Nikita Kepezhinskas MSc | DERTS Trainees

Nikita's project is focused on the characterization and timing of emplacement for the Dharma kimberlites in the Woopmay Orogen and Mel kimberlites in the Rae Craton. Sample were provided by Santana Resources and North Arrow Minerals, respectively. These diamondiferous intrusions are not well characterized and lack reliable radiogenic ages. Additionally, Nikita aims to expand on the data available in the World Kimberlites and Lamproites CONSOREM Database (Faure, 2010).  HIs past and ongoing research interests include study of the timing and evolution of the East African Rift System, Quaternary volcanism in northern Honduras, timing and evolution of accretionary orogenesis in the Western Caribbean region, as well as the mobility of chalcophile and siderophile elements and sulfides during magmatic and metamorphic processes in subduction-related mafic-ultramafic plutons of Far East Russia.

Nikita went on to work with APEX Geoscience Ltd., an exploration consulting company that works in a wide variety of commodities.

Internships

APEX Geoscience Ltd. August 2020 - February 2022

Publications

Kepezhinskas, N. (2022) Age, Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Mel and Dharma kimberlites, northern Canada. MSc Thesis, University of Alberta, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-f8et-6z90