Master Speakers

Ph.D. Hokkaido University, focusing on the metallogenesis of the Kitami epithermal gold province in the southwestern Kuril arc. He conducted research on the El Salvador porphyry Cu deposit in Chile and other deposits in Mongolia. He was technical advisor to the Metal Mining Agency of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency and participated in national and international mining exploration projects of these agencies. He has published more than 80 articles in indexed journals and made multiple presentations at universities, institutes and geological societies around the world. He was Regional Vice President of SEG 2004 and is currently a professor at Akita University, Japan. Lecture: "Rare Earth Ore Deposits and Metallogenesis".