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Presented by Sian Bright and Julian Vearncombe, SJS Resource Management.
In the mineral exploration industry, diamond core drilling provides the opportunity to collect structural data relating to a target or deposit. Understanding the structural context of a project enables further exploration, ore envelope and shoot definition, and geological control on parameters for grade interpolation.
This short course summarises the technologies available in exploration and mining and describes techniques of core orientation, marking-up, structure measurement and the visual representation of structural data. We provide a critical comparison of tools and methods available at each stage of the process.
The course is based on the published research paper: Bright, S., Conner, G., Turner, A. and Vearncombe, J.R. 2014. Drill Core, Structure and Digital Technologies. Applied Earth Sciences (Transactions Institute Mining, Minerals and Metallurgy B), 123: 47-68.
Sian Bright holds a Masters in Structural Geology with Geophysics from the University of Leeds and a BSc (Hons) in Geology from University College London. Sian joined SJS Resource Management in 2010 and has since consulted on multiple commodities in Australia, Chile and Mongolia including gold, silver, uranium and base metals. She has experience in planning and supervising geochemical sampling programmes and exploration drill programmes including; RC and diamond drill logging and sampling, soil, stream and rock sampling, and POW and EIS applications. Other work includes geological and open pit mapping, project appraisal and due diligence. Software proficiency includes ArcGIS, Micromine and Leapfrog.
Julian Vearncombe is an economic geologist with 30 years experience working across the value chain of the mineral resource industry, and on all continents except Antarctica. His energetic and varied career includes academia, technology development, consultancy, management and as a Director of publicly listed companies. Julian has expertise in precious, base and strategic metals, with experience in executive and strategic management. He has been a member of teams that identified major gold, base metal and specialty metal Resources. A significant focus of his working career has been the application of effective structural geology to mineral exploration and mining. He has co-authored more than seventy peer-review publications. He is an editor of the journal Applied Earth Sciences, and was the 2016 AusIMM and AIG visiting Distinguished Lecturer.
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