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Dr Walid Salama

/Mineral exploration through cover/

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https://people.csiro.au/s/w/walid-salama

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PO BOX 1130
BENTLEY WA 6102 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Dr Walid Salama graduated from Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt. He did his MSc and PhD at Cairo University on the Middle Eocene oolitic and lateritic iron ores of the Bahariya Depression, Western Desert, Egypt. He got for 2 years PhD fellowship at Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
He worked as a demonstrator (2000-2005), assistant lecturer (2006-2010) and lecturer (2010-2012) for Geology Department, faculty of Science, Cairo University.
He joined CSIRO since 2012 as a post-doc fellow in the regolith geoscience team. Since 2012, he was involved in 24 research projects in Western Australia, Queensland and Botswana.
His work at CSIRO is mainly related regolith and landscape evolution, regolith mapping, mineral exploration in areas of transported cover. He is also interested in mineralogy and geochemistry of weathering profile.

Other Interests

Diagenesis and mineral evolution of clastic sedimentary rocks and phosphorites

Professional Areas

Current Roles

  • Project leader
    1. Geochemical exploration of Au in cover, Duketon Greenstone Belt, WA. 2. Characterizing the behaviour of Au in the Ni-laterite at Goongarrie, WA. 3. Characterization of Au deposits near Coolgardie, WA (Consulting work) 4. Exploration for gold through cover at the Side Well, Meekatharra, WA 5. Characterization of supergene Au deposits over the Scuddles VMS deposits, Golden Grove, WA 6. Gold exploration through cover at Lake Rebecca, East Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 7. Mapping the basement rocks using indicator minerals within the Seahorse project, Madura Province, Western Australia 8. Using soil geochemistry to reduce search space in the SW Yilgarn Craton

  • Key Research Scientist
    1. Deep Exploration Technology Cooperative Research Centres (DET-1CRC) 2. M411 MRIWA project- Greenfield geochemical exploration through cover, Albany-Fraser Orogen, WA 3. Greenfield geochemical exploration of Ni, Fraser Range, WA 4. Environmental assessment of carbonates in rivers, Hope Downs, WA 5. Gold in situ recovery, St Ives, Western Australia. 6. Landscape evolution and weathering history of the Pilbara and relationship to genesis and mineralisation of martite-goethite Ores in the Hamersley Province (WA) 7. Uncover ferricrete gold project (in 2019). 8. MRIWA indicator minerals for massive Ni sulphide exploration in Western Australia

  • Project Co-leader
    1. Mineral exploration for Ti, West coast, WA. 2. Greenfield geochemical exploration for Cu, Botswana, Africa 3. Greenfield geochemical exploration of Au in areas of sand dunes, WA 4. Geochemical exploration of Cu in residual terrains, Mount Isa, Queensland 5. Characterizing Cu deposits at Winu in the Paterson Province, Western Australia

Academic Qualifications

  • 1999

    BSC in geology
    Cairo University, Egypt

  • 2006

    MSc in geology (mineralogy and petrology)
    Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt

  • 2010

    MSc in geology (mineralogy and petrology)
    Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt

Professional Experiences

  • 2018-2022

    Senior Research Scientist
    CSIRO

  • 2015-2018

    Research Scientist
    CSIRO

  • 2012-2015

    post-doc fellow
    CSIRO

  • 2010-2012

    lecturer
    Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

  • 2006-2010

    assistant lecturer
    Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

  • 2000-2005

    Demonstrator
    Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

Grants

  • 2007-2009

    PhD grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

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