Biography: Hugh de Souza

Hugh de Souza PhD, PGeo

Hugh de Souza is a consulting geochemist who recently retired as Director of Geological
Services, Business Development with SGS Minerals in Mar 2022.. In this role he provided
technical advice on geochemical, mineralogical and other SGS services applied in exploration
and mining. In addition, he was involved in implementation of new technologies such as XRF and
Hyperspectral Core Scanning and laser ablation ICP-MS. He has managed SGS geochemical,
mineralogical and diamond labs over the last 27 years and has worked on the development of
new mineralogical and geochemical methods for mineral exploration. Prior to that he was with
the Ontario Geological Survey and carried out post-doctoral work at the Universities of New
Brunswick and Geneva. He holds a BA Honours in Environmental Sciences (Lancaster), MSc in
Geochemistry (Leeds), PhD in Isotope Geology (Edinburgh).