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Entering an immature exploration search space (Sandstone Greenstone Belt, W. Australia)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Management, Mineral Economics, PhD, Publications, Recommended, Research, Technical Paper Reviews

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Last week, a publication by colleagues Sam Davies (University of Western Australia & Alto Metals), David Groves (Orebusters), Allan Trench (UWA), and Jon Standing (Model Earth), to which I also contributed was published in the peer reviewed journal 'Ore Geology Reviews'. The paper is entitled "Entering an immature exploration search space: Assessment of the potential orogenic gold endowment of the…
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My PhD Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mining

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, Future, Management, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, PhD, Publications, Recommended, Research, Strategy

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In November last year I presented an overview of my PhD research and 'journey' at the school postgraduate symposium. The unofficial title was "My PhD Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mining". The more formal title for my PhD research is "Using scenario planning to improve the integration of geological, technical, economic, environmental, geopolitical, and socio-political factors…
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Putting the Cooperative into Cooperative Research Centre

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, Mining, Publications, Research

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Last year, Allan Trench presented some ideas of ours, about the nature of collaborative, inter-disciplinary applied research to the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC). The DET CRC is coming to the end of its excellent run of research (primarily in low-cost drilling technologies) helping mineral explorers in Australia tackle deep, under cover exploration, one of the critical…
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The challenges of ex-China rare earth mine development (and how to overcome them)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Management, Mineral Economics, Mining, Publications, Recommended, Strategy

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Last September, my colleague Josh Wright at Rowton Ltd., presented some work done with myself and Allan Trench on "The challenges of ex-China Rare Earth Mine Development (and how to overcome them)" at the Argus Media Rare Earths Conference in Hangzhou, China. The presentation analysed the components of a good strategy for rare earths mine project development including funding options,…
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