Abstract: The Kurdistan Region as a whole is rich in economic potential concerning mineral deposits and industrial rocks. Although no economic potential is available yet, concerning metallic deposits, but many showings and first proves are available in different parts. This is attributed, mainly due 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 panel discussion is to shed light on the present mineral deposits and industrial rocks which are present in Kurdistan Region. Moreover, it is aimed to outline the economic potentials of the recorded mineral showings and the already carried out studies for their evaluation, and to recommend future studies and investments.
Panelists
Professor, Dr. Hamed Muhammed Jassim
Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering, Tishk International University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
+964 (0) 770 422 0675
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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.
B.Sc. from Leeds University-England in Mining Engineering 1973-1976
M.Sc. from Leeds University-England in Applied Geophysics 1976-1977
He joined Baghdad Univ./ College of Eng. /Petroleum & Mining Eng. Dept. in February 1980.
He got his PhD 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 Univ. from 1980 till 2006. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2005.
In 2006, he transferred to Koya University-Faculty of Eng – Geotechnical Eng. Dept. Till September 2016. He was appointed as head of the School of Petroleum & Chemical Eng. from 2010-2013.
He was promoted to Full Professor in 2015. He joined the University of Kurdistan Hewler UKH on 1st. of September 2016 till 31 August 2019.
Finally, he joined Tishk International University TIU on 1 October 2019.
Varoujan K. Sissakian
Department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
+964 (0) 750 482 1775
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Profile: Varoujan K. Sissakian graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1969 with 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 125 documented reports in GEOSURV’s library and 158 published articles in different geological aspects in different geological journals and 29 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 in University of Kurdistan, Hewler, since October, 2014 and Lecturer since February, 2017. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the University of Kurdistan Hewler.
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