AIG’s Queensland Branch has commenced planning the next installment in the popular Drilling for Geology conference series, to be held in Brisbane in July 2014.
AIG has been looking at options to produce a comprehensive drilling handbook, covering aspects of drilling data collection, analysis and project management with a focus on mineral and coal resource evaluation. The scope of the handbook would cover sampling of cored and non-cored drill holes, drill hole surveying, geophysical data collection and analysis and geotechnical data collection, and use of oriented core to collect structural data, drill site safety, permitting and rehabiloitation (to list a few areas of focus). The conference is being considered as a platform for progressing this concept.
Two options are being considered:
1. compiling the handbook from papers presented at the conference; or,
2. prepare the handbook to launch at the conference, with the authors of the major sections of the handbook presenting on their respective topics.
Both options are open for discussion at this stage. My view is that, with the conference two years away, option 2 is feasible and would deliver a good outcome on this subject. There would also be scope to include contributions sourced through other AIG conferences and seminars in the lead-up to the conference in 2014.
Any suggestions regarding what should be covered in the handbook are most welcome, as are proposals to write specific sections of the handbook. The aim would be to provide the handbook to members and offer it for sale to non-members in mid-2014. Suggestions may be provided by email or via AIG’s Linkedin group or Facebook page.
