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Marcus Sweetapple works as a consultant in the mineral exploration industry, principally in Western Australia. He specializes in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry applied to rare metal mineralized systems, with a particular interest in hard rock lithium. He completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Flinders University in Adelaide, before working with various companies exploring gold commodities across Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, and Victoria. Sweetapple's academic journey continued with a part-time PhD at Curtin University, focusing on tantalum mineralized pegmatite systems, which involved a variety of geoscience activities including tutoring, research assistance, and contributing to regional pegmatite studies. He was honored with a Chancellor’s commendation and departmental prize for his dissertation. After completing his PhD, he worked as a consultant for tantalum, uranium, and industrial minerals exploration and later joined CSIRO as a research scientist. His work at CSIRO spanned various mineral systems including Archaean lode gold and rare metal granitic pegmatites, hydrothermal nickel, and industrial minerals. Recently, he has provided specialist mineralogical and petrological services for a major lithium-tantalum project and conducted feasibility studies and targeted regional exploration studies for lithium-tantalum pegmatites and other minerals.
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