E & E Meeting - Re-Discovery of the Brookshire Uranium Deposit

HGS Environmental and Engineering Dinner Meeting

September 11, 2024

Location: Los Tios restaurant located at 9527 Westheimer RD, Houston.
Social 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:30 p.m., Presentation 7:30- 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $35 Pre-registered members; $40 non-members & ALL walk-ups
To guarantee a seat, you must pre-register on the HGS website and pay with a credit card.  You may walk up and pay at the door if extra seats are available.  Please cancel by phone or email within 24 hours before the event for a refund. Online & pre-registration closes Wednesday, at 5:00 a.m.

A Tale of the Re-Discovery of the Brookshire Uranium Deposit Whose Time has Come

Speaker: Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G

Mr. Campbell received a bachelor's degree in geology and hydrogeology from the Ohio State University and a master’s degree in geology and geophysics from Rice University under a Mills Bennett Fellowship. Over a professional career approaching 60 years, Mr. Campbell has over the past two decades served the AAPG’s Energy Mineral Division (EMD) as Chairman of the Uranium & REE Committee and was elected President of the EMD in 2010. He has produced more than 200 publications and reports and four books, including a recent memoir. Upon graduation, he was appointed Manager of the Alternate Energy, Mining and Environmental Group of Keplinger and Associates, Inc., a major oil and gas consulting firm in Houston and Tulsa. He managed a staff of six professionals and produced numerous reports of investigations on uranium, coal, and geothermal projects in the U.S. and overseas. While with K&A, he and associates produced the text: “Geology of Alternate Energy Resources,” published by the Houston Geological Society. Law Engineering and Environmental Company in Houston, and after a few years, he was promoted to Corporate Chief Hydrogeologist covering Law’s 50 officers nationwide. He later was offered a position at DuPont as the Regional Technical Manager within the Dupont Environmental Group with line responsibility for a staff of about 70 professionals in five departments: geology, special services, engineering design and construction, and deep-well disposal services. 

Speaker: Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G

Mr. Wise obtained a bachelor’s degree in geology from Boston University and a master’s degree in geology from the University of Texas, El Paso. He has 47 years of experience in South Texas uranium exploration and production, and environmental remediation consulting for various private companies and federal, state, and private sector clients. His successful uranium activities includes exploration and in-situ recovery mine development and production. For 25 years he worked for Republic Services and was responsible for three TCEQ contracts, PST State Lead, PST emergency response, and spill-emergency response. He has extensive experience in UST and RCRA facilities, Minimum Site Assessments, Plan A Risk Reduction Environmental Site Assessments, and the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP). Also experienced in site remediation, RCRA Part B applications, deep well disposal, and pipeline permit applications. He also has produced 25 technical papers on uranium and nuclear power, mostly with Michael D. Campbell. Mr. Wise has been serving over the past 20 years as Vice-Chair – Industry on AAPG’s Energy Minerals Division’s Uranium and REE Committee. He also has been serving as the President of the Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG). Beyond his current consulting practice, Mr. Wise is serving as Vice President – Operations for the I2M Corporation in developing a uranium mining project of a deposit he discovered in the 1980s. 

Speaker: Bruce Handley, P.G

Mr. Handley entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison after his honorable discharge from the United States Air Force. After switching majors and working to establish residency in Wisconsin, he earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Geology and Geophysics. He started his career in oil and gas exploration at the Sohio Petroleum Company, doing field work and seismic basement mapping in the Appalachians.  When Conoco merged with Phillips Petroleum he departed the oil and gas industry. Mr. Handley enrolled in the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET), a program developed by Mr. Michael Campbell to cross train  displaced oil and gas professionals into the environmental field.  He graduated 2nd in a class of 97 students from this 4-month training program.  He began his environmental consulting career that year and served with large and small consulting firms, including Conestoga Rovers and Associates and The Benham Companies.  It was during this period that Mr. Handley was exposed to nearly every facet of the environmental consulting industry, including health and safety, due diligence, permit compliance, subsurface interpretation, and remediation. After more than 20 years, he decided to step away from the consulting business, but some long-time clients still needed his experience and Michael D. Campbell, the President and CEO of I2M Corporation and Mr. Handley’s long-time mentor, was one of these. As a previous associate at I2M Consulting, LLC in other projects, Mr. Handley was selected to join the I2M team exploring for energy minerals in Texas. One aspect of his experience that adds value to this team is his demonstrated respect for the natural world and our need to act ethically as responsible stewards of the environment.