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Professor David Cooke is a faculty member at the University of Tasmania, serving as Director of the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES ARC) within the School of Natural Sciences. His research focuses on exploration geochemistry, resource geoscience, and geochemical processes in ore deposits. He leads projects addressing mineral exploration, mine waste management, and environmental risk mitigation. Key areas of study include porphyry copper systems, iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits, and epithermal gold systems in regions like Australia, Chile, and China.
Prof. Cooke has supervised over 80 doctoral and master’s students, with active projects on mineral deposit genesis, exploration tools, and environmental remediation. He has secured significant funding (e.g., $3.5M Regional Research Collaboration Grant) and collaborates with industry partners like Freeport-McMoRan and Evolution Mining. Recent research highlights include developing mineral chemistry tools for porphyry exploration, analyzing tailings stability in Tasmania, and investigating tectonic controls on giant copper deposits in the Andes.
His work bridges geology, geochemistry, and environmental science, with applications in sustainable mining practices and critical metal recovery from legacy wastes. He directs large-scale projects such as the AMIRA P1249 initiative (over $3.9M) targeting advanced orebody characterization techniques.
