SMEDG - AIG

“New Exploration Technologies” Symposium

Kirribilli Club, Milsons Point, Friday, 11^th September, 2009

Link to Abstracts Volume

Presentations in .pdf and some .ppt formats now available – click on links below

SESSION 1 – Geochemistry and Geophysics

Chairman: Ian Neuss

9:00 - 9:25 Dave Cohen

Geochemistry and the challenge posed by exotic cover

9:25 – 9:50 Andrew Boyd
New generation helicopter time domain EM systems

9:50 - 10:15 Rob Hough

Invisible gold revealed in supergene and hypogene environments – new insights into gold mobility

10:15 - 10:40 Neil Rutherford

Partial leaches, sulphur isotopes and regolith controls –

Osborne case study.

Morning tea 10:40 to 11:15

SESSION 2 – Prospect and Regional Scale Mapping

Chairman: Lindsay Gilligan

11:15 - 11:40 Bob Musgrave

How deep do you want to look? Tilt filters, layer filters,

and other new ways of extracting depth structure from geophysical data

11:40 - 12:05 Mark Manly

The Spalding Copper Prospect:

A Case Study in Geochemical Sampling Using Field Portable XRF
Witheld at presenter's request

12:05 - 12:30 Greg Street

Airborne gravity gradiometry

12:30 - 12:55 Tim Rawling

New techniques in regional 3D geological mapping, simulation and

visualisation and their application in predictive mineral exploration.

Lunch 12:55 to 2:15

SESSION 3 – New Uses for Old Data and Techniques

Chairman: Phil Hellman

2:15 - 2:40 Dave Lawie

New uses for old data; lithogeochemistry for classification,

alteration and geometallurgy

2:40 - 3:05 Steve Collins

Modern 3D IP surveying. Steady forward progress towards an efficient, safe and effective exploration technique.

3:05 - 3:30 Kate Godber

The use of downhole magnetometric resistivity at Broken Hill

Afternoon tea 3:30 to 4:10

SESSION 3 – Maximising Drilling Effectiveness

Chairman: Tim McConachy

4:10 - 4:35 Colin Skidmore

Borehole logging for uranium including direct

measurement - the pros and cons.

4:35 - 5:00 Carina Kemp

Borehole Radar for Exploration in Australia.

5:00 - 5:25 Jock Cunningham

Advances in Mineral Exploration and Mining Drilling Technologies

5:25 - 5:35 Summary and Farewell – Mike Smith

Drinks 5:35 to 7:00

……then……

Evening – Sydney Harbour Cruise with Dinner + Drinks.

Two in a row! Another enjoyable post-Symposium Cruise on Rosman Ferries MV Proclaim. Left from Lavender Bay Wharf, below the Kirribilli Club, at 19:30 returned about 23:30.

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