Mesozoic–Cenozoic Magma Evolution and Tin Metallogeny in Western Yunnan, China

Hua-Wen Cao is an associate researcher at Chengdu University of Technology, currently serves as the managing associate editor of the Journal of Chengdu University of Technology (Science & Technology Edition). He has long been dedicated to conducting research in the fields of petrology and mineral deposits. As the project leader, he has presided over more than 10 scientific research projects, including the General Program and Youth Science Fund Project (Category C) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as mineral geology survey projects performed under the China Geological Survey. He has published more than 50 academic papers as the first author or corresponding author in top international journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Gondwana Research, Geoscience Frontiers, and Ore Geology Reviews.

Hao Zou, Ph.D., is a full professor at Chengdu University of Technology, China. He is also an associate editor of Ore Geology Reviews and co-Editor-in-Chief of Ore and Energy Resource Geology. He has long been dedicated to conducting research in the fields of tectonics and mineral deposits. As the project leader, he has presided over more than 20 scientific research projects, including Key Program, the General Program and Youth Science Fund Project (Category C) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as National Science and Technology Major Project. He was awarded High-level Young Talent Award of China in 2023. He has published more than 140 papers in renowned academic journals, including Earth and Planetary Science Letters, National Science Review, Earth–Science Reviews, and has co-published 4 monographs and 3 textbook.

Franco Pirajno has considerable experience in tectonics, ore deposit geology and mineral explorations in Europe, southern Africa, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the southwest Pacific, China, Greenland, southern and eastern Siberia and Australia. While working at the GSWA, his duties included in-depth studies of the mineral systems of Western Australia and comparative analyses with similar systems in other parts of the world. In the last 25 years, Franco Pirajno has worked extensively in Western Australia’s Proterozoic terranes and was instrumental in the discovery of a new large igneous province in Australia. He was a visiting professor at Peking University in 2003 and at the China University of Geosciences, Beijing in 2004 and 2005, respectively. He was a distinguished foreign professor at Hefei University of Technology from September-October 2012. He was the appointed chairperson of the SEG Fellowship Admissions Committee from 2009 to 2011.

Shou-Ting Zhang is a professor at the China University of Geosciences, Beijing. He is a member of the Professional Committee of Mineral Exploration of the Chinese Geological Society; a committee of the Mineral Exploration Society of China Mining Association; and a member of the editorial boards of Modern Geology and Resources and Industries. He has long been engaged in teaching and scientific research on the exploration, evaluation, development, and utilization of solid mineral resources. He has published 12 monographs, one textbook, and more than 100 academic papers. 

Fei-Yang Yao is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Chengdu University of Technology. His primary research focuses on genetic mineralogy, granite petrogenesis and the associated metallogeny. During his graduate studies, he has participated in several significant research projects, including “Controls of partial melting processes on the initial enrichment of tin and tungsten during the petrogenesis of Himalayan leucogranites” and “Intelligent extraction and analysis of exploration indicator systems for copper-gold polymetallic deposits”.