Meet Our Global Team
Leslie Correia
Senior Engineer
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.
"The importance of transient analysis in successful design and operation of underground paste distribution systems", Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 1-11 · Apr 13, 2026
"Case study: Media Luna paste system", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 275-288 · Apr 8, 2025
"A Review of Pastefill Borehole Design Alternatives", Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill, Vancouver, Canada, 12-15 May 2024 · May 15, 2024
"Effect of paste pump performance on the transient pressures and forces in an underground distribution system", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings, Australian Centre for Geomechanics · Apr 18, 2024
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
"A critical look at uniaxial test procedures applied in the backfill industry", 11th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill, 20–22 May 2014, Perth, Australia
"Interfacial gas–liquid transfer area in alkane–aqueous dispersions and its impact on the overall volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient", Biochemical Engineering Journal · Mar 15, 2010
"Measurement of the overall volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient in alkane-aqueous dispersions", Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology · Aug 14, 2009
"Oxygen transfer in hydrocarbon-aqueous dispersions and its applicability to alkane bioprocesses: A review", Biochemical Engineering Journal · May 1, 2008