MrJose Luis Barillas Diaz

Jose Luis Barillas Diaz, MSc is a PhD candidate in Earth Science at the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania, where his research focuses on atypical nickel mineralization in metasomatic rocks at the Avebury Ni Deposit, Western Tasmania. He holds an MSc in Earth Sciences from CICESE (Mexico), specializing in ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology, noble gas geochemistry, and mineralization processes. With over 17 years of international industry experience spanning Australia, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, and Mongolia, his expertise encompasses porphyry, epithermal, VMS, and nickel ore systems, advanced analytical techniques including µXRF synchrotron experiments, and 3D geological modelling.