Last October in the Strictly Boardroom column we considered the problem of why more Australian's don't do minerals industry PhDs, with a particular focus on geoscience in this case. Though initially this may seem a somewhat niche question, many key figures in the domestic exploration industry are PhDs (though you may not realise it). There is more to this than… Read this post →
Earlier this year I was invited to speak at one of the side seminars running at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Conference - probably the world's largest mining conference - on the subject of specialty metals and minerals. Alas, I was unable to attend but my friend and colleague, Dave Stevenson (then Centre for Exploration Targeting* now… Read this post →
This year I am proud to be helping organise both the inaugural Western Australian and All-Australian Finals to qualify for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Young Persons' World Lecture Competition. As you will have no doubt guessed from the number of presentations on this website I am a passionate believer in the effective communication of good science, engineering and… Read this post →
This month's edition of RESOURCESTOCKS includes the annual 'Top 100' compiled by Allan Trench and myself. The list focuses on seeking out the length and breadth of variety available for mining and petroleum investors on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). According to portfolio theory investors should focus on diversification, so this list surveys the range of commodities, geographic locations and… Read this post →
In September, I was proud to present a plenary presentation for the Society of Economic Geologists conference, based on my PhD research, entitled "Finding the Copper Mine of the 21st Century: Conceptual exploration targeting for hypothetical copper reserves". The presentation considers the various views of the future of the copper mining industry which seem to assume that it will be… Read this post →
