| Name: | Professor Ian Plimer |
| Position: | Professor of Mining Geology |
| Organisation: | University of Adelaide |
| Department/Division: | Earth and Environmental Sciences/Civil and Environ |
| Primary Areas: | Mining and energy |
| Science and technology |
| Expertise: | Mining; mineral exporation; zinc; lead; silver; gold; Broken Hill; Cobar; global warming; greenhouse |
| Organisation type: | Academic |
| Website: | www.adelaide.edu.au |
| Notes: | Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Eureka Prize (x2), Fellow of the AusIMM, Fellow Geological Society, Centenary Medal, Clarke Medal, Leopod von Buch Plakette, Sir Willis Connolly Medal |
| Expert's direct contacts: | |
| Phone: | 08.83037040 |
| Fax: | 08.83034347 |
| Mobile: | 0421 089 651 |
| After hours: | 0421 089 651 |
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Media Contact:
(Note: For journalists only) | |
| Contact: | Candy Gibson |
| Phone: | +61 8 8303 3173 |
| After Hours: | 0414 559 773 |
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| Publications: |  130 scientific papers, mainly on mineral deposits (especially the Broken Hill deposit, gold deposits and other metalliferous ores)
6 books
including Telling lies for God (Random House) on religious fundamentalism and A Short History of Planet Earth (ABC Books) on the history of the planet, life and greenhouse
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