BSc (YangonU), F.G.A. (London), MSc (Queen'sUniversity, Canada), PhD (UTas)
Senior Research Fellow
Contact Details
Telephone: +61 3 6226 2787
Fax: +61 3 6226 7662
Location: Hobart Campus, Maths-Physics Building, Room No. 208
Email: Khin.Zaw@utas.edu.au

Career Summary:Khin Zaw is a Senior Research Fellow, CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore
Deposits, University of Tasmania, Australia. He received a BSc from Yangon University,
Myanmar, in 1968, FGA Diploma (Fellowships of Gemmological Association of GreatBritain) in 1969, MSc (Economic Geology) from Queen’s University, Canada in 1976and PhD from University of Tasmania in 1990. He is also a Fellow of the Australasian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has over 35 years experience working on genetic
aspects of mineral deposits in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China and SE Asia, andhas published a considerable number of papers relating to ore genesis and mineral
exploration in Australasian region. He is actively linked with counterpart geologists fromSE Asia region. He is currently completed editing and contributing papers for aspecial volume of Mineral Deposits of South China in peered reviewed ‘ORE
GEOLOGY REVIEWS” journal. He is also organizing a section on SE04: Tectonics
and Metallogeny in Asia and Oceania as a Main Convener at 4th Asia-Oceania
Geological Society (AOGS) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

Research Interests:
Khin Zaw undertakes research on a variety of ore deposit styles from skarn, VHMS, veintype W-Sn, to porphyry related skarn/epithermal deposits. His PhD research was tounderstand the skarn system overprinted on the Rosebery VHMS deposit. Khin Zaw
maintains a balance of his applied industry-funded research and basic ARC funded
fundamental research on ore deposits. He is also a recognised geoscientist on theapplication of fluid inclusion and isotopic research to the study of ore fluids chemistry.
He is currently leading an ARC Linkage Project on the ‘Geochronology andMetallogenesis of Loei fold belt in Thailand and Laos’.

Research Areas:
Major research expertise and research projects: He has undertaken the following
research programs for which the results have been already published or to be published inrecognised Earth Science Journals:
1. Detailed mineralogical, petrological and geochemical studies including fluid inclusion
analysis to investigate the origin and environment of skarn and ore deposition at

CanTung Mine, one of the richest skarn-type tungsten deposits in western world,
Northwest Territories, Canada.
2. Geology and genesis of a Mississippi-Valley type deposit at Theingon Mine,Bawsaing, Myanmar.
3. Fluid inclusion study of W-Sn veins at Hermyingyi and Mawchi Mine, Myanmar.
4. Petrology and geochemistry of mineralised and barren granitoid intrusions with specialreference to the emplacement of tin-tungsten mineralisation: Metallogeny of Burmese SnW deposits; application of bedrock geochemistry to the selection of target areas forprospecting of Sn-W deposits in Myanmar.
5. Origin of the volcanic-hosted Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Ba deposit at Bawdwin Mine andsediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits at Yadanatheingi Mine, Northern Shan State, Myanmar.
6. Alteration and mineralisation of Monywa porphyry Cu-Au deposit, central Myanmar.
7. Fluid inclusions as a guide to exploration at Tennant Creek goldfield, NorthernTerritory, Australia.
8. Geochemical, stable isotope (C, O, S, H) and fluid inclusion study on F(J) lens, Southend orebodies at Rosebery Mine, a volcanic-hosted Au-rich massive sulphide deposit,
Tasmania.
9. Mineralogical, isotopic, and fluid inclusion study on precious metal mineralisation atJ(K)-P lens of Hercules Mine and South Hercules deposit, Tasmania.
10.Mineralogy and geochemistry of epithermal systems, Thames goldfield, North Island,
New Zealand.
11.Fluid inclusion composition studies (PIXE, LRS, FTIR, SEM/EM and mass
spectrometric analyses) on VHMS deposits at Hellyer, Tasmania and Mt Chalmers,Queensland, Australia.
12.GIS, Geological and metallogenic relation studies of mineral deposits in SE
Asia/south China: their potential and prospectivity.
13. Fluid/melt characteristics and chemistry of gem sapphires in SE Asia, Australia andTasmania.
14. Source of ore-forming fluids and mixing processes of recent hydrothermal systems in
Okinawa Trough, Japan and Middle Valley, northern Juan de Fuka Ridge.
15. Tectonic and metallogenic relations of SE Asia and South China

2Student Supervision
1991Supervision of a number of honours projects, M.Sc. and PhD students: Genesisof the Kara scheelite skarn deposit (M.Econ.; Blackwell, 1993–95); Carlin-type Fu Ning
gold deposit, Yunnan, China (M.Econ.; Chromie, 1998–2001); Genesis of corundum
minerals in southern Thailand: constraints from fluid inclusions and experimental studies(PhD; Phisit Lintrakun, 1997–2001); Geological setting, mineralogy, alteration andnature of ore fluid of the H zone, the Chatree deposit, Thailand (MSc; Kamonporn
Kromkhun, 2003–2005); Anthony Harris (Postdoc-Loei ARC linkage project); Visiting
Research Fellows: Mr. Lasse Telstø, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources
Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway,(2001); Associate Professor Dr. Xianbio Lu, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan,
China, (2002–2003) and Mr. Somboon Khositanont, Senior Geologist and Endeavour
Australia Cheung Kong Fellow, Department of Mineral Resources, Bangkok, Thailand(2007– ).

Current MSc/PhD students:
Takayuki Manaka, MSc
Epithermal low-sulphidation system at Ban Houyxai and LCT deposits, Lao PDR
The LCT and Ban Houayxai epithermal gold deposits are located in Lao PDR,
approximately 100km northeast of the capital Vientiane, at the intersection of the Loei
and Truongson Fold Belts. The project include (1) prospect-scale geological mapping tocharacterise the host rocks and structure, (2) detailed mineragraphic studies to establish
the paragenetic relations and mineral chemistry studies, (3) detailed documentation ofalteration assemblages, metal distribution and zonation along selected cross-sections, (4)LA ICP-MS analyses of trace elements in pyrite to understand the chemical environmentof ore deposition, (5) sulphur and oxygen isotopes and fluid inclusion studies, including
laser Raman spectroscopy analysis of ore fluids to obtain P-T-X conditions of the system,and (6) development of an ore deposit model based on the field and laboratory data tounderstand the nature and origin of ore formation and to apply the model to target thehigh-grade part of the mineralised system. This research project is funded by ARC Loei
Linkage project and Pan Australian Resources N.L. Company.

Teera Kamvong, PhD
Geology and genesis of porphyry-skarn Cu-Au deposits at the northern Loei FoldBelt, Northeast Thailand and LaosThe Loei Fold Belt exhibits one of the greatest endowments of economic metal deposits(e.g., epithermal Chatree gold deposit, Thailand, porphyry-skarn Puthep copper-golddeposit, Thailand and porphyry-skarn Phu Kham copper-gold deposit, Laos) in mainland
South East Asia. The aim of this research is to undertake an integrated study of geology,
mineralogy, fluid inclusions and isotope geochemistry in the northernmost part of theLoei Fold Belt, focusing on the area of the Puthep 1 copper deposit in the northeasternregion of Thailand and the Phu Kham copper-gold deposit in Laos. The Puthep 1 (PUT 1)
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deposit contains 44 million tonnes at 0.5 % Cu, and the Phu Kham deposit has ageological resource of 64 million tonnes at 0.9 % Cu and 0.4 g/t Au. The research will
determine the spatial, temporal, and genetic relationships between porphyry-skarn
environments and their associated intrusions on the regional and deposit scale, and toconstrain the metallogenesis and to develop the ore genetic model of the northernmost
portion of the Loei Fold Belt so critical to mineral exploration activities in the region.
This research project is funded by UniTas IPRS scholarships, SEG student Foundation,ARC Loei Linkage project and Pan Australian Resources N.L. Company.

Asalam Abhisit, PhD
Geological, paragenesis and geochronological relations of the Chatree area,
Phetchabun Province, central Thailand
The Chatree epithermal deposit contains 22.7 million tons at 2.34 g/t Au and 16 g/t Ag
and is located in the Loei Fold Belt which extends from the coast in the southern gulf ofThailand through central Thailand up north into Laos. The regional geological setting of
the Loei Fold Belt is characterised by Middle Palaeozoic to Cenozoic volcanic andsedimentary rocks. This research project is to develop a geological, geochronological,
mineral paragenesis, and geochemical framework in relation to mineralisation in theChatree area. The main goal of the research is to develop a detailed genetic model applied
to exploration. The role of volcanic host rocks and intrusions in controlling source ofores, ore-forming fluid mechanisms, and the spatial distribution of different
mineralisation styles on the district scale will also be investigated to understand themetallogenic evolution of the region. This research project is funded by UniTas IPRS
Scholarships, ARC Loei Linkage project and Akara/Kingsgate Consolidated Company.

Paul Cromie, PhD
Geological setting, geochemistry and genesis of the Sepon Mineral District, LaoPDR
The Sepon Mineral District (SMD) occurs within the NW-trending Truongson Fold Belt
in Savannakhet Province, south-eastern Laos. Geology of the SMD is dominated by
Devonian to Carboniferous aged continental fluvial and shallow to deep marine
sedimentary rocks that were deposited in a half graben basin and intruded by Early
Permian Rhyodacite Porphyry (RDP). Gold in the SMD is predominantly microdisseminated and show similarities with Carlin-type deposits in Nevada, USA. The SMD
contains 4.1 million ounces of gold and adjacent copper skarn-gold mineralisation covers
a variety of primary and secondary styles such as the Khanong copper deposit (40Mt @2.9% Cu). The aims of the PhD project are to document the: (1) geologicalcharacteristics, (2) ore-mineral paragenesis and nature of gold occurrence, and; (3)investigate the geochemistry associated with gold and copper mineralisation to: (a) aid in
the development of a model to explain the genesis of the deposits, and (b) establish
exploration criteria and vectors towards finding gold at Sepon. This research project isfunded by APA Scholarships, CSIRO Scholarships, SEG student Foundation and Oxiana
Limited Company.

4Singoyi Blackwell, PhD
Textures and trace element geochemistry of magnetites from hydrothermal deposits
Magnetite is a common iron oxide mineral in many giant ore deposits such as Olympic
Dam in South Australia and Cadia in NSW. However, chemical analyses of individual
mineral grains were hampered by high detection limits in electron probe micro-analysis
and use of techniques such as XRF or solution chemistry on mineral separates wasassociated with problems of contamination by foreign mineral inclusions. Application of
the LA ICP-MS technique allows us to select very small spots (5 to >120µm) on mineral
grains that are largely free of inclusions for analysis at low (<1ppm) detection limits andprovide more information on trace elements in individual magnetite, thus leading tobetter understanding how ore deposits form. This research will generate magnetitecompositional data and other data largely from deposits with well-constrained geology.
The main objectives of this PhD project are to: (1) determine the range of trace elements
in magnetite (and hematite) by LA ICP-MS from a variety of hydrothermal deposits, (2)investigate magnetite trace element compositional variations in time and space, (3)establish the physical-chemical conditions associated with the formation of thehydrothermal magnetite mineral assemblages in the selected deposits, and (4) assess theapplication of magnetite trace element compositional variation as a tool in mineral
exploration and targeting ore-rich zones as well as a criterion for discriminating deposits.
This project is funded by UniTas IPRS scholarships, CODES Scholarships, SEG student
Foundation and Newcrest Company.
Memberships
1. Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain
2. Member of the Society of Economic Geologists
3. Member of the Society for Geology applied to Mineral deposits
4. Member of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development
5. Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
6. Member of International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)

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