FAYE Cheikh Ibrahima
Formation:
Mars 2023. Thèse de doctorat en cotutelle entre l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Sénégal) et l’Université de Genève (Suisse)
• Thème de recherche : Les gisements aurifères associés aux complexes plutoniques du Sénégal oriental
2019. Cours de renforcement-Université de Genève
• Gîtologie et Métallogénie avancée (étude des gisements)
• Identification des minéraux opaques au microscope
2011 à aujourd’hui : Géologue d’exploration spécialisé en cartographie géologique et prospection de l’or, du manganèse, du niobium, de la bauxite et d’autres substances connexes en Afrique.
2005-2011. Ingénieur géologue de conception-Institut des Sciences de la Terre (Université Cheikh Anta Diop)
• Géologie fondamentale
• Géologie appliquée
Date de recrutement : Avril 2016
Spécialités Métallogénie
Domaines et activités de recherche Géologie, Géochimie, Métallogénie, Pétrographie
Activités académiques (enseignement)
Cours, TP/TD, Pétro-minéralogie, Géochimie, métallogénie, école de terrain (cartographie)
Projets en cours et/ou réalisés
Publications
1- Uranium mineralization associated with albitization in a Paleoproterozoic granite: Example of the Saraya granite, (Eastern Senegal, West Africa). Moumar Dieye, Cheikh Ibrahima Faye, Mahamadane Diene, Michel Cuney, Marc Brouand, Mamadou Gueye. (Journal of African Earth Sciences, Elsevier). Volume 226, February 2025, 105570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2025.105570
2- Geological, geophysical and surface geochemical guides for gold exploration in the Falémé Volcanic Belt, West African Craton, Senegal. Cheikh Ibrahima Faye, Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Ibrahima Dia, Mamadou Gueye, Robert Moritz. (Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Elsevier). Volume 245, February 2023, 107145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2022.107145
3- Effects of Preparation’s Parameters on Stabilization of Sabodala Gold Mine Tailings: Comparison of Fresh and Weathered Materials. Ibrahima Dia, Cheikh Ibrahima Faye, Dame Keinde, Mababa Diagne, Mamadou Gueye. (Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2017, 5, 21-35). https://doi:10.4236/gep.2017.59003
4- Magmatic arc construction within the Kedougou-Kenieba inlier, eastern Senegal: Petrographic, lithogeochemical and radiogenic isotope constraints. Cheikh Ibrahima Faye, Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Ibrahima Dia, Mahamadane Diene, Mamadou Gueye, Marion Grosjean, Alexey Ulianov, Massimo Chiaradia, Robert Moritz. (Journal of African Earth Sciences, Elsevier). Volume 208, December 2023, 105076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105076
5- New U-Pb Geochronology, isotopic whole rock Sr-Nd and zircon Lu-Hf of the Paleoproterozoic intrusions in the southeastern part of the Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier, Senegal, West Africa: tectonic and metallogenic implications. (In Preparation)
Communications
• 5th Edition of the CAMES Scientific Days, held at the African Center for Higher Studies in Management (CESAG), Dakar (Senegal), from December 6 to 9, 2021.
1- Title of the presentation: Surface Geological, Geophysical, and Geochemical Guides for Gold Exploration in the Falémé Volcanic Belt, West African Craton, Senegal – Long Oral Presentation
2- Title of the presentation: Gold Mineralization Associated with the Boboti Granitic Complex (West African Craton) – Poster Presentation
3- Title of the presentation: Magmatic Diversity and Metallogenic Implications in the Southeastern Part of the Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Senegal – Long Oral Presentation
• Gordon Research Seminar and Conference, May 21–27, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain. Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits.
4- Title of the presentation: Gold Mineralization Associated with the Granitic Complex of Boboti (West African Craton). (Poster presentation)
• Congress from September 13 to 16, 2022, at the Natural History Museum of Geneva (Switzerland). Sustainable Mineral Resources supply: Challenges for future generations: deux Communication (Oral and Poster presentations)
Awards et distinctions
2024: Award for the Best Paper by an African Early Career Geoscientist published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences (2023).
2022: Student Research Grant from Spora’s Explorers Fund and the Hugh McKinstry Fund, Society of Economic Geologists Foundation.
2019: Research Grant funded by Newmont Mining Corporation, Society of Economic Geologists Foundation.