M. Stephen Enders

Mining Engineering Department Head and Professor of Practice

Education

• Certificate in Executive Leadership, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, 2005
• Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Arizona, 2000
• M.Sc., Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, 1981
• B.Sc., Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1976

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Professional Experience

Dr. Enders has held a wide variety of positions in the mining industry over the last 34 years including:

• Exploration, development and operations in the uranium, gold and copper businesses
• Steve has been the head of worldwide exploration for two of the world’s largest mining companies as President of Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp and most recently as Senior Vice President for Newmont
• He is currently the Principal Consultant for Renaissance Resource Partners providing strategic advice from discovery through closure for the mining industry, and on economic geology and mining engineering programs for universities worldwide
• He is Executive Chairman of Eurasian Minerals Inc., a co-founder and Director of Cupric Canyon Capital, LLC, and Vice-Chairman of the Board for the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona
• Steve is a Research Professor in the Mining Engineering Department and the Director of the Center for Innovation in Earth Resources Science and Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
• Steve is the 2011 President for the Society of Economic Geologists

Available Lectures

Selected Publications

• Enders, M.S., Knickerbocker, C, Titley, S.R., & Southam, G., 2006. The role of bacteria in the supergene environment of the Morenci porphyry copper deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 100, 59-70.
• Melchiorre, E.B., & Enders, M.S., 2003. Stable isotope geochemistry of copper carbonates at the Northwest Extension deposit, Morenci District, Arizona: implications for conditions of supergene oxidations and related mineralization. Economic Geology, 98, 607-621.
• Reid, B.H., Buffler, R.T., & Enders, M.S., 2001. Sedimentation and tectonics of the Gila Group conglomerate in the Duncan basin, Greenlee County, SE Arizona. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33, A-71.
• Enders, M.S., Knickerbocker, C, Titley, S.R., & Southam, G., 2006. The role of bacteria in the supergene environment of the Morenci porphyry copper deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 100, 59-70.
• Melchiorre, E.B., & Enders, M.S., 2003. Stable isotope geochemistry of copper carbonates at the Northwest Extension deposit, Morenci District, Arizona: implications for conditions of supergene oxidations and related mineralization. Economic Geology, 98, 607-621.
• Reid, B.H., Buffler, R.T., & Enders, M.S., 2001. Sedimentation and tectonics of the Gila Group conglomerate in the Duncan basin, Greenlee County, SE Arizona. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33, A-71.

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