Shedding Light on the Present Mineral Deposits and Industrial Rocks Wealth in Kurdistan Region
Date: 16/12/2021 Time: 2:30 pm. Venue: Conference Hall 201, Main Building, Tishk International University
Abstract: As a whole, the Kurdistan Region is rich in economic potential concerning mineral deposits and industrial rocks. Although no economic potential concerning metallic deposits is available yet, many indications and first-level proof are available in different parts. This is attributed, mainly to the nonexistence of Mineral Investment Law, by means of which advanced exploration and studies can be performed to improve recorded mineral showings.
The aim of this national workshop is to shed light on the present mineral deposits and industrial rocks which are present in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Moreover, it is aimed to outline the economic potentials of the recorded mineral showings and the studies previously conducted studies for evaluation, and the recommendation for future studies and investments. Furthermore, a comparative outline of the availability of educational institutions for petroleum engineering and the needs of petroleum engineers as compared to mining engineers will be highlighted and discussed.
PRESENTERS
Professor, Dr. Hamed Muhammed Jassim
Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering, Tishk International University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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Profile: Dr. Hamed M. Jassim is a professor & specialist in Mining and Tunneling Engineering. After completing secondary school in Bagdad, he completed the following studies: GCE. A-Level (General Certificate of Education) from Dudley Technical College-England 1972-1973. M.Sc. from Leeds University-England in Applied Geophysics 1976-1977. He joined Baghdad Univ./ College of Eng. /Petroleum & Mining Eng. Dept. in Feb. 1980. He got his Ph.D. from Leoben School of Mines (MontanuniversitaetLeoben)- Austria in Mining Eng. (Specialty Tunneling Eng.) 1985-1990. He worked as a Lecturer and Assistant Dean at the College of Eng/ Baghdad University (1980-2006). He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2005, and by 2006, he transferred to Koya University-Faculty of Eng – Geotechnical Eng. Dept. (to September 2016). He was appointed as Head of the School of Petroleum & Chemical Engineering (from 2010-2013). He was promoted to Full Professor in 2015. He joined the University of Kurdistan Hewler UKH from September 2016-August 2019. Finally, we had the honour to have him work with us at Tishk International University TIU since October 2019.
Varoujan K. Sissakian
Department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Profile: Varoujan K. Sissakian graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1969 with a B.Sc. Degree in Geology, and M.Sc. in Engineering Geological Mapping from I.T.C., the Netherlands in 1982. He joined Iraq Geological Survey (GEOSURV) in 1971 and was nominated as Expert in 2005; retired in 2012. He has 130 documented reports in GEOSURV’s library and other private companies, and 213 published articles in different geological aspects in different geological journals, and 24 articles in different stages of publications. He was the Deputy Vice President of the Middle East Subcommission of the Committee of Compilation the Geological Map of the World (CGMW), Paris, from February 2010 until August 2012. He was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan, Hewler, since October 2014 and Lecturer since February 2017. Currently, he is a Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan Hewler.
