DR SAMUEL RICE
Consultant Geologist
Dr Samuel Rice is a skilled and experienced mineral exploration geologist and researcher and has spent over 9 years working with industry and academia on exploration projects. SR Geoscience combines Dr Rice's expertise in regional tectonics with his knowledge and experience in exploration to develop bespoke solutions to exploration challenges. He has authored several scientific articles and taught geology at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Glasgow and is currently collaborating on research projects in Georgia, Turkey and the UK. Email sam.rice.geo@gmail.com.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J. and Hursthouse, A., 2018. Tectono-magmatic controls of post-subduction gold mineralisation during Late Caledonian soft continental collision in the Southern Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane, Britain and Ireland: A review. Ore Geology Reviews, 101, 74-104
Vincent, S. J., Carter, A., Lavrishchev, V.A., Rice, S. P., Barabadze, T.G. and Hovius, N., 2010. The exhumation of the western Greater Caucasus: a thermochronometric study. Geological Magazine, 148 (1), 1-21.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., İnan, N. & Taşlı, K., 2009, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene tectonic development of the Tethyan suture zone in the Erzincan area, Eastern Pontides, Turkey. Geological Magazine, 146 (4), 567-590.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., 2006, Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary tectonic processes along the Eurasian active margin, Pontides, Turkey. In: Robertson A.H.F. & Mountrakis, D. (eds.) Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 260, 413-445.
A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
Sam studied geology at GCSE and A-Level and graduated with a BSc with Honours in Geology from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 2000. As an undergraduate he was keen on fieldwork, structural geology and plate tectonics and wanted to do research. He joined the University of Edinburgh as a post-graduate research student in 2001 and graduated with a PhD in 2006. His doctoral thesis was an investigation of the tectonic development of the Tethyan suture zone in the Pontides, northern Turkey. This research involved extensive periods of independent fieldwork in northern and eastern Turkey and used structural geology, analytical geochemistry, stratigraphy, petrography and sedimentology to answer questions regarding the closure of the Tethyan Ocean and the onset of continental collision and mountain-building. This research greatly influenced his understanding of how the behavior of the Earth's lithosphere controls the development economic resources. In this way, Sam's applies an understanding of Phanerozoic processes in the Eastern Mediterranean to the economic geology of other regions such as the Palaeoproterozoic of West Africa and the British Caledonides. Sam researched the hydrocarbon potential and tectonic development of the Eastern Black Sea with CASP (University of Cambridge), between 2005 and 2008 and carried-out structural transects of the Russian Greater Caucasus and the Crimean Mountains. Sam has also worked in landscape heritage, wildlife conservation, environmental education and has traveled extensively in SW and Central Asia. Sam worked on gold exploration projects with RSCMME in Mali, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique from 2010-2013. Sam was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of the West of Scotland in 2015-2017 and researched gold mineralization in Scotland and Ireland. Sam continues to engage with the academic community and to present his work at international conferences, is working on peer-reviewed articles and collaborating internationally on multiple projects.
TUTOR OF GEOLOGY
September 2016 - present
Developed and delivered short courses in Geology and supporting materials (University of Glasgow)
Planned and led an independent 1-week residential fieldtrip for 32 participants to the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND
January 2015 - December 2017
Industrially-funded research project: Tectono-magmatic controls of gold mineralisation in the Southern Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane, UK and Ireland;
Took a leading role in the strategic development of the research programme;
supervised and mentored PhD and undergraduate students;
developed and ensured a high standard of fieldwork, sampling, data collection, data management and lab work;
project administration e.g. procurement of capital equipment and services, logistics;
carried-out field data and sample collection, sample preparation, petrography, SEM work, geospatial modelling;
developed and implemented methodology and QA/QC protocols;
developed project GIS and database management system;
contributed to curriculum development;
disseminated research at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications;
provided teaching cover.
CONTRACTING EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST (GOLD), RSCMME
November 2010 - July 2013
I took a leading role in the design, planning and completion of gold exploration campaigns including greenfield tenement evaluation, target generation, brownfield licence development, resource definition, mine development and grade-control.
Syama, Mali - Dec 2012-Aug 2013:
Re-logged extensive legacy core library; carried-out structural modelling.
Manica, Mozambique - Mar 2012:
Carried out tenement evaluations; reconnaissance fieldwork, sampling and reporting.
Konongo, Ghana - Nov 2011-Oct 2012:
Carried out target generation, resource definition and in-pit grade control; structural mapping and modelling; planning and supervising RC drilling, soil, trench and pit sampling programmes; regolith mapping and logging; re-logging legacy core; QA/QC; GIS database management; mentoring junior geologists; reporting; covering for the Exploration Manager, joining management meetings and working closely with the mine manager, partners and investors.
Wassa Akropong, Ghana - Jun-Nov 2011:
Carried out tenement evaluations and target generation; planning and supervising geochemical surveys (soil, stream, trench and pit sampling); structural mapping; regolith mapping; logistics, HSE; QA/QC; GIS database management; reporting; mentoring junior geologists; quantity surveys and negotiating with community leaders and landowners.
Filabusi, Zimbabwe Apr-Jun 2011:
Carried out tenement evaluations and target generation; planning and supervising geochemical surveys; structural mapping and modelling; mentoring junior geologists; RC drilling; QA/QC; GIS; Niton PXRF survey; reporting; HSE.
Bougouni, Mali Nov 2010-Apr 2011:
Carried out tenement evaluations and target generation; project management and leadership with responsibility for staff, budget, logistics, QA/QC; planning and supervising soil, stream, trench and RC drilling campaigns; GIS database management; communication and reporting to senior executives; structural modelling; regolith mapping; logging; developing and implementing HSE policy; mentoring junior geologists.
TUTOR AND DEMONSTRATOR OF GEOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
July 2005 - April 2009
Developed and taught undergraduate course Yrs 3 and 4 'Tectonics and Mountain Belts’
field supervision of undergraduate mapping projects, Mull (2009)
weekly tutorial supervision of undergraduate geology students (2007-2009)
undergraduate residential fieldtrips: teaching and logistical aspects, Spain (2009), Arran (2005-2009)
demonstrating a range of lab classes e.g. practical geology, structural geology, palaeontology, sedimentology, igneous and metamorphic petrography.
POSTDOCTORAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGIST, BLACK SEA PROJECT, CASP
July 2005 - July 2008
Carried out applied geological research and consultancy for major energy companies (oil and gas)
Planned and carried out fieldwork in the Russian Greater Caucasus (October 2005) and Crimean Mountains (October 2007)
analysed and synthesized regional field, analytical, borehole and geophysical data
carried out 3D structural modelling in ArcGIS
authored commercial reports
published articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals
disseminated research at international conferences
delivered stakeholder workshops
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J. and Hursthouse, A., 2018. Late Caledonian post-subduction gold mineralisation and lithospheric delamination in the Southern Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane of Britain and Ireland. MDSG, University of Brighton, UK.
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J. and Hursthouse, A., 2017. Gold Mineralisation in the Southern Uplands - Longford Down Complex in Scotland and Ireland: Review and Synthesis of the role of late-Caledonian magmatism. Fermor meeting 2017: Factory Earth. Geological Society, Burlington House, London.
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J., Hursthouse, A. and Broetto, G., 2017. Low Impact Exploration for Gold in the Scottish Caledonides. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19.
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J. and Hursthouse, A., 2017. Timing, Controls and Tectonic Context of Gold Mineralisation in the Southern Uplands-Longford-Down Terrane, Caledonides, Scotland and Ireland. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19.
Rice, S. P., Cuthbert, S. J. and Hursthouse, A., 2016. Caledonian gold mineralisation in the Southern Uplands-Longford-Down Terrane in Scotland and Ireland: a synthesis of current data. Mineral Deposits Studies Group Annual Winter Meeting, Bristol, UK.
Vincent, S. J., Allen, M. B., Flecker, R., Foland, K. A., Gibbs, S., Ismail-Zadeh, A. D., Morton, A. C. and Rice, S. P., 2007. Field observations from the Caucasus region; evidence for Palaeogene tectonic events at the Southern Margin of Eurasia. International Symposium on Middle East Basins Evolution, Paris, France.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., 2007. Deformation and emplacement of the Upper Cretaceous Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan Suture Zone in the Eastern Pontides, Turkey. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9.
Rice, S. P., 2006. Preliminary observations of the structural style of the Russian Western Caucasus. Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, Manchester, UK.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., 2004. Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary tectonic processes in North Neotethys and the assembly of the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan Suture Zone, N Turkey. 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., 2003. Late Mesozoic-Early Tertiary sedimentation and tectonics along the Eurasian margin, northern Turkey. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France.
Rice, S. P., Robertson, A. H. F. and Ustaömer, T., 2002. Late Mesozoic-Early Tertiary sedimentation and tectonics along the Eurasian margin, northern Turkey. British Sedimentological Research Group AGM, Norwich.
