Ramjay Jude Botor

Ramjay Jude BotorPhD, Geological Sciences

Email r.botor@queensu.ca
Website linkedin.com/in/rjlbotor ; www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramjay_Jude_Botor
Thesis Topic Petrogenesis of the alkaline magmatism in the Southern Grenville province and its relationship to zinc mineralization
Supervisor Dr. Gema Olivo and Dr. Matthew Leybourne

Research Interests

Economic Geology, Analytical Geochemistry, Applied Geochemistry, Synchrotron Spectroscopy

Brief Biography  

Ramjay is a geologist from the Philippines with a BSc from the University of the Philippines in 2015 and an MSc from Western University in 2018. His Bachelors thesis focused on the comparison of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy sample preparations to investigate major element variations in nickel laterite deposits of the Cretaceous Palawan Ophiolite in the Philippines. His Masters thesis was about the application of synchrotron spectroscopy in gold mineralization in the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt. He used synchrotron X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy to investigate mineralogical similarities and associations, geochemistry, mineral textures, and gold speciation to identify their cogeneity with the past-producing Con and Giant Mines in Yellowknife. He is pursuing his PhD studies with Dr. Gema Olivo and Dr. Matthew Leybourne to investigate the petrogenesis of the alkaline intrusives in the Southern Grenville Province in Ontario and its relationship with zinc mineralization.

Publications

R.J. Botor, H.E. Cavallin, T.J. Flynn, L.L. Van Loon, A. Sexton, & N.R. Banerjee (2019). New Insights into Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories from Synchrotron micro-XRF and PXRD. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), 834-835. doi:10.1017/S1431927619004902

R.J. Botor (2018). Understanding New Trends on Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories, using Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy. Western University Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository, 5915. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5915

N.R. Banerjee, L.L. Van Loon, R.J. Botor, T.J. Flynn (2018). Automated Geochemical and Mineralogical Synchrotron Characterization of Bulk Geological Materials: An Innovation for the Minerals Industry. Microscopy and Microanalysis 24 (S2): 518-519.

R.J. Botor, H.E. Cavallin, T.J. Flynn, L.L. Van Loon, N.R. Banerjee (2018). Understanding Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories, using Synchrotron X-Ray Spectroscopy. PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium, Toronto.

K.L. Rozon, R.J. Botor, C. Venier, J. Casali, L. L. Van Loon, N.R. Banerjee (2018). Geochemical Analysis of Low-Sulphidation Deposits on the La Victoria Property in the Ancash Department of the Republic of Peru. PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium, Toronto.

H.E. Cavallin, T.J. Flynn, R.J. Botor, A.J. Sexton, L.L. Van Loon, N.R. Banerjee (2018) New Insights into Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project using Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy. AME Round-up Conference, Vancouver.

R. L. Flemming, J. D. Newman, R. J. Botor, F. Cao, C. M. Caudill, M. R. Galarneau, J. Geiger, V. L. Houde, L. E. Jenkins, Z. Li , J. M. Maris, M. Metcalf, G. D. Tolometti, A. Rupert, M. A. McCraig, G. R. Osinski (2018) Preliminary investigation of shocked carbonates from the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, NU using X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 49, Abs. #3000.

C.A. Arcilla, N. Aguda, R.J. Antonio, R.J. Botor, A.G. Estur. Black Sand Mineral Characterization Final Report. DOST-PCIEERD, 2016.


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