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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007712b.htm person Preston Ken AACR2 14 May 1951 23 June 2024 Place of Birth New Zealand Place of Death Queensland, Australia Geologist Ken Preston was a coal geologist who spent much of his career with Conzinc Riotinto of Australia and later Rio Tinto Ltd, holding increasingly senior positions including that of exploration manager. Among his projects were feasibility studies leading to the subsequent development of the Blair Atholl and other mines in the Bowen Basin in Queensland. With Dick Sanders he worked on demystifying the process of estimating the in situ density of coal, for which they were presented with the Leichhardt Award in 2021 by the Bowen Basin Geologists Group. 1972 1972 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Canterbury, New Zealand 1973 1975 Career position - Assistant Project Geologist, Thiess Bros Pty Ltd 1975 1976 Career position - Project Geologist, Thiess Bros Pty Ltd 1976 1978 Life event - Travelling in Europe and Asia 1978 1979 Career position - Geologist, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia 1979 1983 Career position - Senior Geologist, Blair Athol Coal Pty Ltd 1983 Career position - Senior geologist, Pacific Coal 2004 2004 Life event - Retired from Rio Tinto as senior geologist 2021 2021 Award - Leichhardt Award, Bowen Basin Geologists Group Rio Tinto Limited (1997 - )

Retired 2004 as senior geologist

 'Preston, Ken', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Preston, Ken Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Ken Preston 14 May 1951 - 23 June 2024 Bowen Basin Geologists Group Ken Preston 14 May 1951 - 23 June 2024 2024 TAG: the Australian geologist 212 60