President's Dinner, Longstanding Member Recognition Ceremony, and Metallurgical Society G D Delprat Lecture

Join the South West WA Branch for their President's Dinner, Longstanding Member Recognition Ceremony, and Metallurgical Society G D Delprat Lecture.

About this event

This event is an annual highlight of the AusIMM South West WA Branch where we share in the: 

• Experiences and strategic vision of our AusIMM President;
• Analysis and policy from key members of the AusIMM Executive Team;
• Christopher Greet will present the Metallurgical Society G D Delprat Distinguished Lecture - The perils of conducting plant trials;
• Recognition and celebration of the participation of our longstanding AusIMM members;
• Insights of our successful Branch activities and the 2023-2024 Calendar of Events;
• Atmosphere and gourmet delights of the South West WA hospitality; and
• All while enjoying networking with friends, making new ones and building our professional and social networks.

Join us to find out more!

Program
6.00pm - 6.30pm: Networking drinks and canapes
6.30pm - 7.00pm: South WA Branch and President’s Welcome
7.00pm - 8.00pm: Buffet dinner and networking
8.00pm - 8.40pm: G D Delprat Distinguished Lecture - The perils of conducting plant trials
8.40 pm - 8.50pm: Long Standing Member Presentations
8.50 pm - 10.00pm: Dessert table and networking  

There will be limited places so please register early.

Speaker/s

Nicole Brook

FAusIMM

President, AusIMM

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With a background in mining engineering, Nicole has almost 30 years’ experience in the resources industry. After starting her career as an underground miner, Nicole went on to hold a number of site technical and consulting roles before taking on a leadership role with Glencore, where she headed a team of resources professionals responsible for business development, project assessment and technical governance of mining operations.

A Fellow of the AusIMM, Nicole has served as a member of the JORC Committee, Chair of the AusIMM Hunter Region Branch, and sat on a number of industry advisory boards for tertiary mining education. In 2018 Nicole was named Exceptional Woman in NSW Mining at the NSW Minerals Council awards and was selected for the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining in 2018.

First elected to the Board in 2021, Nicole has served on the Nominations Committee, Policy and Advocacy Committee, Remuneration Committee and chaired the Future Workforce Working Group. She currently Chairs the Joint AIG / AusIMM Competent Person Review Taskforce.

Christopher Greet

FAusIMM(CP)

Manager Metallurgy - Minerals Processing Research, Magotteaux
PhD

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Chris graduated from the South Australian Institute of Technology with a Metallurgical Engineering degree in 1990, and was awarded his PhD from the Ian Wark Research Institute of the University of South Australia in 2002. Chris has work within the mining industry in a variety of roles from shift foreman at the Teutonic Bore copper/zinc operation to Principal Technologist with Pasminco. He is currently employed by Magotteaux as Manager Minerals Processing Research, and leads their technical efforts investigating the effect of grinding chemistry on downstream processes.