Pedro Acosta-Góngora

Dr. Pedro Acosta-Góngora is a researcher with the Geological Survey of Norway. His current area of research is focused on the application of geostatistical tools to ore genesis-related, predictive mapping (mineral potential and ecological) and geochemical anomaly identification studies. Derived from this work, Dr. Acosta-Góngora was part of the team that won the prestigious Frank Arnott Award (2018), presented by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). 

He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Costa Rica, a M.Sc. in Mineral Engineering with emphasis in mineral exploration from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Acosta-Gongora has worked as a member of multidisciplinary research teams across all sectors, including the mining industry, academia, and government. He has extensive fieldwork experience that includes bedrock and various types of geochemical mapping surveys at local and regional scales across several countries. His early career was oriented to studying the ore genesis of different types of hydrothermal (IOCG, polymetallic vein-hosted and metasomatic uranium) and magmatic (Ni-Cu-PGE) deposits using a wide range of geochemical tools (e.g. isotopic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and concentration of major and trace elements in minerals and rocks). 

He has been a short-course instructor of applied geochemistry for mineral exploration at international conferences (PDAC and SGA). The results of his scientific contributions have been presented at national and international conferences and published principally as peer-reviewed papers (e.g. Economic Geology, Journal of Geochemical Exploration), book chapters, and open file reports (Canadian and Norwegian geological surveys).