Expert Desk Studies and Reporting for the Mining Industry by Prof. Ben Williamson

Give your reports the expert edge with high-quality specialist support:

• Comprehensive desk studies using extensive online library systems
• Expert data interpretation
• Clear, concise, and professionally written reports
• Document editing and refinement

Over 25 years of experience working on projects with mining and exploration companies and in academia.

Author of more than 100 publications in academic journals.

Supervised 10 PhD and numerous MSc projects in economic geology, collaborating with companies including Codelco, Anglo American, BHP, Rio Tinto, and various junior exploration companies.

Secured, managed, and participated in several multi-million-euro EU grant-funded projects.

Selected publications

Carter, L.C. and Williamson, B.J., 2024. Migration and focusing of porphyry deposit-forming fluids through aplitic mush of the Saginaw Hill cupola, Arizona, United States. Frontiers in Earth Science 12: 1426111. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1426111.

Zhang, F., Williamson, B.J., Broom-Fendley, S., 2023. Apatite texture and composition in the Tonglushan porphyry-related skarn system, eastern China: Implications for mineral exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 158: 105493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105493.

Carter, L. C., Williamson, B. J., Tapster, S. R., Costa, C., Grime, G. W. and Rollinson, G. K., 2021. Crystal mush dykes as conduits for mineralising fluids in the Yerington porphyry copper district, Nevada. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00128-4.

Williamson B.J., Herrington R.J. and Morris A., 2016. Porphyry copper enrichment linked to excess aluminium in plagioclase. Nature Geoscience, 9: 237-241.

See full list of publications at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ben-Williamson-3.