"New Exploration Technologies" Symposium
Kirribilli Club, Milsons Point, Friday, 11th September, 2009 Link to Abstracts Volume

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• SESSION 1 – Geochemistry and Geophysics

• Chairman: Ian Neuss
• 9:00 - 9:25 Dave Cohen Geochemistry and the challenge posed by exotic cover
• 9:25 – 9:50Andrew Boyd
  New generation helicopter time domain EM systems 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 - 10:40Neil Rutherford Partial leaches, sulphur isotopes and regolith controls – Osborne case study.
• Morning tea 10:40 to 11:15
• 10.30am MORNING TEA

• SESSION 2 – Prospect and Regional Scale Mapping

• Chairman: Lindsay Gilligan
• 11:15 - 11:40Bob 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

• 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 - 5:35Summary and Farewell – Mike Smith