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May 26th, 2010 by John
Newgenco’s recently announced West Africa Ni-Cu-PGE Targeting Alliance will benefit from First Quantum’s sponsorship of the West Africa Exploration Initiative (WAXI) - a collaborative research project operated by AMIRA International Ltd and sponsored by all the major geological surveys and many exploration and mining companies operating in West Africa.
The project provides access to leading edge research on the architecture, geochronology and metallogenesis of the West African Craton.
Initiated in November 2006 to enhance the exploration potential of the Leo-Man Shield, Stage 2 of the initiative commenced on 1st March 2010.
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May 24th, 2010 by John
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia has appointed Dr John Simmonds and Dr Rebecca Sproule as Adjunct Research Fellows within the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET).
Rebecca will work with the the Centre on supporting its Ni-Cu-PGE Mineral Systems research initiative.
John will work with the Centre on supporting its exploration business and Ni-Cu-PGE Mineral Systems research initiatives.
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February 25th, 2009 by John
This presentation was given to the combined MEGWA/AIG meeting at the Irish Club in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia on 21st January 2009.
The presentation was digitally recorded and MEGWA plan to make this available on the web in the near future.
If you have any questions on the presentation, please email me on steveb@newgenco.net
PDF of presentation (4.43Mb)
Steve Beresford
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June 22nd, 2008 by John
Following on from GAC-MAC in Quebec City and a post-conference visit to Voisey’s Bay, I visited a number of institutions and companies in southern Canada with my UWA – Centre for Exploration Targeting hat on. A visit to Thunder Bay gave me an opportunity to present ideas to a very fired-up audience of industry geologists and prospectors at a CIM meeting on Friday, June 6.
Thanks guys for the warm reception and the great feedback. Feel free to contact me if you wish to follow up further on any of the questions.
Steve
PDF of presentation: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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Posted by John Tags: craton architecture, first-mover advantage, LIP, lithospheric controls, magma conduits, targeting criteria
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June 2nd, 2008 by John
Focused on examples from Australia where conductive regolith causes significant problems for TEM exploration, these case studies continue to have wide application for global nickel exploration. This presentation was given at the SEG conference in the USA, in 2001. The presentation has been split into two for file size reasons.
Peter Williams
pkw_nis-talk_seg_usa_2001_1.pdf
pkw_nis-talk_seg_usa_2001_2.pdf
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Posted by John Tags: Australia, EM, Kambalda, komatiites
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June 2nd, 2008 by John
This presentation ‘Innovative EM exploration in underground mine settings – Long Victor mine, Kambalda” was given at the AIG conference in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 2006. This exploration led to the discovery of significant new reserves and a major boost to mine life.
Peter Williams
pkw_aig_kalgoorlie-2006-silver-anniversary.pdf
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Posted by John Tags: 3D modelling, data integration, DHTEM, EM Torch, Kambalda
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May 23rd, 2008 by John
This presentation was given at the Kalgoorlie 2007 “Old ground. New knowledge” conference in Kagoorlie, Western Australia in September 2007.
Its focus is squarely on the targeting and identification from early mineralisation indicators of a new nickel camp.
Steve Beresford
Unfortunately the PDF file is large and so has been cut into three for faster download.
beresford-komatiite-hosted-ni-cu-pge-part-1.pdf
beresford-komatiite-hosted-ni-cu-pge-part-2.pdf
beresford-komatiite-hosted-ni-cu-pge-part-3.pdf
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Posted by John Tags: assimilation, Australia, Canada, copper, Exploration targeting, Finland, footprints, Kambalda, Katinniq, komatiites, nickel, PGE, rifts, sulphide remobilisation, sulphide texture
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May 20th, 2008 by John
My 2008 paper, ‘Palaeoproterozoic Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in the Shakespeare intrusion, Ontario, Canada: a new style of Nipissing gabbro-hosted mineralisation’, published in the Transactions of the IMM, describes a novel type of base metal-PGE mineralisation with significant economic implications.
Rebecca Sproule
The abstract can be accessed through this link sproule_2008_imm_abstract.pdf
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Posted by John Tags: Canada, contamination, copper, gabbro, Lithogeochemistry, magma, nickel, Nipissing, Ontario, PGE, vent, xenolths
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May 20th, 2008 by John
Here is an advance copy of the paper that I am presenting at GAC-MAC 2008 conference in Quebec City, Canada at the end of May: ‘PGE potential of Ultramafic-Mafic Intrusions in Ontario: Vectors to PGE mineralization and where next…..’ sproule_2008_gac.pdf
Rebecca Sproule
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Posted by John Tags: Canada, exploration, mafic, Ontario, PGE, ultramafic
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