Marcello Veiga, University of British Columbia

Research

alterntive lixiviant artisanal mining cyanogenic plants gold mercury pollution

Latest papers

An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world.
The Science of the total environment · 2014
Characterization, mapping, and mitigation of mercury vapour emissions from artisanal mining gold shops.
Environmental research · 2013

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Cyanogenic Plants to Extract Gold: an Alternative for Artisanal MIners
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$276,000
Introducing Mercury-free Techniques in Artisanal Gold Mining
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Reducing mercury pollution from mining
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 10 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world.

Seccatore J, Veiga M, Origliasso C, Marin T, De Tomi G

The Science of the total environment2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.003 PMID: 24867677

02

Characterization, mapping, and mitigation of mercury vapour emissions from artisanal mining gold shops.

Cordy P, Veiga M, Crawford B, Garcia O, Gonzalez V, Moraga D, Roeser M, Wip D

Environmental research2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.015 PMID: 23541941

Cyanogenic Plants to Extract Gold: an Alternative for Artisanal MIners

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

Keywords: cyanogenic plants; gold; artisanal mining; mercury pollution; alterntive lixiviant

$276,000

Introducing Mercury-free Techniques in Artisanal Gold Mining

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

$150,000

Reducing mercury pollution from mining

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

$120,000

Extracting good governance: extractive resource sectors and the rescaling of governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.

Keywords: resource geography; resource governance; extractive sectors; political geography; ecology; re-scaling

$95,255

Teaching First Nations about Mercury Health Assessment

Nominated PICIHR2009Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Aboriginal Peoples' Health

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello M

Keywords: Health Assessment; Knowledge Transfer; Mercury Intoxication; Mercury Mine

$17,500

Replacement of energy-dispersion X-ray spectrometer and operating system on Phillips XL30 scanning electron microscope

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bustin, Robert

$76,387

Mercury and cyanide gold mining tailings

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

$112,875

Wetlands and mercury methylation

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

$22,575

Reactivity of mercury in darkwater systems and mitigation procedures

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Veiga, Marcello

$90,300

Software and hardware upgrade for X-ray powder diffractometer

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Raudsepp, Mati

$33,635

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: alterntive lixiviant Dear Professor Veiga, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world." (2014), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Cyanogenic Plants to Extract Gold: an Alternative for Artisanal MIners" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]