Mines & Wines Papers 2022: Discoveries in the Tasmanides

Program and Links to Presentations

Wednesday 11 May 2022

Welcome: Doug Menzies

The Big Picture
OPENING ADDRESS Dave Cooke, CODES Mineral systems in convergent margin settings – opportunities for discovery in the Tasmanides
Greg Corbett Porphyry Cu-Au and epithermal Au-Ag exploration in the Tasmanides
Phil Blevin, Geological Survey of New South Wales New England Orogen magmatic mineral systems

Magmatic Mineral Systems
Anthony Harris, Cameron Switzer, Richard Tosdal, Malissa Groome, Ian Percival – Newcrest Mining Ltd An update on the geology of the Cadia Valley alkalic porphyry deposits
Malai Ila’ava, Matthew Greene, Ben Reid, Tilen Milojkovic, Matthew Clifford, Chris Browne, James Biggam, Chris Leslie, Andrew Barker, Martin Jutzeler – Evolution Mining Ltd Cowal Gold Mine: recent developments and research Ned Howard
Stuart Smith – Inflection Resources Ltd Inflection Resources – pushing the Macquarie Arc north

Magmatic Mineral Systems (cont’d)
Terry Hoschke, Anthony Harris, Jonathon Hoye – Alterrex Geophysical characteristics of porphyries in the Lachlan Orogen
David Meates, Alkane Resources Ltd The Boda discovery
Nathan Chapman, J. C. Kitto, K. Adamczyk, T. Stever, A. Nicholls, S. Gyuris – Sandfire Resources Ltd  Fields of Gold – Anatomy of the Fields intermediate-low sulphidation epithermal system

Magmatic Mineral Systems (cont’d)
Jonathan Hoye – CMOC-Northparkes Mines Fluid-rock interactions to failed over-pressurisation in intrusion-hosted wallrock porphyry systems: examples from the Northparkes District, NSW
Mark Derriman, S Ke – ActivEX Limited The Gilberton Goldfield North Queensland – the forgotten goldfield
Matt Price – Sunshine Gold Exploration of the Norton and Ravenswood Gold Fields
Kaylene Camuti – AIG TESEP – Introducing earth science to young Australians

Thursday 12 May 2022

The Big Picture
Kathryn Waltenberg – Geoscience Australia Isotopes and geochronology: mapping domains, fertility and mineral systems at orogen, region and district scales
Paul Gow, Jenna McGovern, Juliana Vilhena, Sasha Aivazpourporgou, Dave Esser, Nathan Fox, Rick Valenta – University of Queensland NE Queensland Deposit Atlas

Basins and More
Joel Fitzherbert, Peter Downes, Phil Blevin – Geological Survey of New South Wales District-scale characteristics of mineralisation in the Cobar Basin: attempting to understand timing and genesis
Owen Thomas – Aurelia Metals Ltd Federation Pb-Zn-Au-Ag project, NSW
Joe Schifano – University of New South Wales and MinEx CRC Pines at Mines and Wines
Sebastian Hind, David Edgecombe – Peel Mining Limited Facies Analysis, Modelling & Geological Mapping of the Wagga Tank-Southern Nights Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Au Deposit, South Cobar Basin, Australia

Basins and More
Paul Flitcroft, Godolphin Resources Ltd Lewis Ponds, past, present, and future
Oliver Davies – Sky Metals Ltd Silurian gold: The unpacking of Cullarin
Brad Cox – Aeris Resources Ltd Exploration at Aeris Resources Tritton operation – how, where and why

Artificial Intelligence
Marcus Haynes, Stuart Walsh, Zhehan Weng – Geoscience Australia An integrated toolkit to support decision-making for exploration
Roman Teslyuk – Earth AI Pty Ltd Exploration targeting in the Tasmanides
Tom Carmichael – Datarock The use of Machine Learning in Exploration – from Greenfields to Near Mine
Doug Menzies Some words from the Chairman

Friday 13 May 2022

The Big Picture
David Giles – MinEx CRC MinEx CRC and the National Drilling Initiative: whetting the appetite for deep discovery
Chris Folkes, Geological Survey of New South Wales – MinEx CRC An update on geoscientific work achieved by the Geological Survey of NSW for the National Drilling Initiative
Tamara Woods – Hetherington Mining Title Services Overcoming increasingly common environmental roadblocks to commence exploration

Critical Metals
David L Huston, David C Champion, Kathryn Waltenberg, David Mole, Sharon Jones, Geoff Fraser – Geoscience Australia Critical metals: a global perspective, with implications for the Tasmanides
Helen Degeling – Geological Survey of Queensland Strategic resources and the New Economy: Queensland’s critical mineral potential
Ian Chalmers, David Meates – Australian Strategic Metals Ltd The Geology of the Toongi rare metal and rare earth deposit
Mike Woods, Michael Ostrowski, James O’Connor – Sunrise Energy Metals Advancing the Sunrise Project to Production and Regional Exploration Update

Orogenic
Alex Cherry, David Meates, Lachlan Burrows, Ian Chalmers – Alkane Resources Ltd The Roswell and San Antonio gold deposits
Thomas Wall, James Egan, Christopher Byrne – Legacy Minerals Holdings The Harden Gold Mine: A renewal – 109 years since its last production
Michael Hudson, Nick Cook – Mawson Gold Ltd Re-discovery of the Sunday Creek gold-antimony project, Victoria

Magmatic Mineral Systems (cont’d)
Tristian Wells- University of Tasmania  Geology and geochronology of the Two-Thirty Breccia Complex, NSW
Paul Cromie, Sam Spring, John Holliday, Peter Leaman, Batbayar (Baggy) Enkhbold, Ben Jones, Jim Finlay, Molor Edenebat, Tsolmon Amgaa, Jeff Vassallo- Kincora Copper Ltd The Trundle Park copper-gold prospect, NSW: Evolving geological insights through deeper exploration drilling
Tom Klein, David Biggs, Darren Holden, Ian Graham – Silver Mines Ltd Bowdens epithermal silver deposit: recent knowledge advancements and machine learning cogitations