Today, myself, Allan Trench (University of Western Australia) and Jon Hronsky (Western Mining Services & Centre for Exploration Targeting) continued our articles on the X-Files and mineral exploration. In today's article we looked at how Fox Mulder might go about opening up new exploration search space. The list we came up with was: entering previously inaccessible regions whether due to… Read this post →
Minerals exploration guru, Jon Hronsky wrote to myself and a number of other industry professionals today, to remind us that this day marks the 50th anniversary since Western Mining Corporation (WMC) intersected nickel sulphides in drill hole KD1 at the Lunnon deposit in Western Australia's gold fields. This would subsequently become the Kambalda nickel region (after which Kambalda-type nickel deposits are… Read this post →
As a fan of 90s sci-fi show the X-Files, I'm obviously excited about the new series due to air in the next few weeks. This therefore gave me the opportunity to mix my like of X-Files with another passion - minerals exploration. The result is a series of articles to go out in the Strictly Boardroom column of MiningNewsPremium.net over… Read this post →
I'm pleased to report that Centre for Exploration Targeting colleagues featured on the ABC News last night. Adjunct Professor Jon Hronsky, Dr. Crystal LaFlamme and PhD student Stefano Caruso featured in a news piece about innovation in minerals exploration, and specifically how "sulphur could hold the key to next generation of mining deposits". It is great to see minerals exploration… Read this post →
This year, Allan Trench of the Centre for Exploration Targeting is hosting Discovery Day on Tuesday 24th February at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle. This is my favourite annual seminar as it includes a host of presenters who have actually discovered mineral deposits, discussing the reality of how it happened, including what role serendipity played. Perspectives comes from geology, geochemistry,… Read this post →
