. In January 2006 Chris joined Quantitative Geoscience as a Principal geologist/geostatistician.
Chris skills have been developed through extensive mentoring by world class geologists, geosatisticians and educators. He has experience in porphyry copper, nickel laterite, stratiform copper-lead-zinc, numerous styles of gold mineralisation, massive and disseminated nickel, talc and iron-ore. Chris has strong skills in data-validation, geological modelling and in integrating geology and geostatistics into the mining process. He also has advanced skills in numerous mining software pakages especially Isatis for which he is a long time user.
Chris has commenced an M.Sc. (Geostatistics by research) at the University of Adelaide, Department of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Studies. Chris is studying non-linear estimation and simulation of correlated variables.
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Geology) - Australian
National University, 1992.
B.Sc. (Hons) - Honours in Geology sponsored by WMC resources.
University of Western Australia, 1994. Thesis "Genesis of the
high temperature, sulphur depleted Redeemer-Main gold deposit,
Agnew-Lawlers region, Western Australia".
M.Sc. (Ore Deposit Geology and Evaluation) - By thesis
and coursework, 1999. Thesis "Controls on the distribution of
arsenic in the Rocky's Reward nickel deposit, Leinster W.A."
As part of this M.Sc. Chris participated in lectures and fieldwork
for structural geology (11 days) and ore deposit geology (32
days).
Professional Affiliations
Australian
Institute of Geoscientists
(AIG) Member and Committee member for the Victorian Branch of
the AIG.
Publications
Broome, J., Journeaux, T., Simpson, C., Dodunski, N., Hosken, J., De-Vitry, L., 1998. Agnew Gold Deposits, in Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits, (Eds: D A Berkman and D H Mackenzie), pp 161-172 (The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
De-Vitry C, 2005. Utilising
Statistics and Geostatistics to Validate, Characterise and Improve
Geological Domaining: A Case study from BHP Billiton's
Yandi Channel Iron Deposit, in Iron Ore 2005, 19-21 September
2005, Perth, Australia, (The Australian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
De-Vitry C, 2005. Alternatives
to Conditional Simulation for the Estimation of Iron Grade Distributions:
A Case Study From BHP Billiton's Mt Whaleback Operations, in
Iron Ore 2005, 19-21 September 2005, Perth, Australia, (The
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
De-Vitry C, 2002. Resource
Classification: A Case Study From the Joffre Hosted Iron
Ore of BHP Billiton's Mt Whaleback Operations, in Iron Ore 2002,
9-11 September 2002, Perth, Australia, pp 127-136, (The Australian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
De-Vitry C, 2002. A
Geologists Guide to Destroying Shareholder Value and a Business
Improvement Model to Insure Against it, in AUSIMM Value
Tracking Symposium, Brisbane Qld, 7-8 October 2002, pp 109-113,
(The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
De-Vitry C, Libby J W and
Langworthy , P J, 1998. Rocky's Reward Nickel
Deposit, in Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral
Deposits (Eds: D A Berkman and D H Mackenzie), The Australian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne.
De-Vitry, C, Vann, J, and Arvidson, H, 2007. A Guide to Selecting the Optimal Method of Resource Estimation for Multivariate Iron Ore Deposits, In: Iron Ore Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 20-22 August, 2007: pp. 67-77. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne.
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