This year I ran a series of scenarios workshops on the future of minerals exploration (and thus the future of mining too) as part of my PhD research at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia (UWA). The results are slowly starting to become available. There were three workshops, the second of which involved a group 19… Read this post →
This week's Strictly Boardroom article on MiningNewsPremium.net with Allan Trench considers what is geoscience excellence in a mining a company? How can geoscience generate value for a mining company across the value chain and through the project cycle? And more importantly how can it be measured? The article is available to subscribers on the MiningNewsPremium.net website. For keen followers of… Read this post →
This weeks Strictly Boardroom column is co-authored by Sam Ulrich, Principal Consultant Geologist at Ravensgate Mining Industry Consultants, and now a PhD student at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia. Sam will be researching the link between gold mining costs and the geological characteristics of gold deposits. Previous research has highlighted that the link between costs and… Read this post →
Earlier this year my PhD supervisor, Allan Trench, presented an opening address to a special workshop at the ASEG-PESA (Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists & Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia) 2015 conference, with some co-author assistance from myself and Matthew Kanakis. The workshop was entitled 'Geophysical signatures of mineral systems: more than bumps'. The workshop addresses the fact that as we deplete… Read this post →
Are you a geologist in the mining sector? Do you know how mineral economics drives decision making and success in your industry? Prove it! Take the test now! http://www.slideshare.net/JohnSykes/mineral-economics-for-geologiststakethetestnowcentreforexplorationtargetingweb Allan Trench and I will be running our Mineral Economics for Geologists short course at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, Curtin University & The University of Western Australia on 2nd… Read this post →
