Biography

Derek Amores has over 15 years of combined research and consulting experience in the field of Environmental Geochemistry. He has been involved in a number of geochemical investigations of water and sediments, and in mine waste assessments for several phases of mine development for clients in North America, South America and Asia. He has a solid background in geology and has specialized in contaminant assessments, particularly metals, in a multitude of environments including lakes, rivers and in engineered systems such as mine sites and urban soils and waterways. He has extensive experience in laboratory experimentation, field sampling design, data analysis and synthesis, and geochemical modelling applied to the assessment of mine water quality. Through the years, Derek has been involved in innovative applied research projects that are relevant to the industry, particularly the role of microorganisms in constituent remobilization and attenuation in mining environments and in the oil and gas sector. He has vast experience in the development and optimization of sediment/soil sequential extraction procedures applied to mine waste and other geomedia. He has special expertise in the assessment and modelling of acid generating tailings.