SMEDG – 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 MikeSmith

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.