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Hamid was born in Toronto and grew up on a farm near Milton Ontario. He graduated from
Geo-Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1985, specializing in mineral exploration. He also completed an M.A.Sc. in Economic Geology at
Toronto, and subsequently a Doctorate degree and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, examining gold deposits along
the Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana, and conducting studies on the origin and distribution of gold in lode deposits at Carlin, Ashanti and in
laboratory synthesis. Hamid worked as a mine, exploration and research geologist for Noranda at Sturgeon Lake, Ontario. He was the Chief
Geologist and Site Manager during the exploration and feasibility stages of the Bogosu Gold mine, Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana. Hamid joined
Brandon University in 1995 and teaches Mineral Deposits, Exploration and Mining Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Tectonics and Field
Geology. He continues to consult for industry and has managed exploration projects in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories, in
Ontario, Manitoba and in Peru. He has participated in the discovery of Fe-oxide copper-gold and polymetallic deposits in the Northwest
Territories. More recently, he and his colleagues discovered the first carbonatite complex in Manitoba at Eden Lake (a potential phosphate-REE
resource), and other interesting mineralization in the Trans-Hudson Orogen. This ongoing liaison with industry has provided many employment
and research opportunities for students. His principal interests remain exploration and sustainable development, and the geology, mineralogy
and origin of mineral deposits. Hamid is a Professional Engineer, Past President for the Canadian
Council of Professional Geoscientists, member of the Manitoba Exploration Liaison Committee, and a member of several Canadian and
International Professional Societies.
“Exploration and development are human endeavors, when we place humanity first,
success follows”.
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