Dr Michael Gazley is Principal Geochemist at RSC based in Wellington, New Zealand, and is an expert in portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology in mining and exploration, and microcharacterisation, particularly SEM-based and XRF techniques. His consulting focus is use of multi-element geochemistry to measurably improve exploration and mining productivity while reducing costs. More recently he has examined ways to use machine learning and data analytics to enhance interpretation of geochemical datasets with projects in New Zealand, Eritrea, Australia and Mozambique.

Steve is a consultant working in Lima, Peru, specializing in porphyry copper, skarn and other intrusion related systems. His background is exploration and mine geology, with a particular interest in geometallurgy

Doctor in experimental physics. He has 10 years of experience from scientific research in detector and measurement systems, including medical imaging. Over 20 years of experience from Industrial Systems development of complex systems, in high tech companies at various positions and has long experience from international collaborations – from companies as well as from organisations. He has experience of bringing new technology to the market from several start-ups. Holds several patents.