Meet Our Global Team

Leslie Correia

Senior Engineer

MSc Engineering (Chem) cum laude, 2007; Bachelor of Engineering (Chem), 2005 University of Stellenbosch

Leslie, a Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of Stellenbosch, is a Senior Engineer at Paterson & Cooke’s Cape Town office.

Between 2014 and 2024, he also spent time in Canada and Mexico with Paterson & Cooke North America.

Leslie leads Paterson & Cooke’s Global Backfill Group and specialises in the design and implementation of paste backfill plants and underground reticulation systems, with extensive project experience in Africa and the Americas.

Notable Papers

Correia L.D.C. et al. (2021) “Case study: Paste plant retrofit”, Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill, ISBN: 978-1-032-07203-6, Katowice, Poland.

Correia L.D.C. et al. (2023) “Fruta del Norte Paste Plant – Case Study”, 25th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings, 29 April – 3 May 2023, Alberta, Canada