UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL: The Copperbelt University, School of Mines and Mineral Sciences,

Geology Department

CURRENT POSITION:   Lecturer 1/HOD

E-mail: gabriel.ziwa@cbu.ac.zm, gabriel.ziwa@gmail.com

Mobile: +260 966 598 974

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • Years: 2019 – 2024; PhD – Geology: University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines, UK; Thesis: The Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Cobalt in Mining-affected Environments
  • Years: 2014 – 2015; MSc – Geology:  Curtin University of Technology, Australia; Thesis: Hydrothermal Replacement Cu-Pb-Zn Mineralisation at Yeneena, Paterson Province, WA.
  • Years: 2005 – 2010; B. Min. Sc. – Geology: The University of Zambia, Zambia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
  • Member, Geological Society of Zambia (GIS)
  • Member, Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)
  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK
  • Associate Fellow, ASPIRE, UK
COURSES TAUGHT

Postgraduate courses

  • GM 650 – Advanced Instrumentation: Exploration Geochemistry                                                                  

Undergraduate courses

  • DGY 313 – Geology for Mining Engineers (3rd year Diploma Mining Engineering)
  • GY 313 – Mining and Economic Geology (3rd year B.Eng. Mining Engineering)
  • GM 220 – Fundamentals of Geology
  • GM 310 – Mineralogy and Petrology
  • GM 321 – Regolith Geology
  • GM 420 – Mining and Exploration Geology
  • GM 440 – Surface Processes and Geochemical Exploration Techniques
  • GM 520 – Geostatistics and Resource Estimation
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
  • Lecturer; The Copperbelt University (July, 2015 – to date)
  • Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PTA), University of Exeter (August, 2020 – August, 2022)
  • Part-time lecturer – The University of Zambia, (2018/2019 academic year)
  • Staff Development Fellow, The Copperbelt University (April, 2014 – July 2015)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Resource estimation and modelling
  • Mining and Exploration Geology
  • Geochemistry – Environmental and Exploration
  • Sustainable and reclamation mining for green energy
  • Environmental and toxicity issues of mine waste
  • Geochemical characterisation and remediation of mine waste contaminants
PUBLICATIONS

Ziwa, G., Crane, R., & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. (2025). Geochemistry and mineralogy of Cobalt in mine wastes: examples from Cobalt, Canada and Cornwall, England. Frontiers in Geochemistry, 3, 1543695.

Ziwa, G., Crane, R., & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. (2020). Geochemistry, mineralogy and microbiology of cobalt in mining-affected environments. Minerals, 11(1), 22.

Mwanamuchende, T., Mukube, P., Nyirenda, K., Okello, N., Ziwa, G., & Mwape, A. (2019). Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Heavy Metals in Soils of Residential Areas Surrounding the Nkana Copper Mine Site in Kitwe District, Zambia. American Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 4(1), 26-37.

Majer, V., Knésl, I., Kříbek, B., Nyambe, I. A., Ziwa, G., Mihaljevič, M. & Sracek, O. (2011). Soil contamination and health risks associated with former Pb and Zn ore smelting in Kabwe, Zambia. Mining and the Environment in Africa, 43.