Collaboration is at the heart of SMI's operations.This means strong internal collaboration between SMI centres, research associations within The University of Queensland and external groups in Australia and overseas.
SMI's mission to be a world leader in providing knowledge-based solutions to the sustainability challenges of the global minerals industry relies on this collaboration.
With around 350 staff across seven inter-related research centres and its commercialisation company JKTech, SMI has a global presence and is developing rapidly-integrating research disciplines, generating new ideas, engaging stakeholders and delivering relevant outcomes.
Industry
Direct links with the industry through collaborative and one on one project remains the core mechanism for identifying short term and strategic research opportunities for the industry. These links include major international companies operating in major mining regions around the world.
Our Advisory Board is comprised of senior executives from the Australian and international mining industry. As such, the Board of Directors represents a wide range of mining interests and research entities, thus providing a forum for technical innovation as well as broad industry focus and international perspective.
One of the key aims of the SMI is to ensure that its work has an impact on Industry outcomes. This means that Knowledge Transfer through formal and informal avenues is a key component of our programs. At the BRC, we are working as hard as we can to ensure that the outcomes and workflows associated with our research are communicated in a way that maximises Industry takeup and impact.
September 2019 Knowledge Transfer Workshop - SREP New Discovery Program Mount Isa
The New Discovery Program, part of the 4-year Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP) of Queensland Government, aims to facilitate discovery of new significant mineral deposits in northwest Queensland.
The fourth of a series of Knowledge Transfer Workshops was held in Mount Isa in September of 2019. Some of the Presentation slides, videos and datasets from that workshop can be downloaded from the table below
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Videos |
Datasets |
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Introduction and New Discovery Program Overview |
Helen Degeling |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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The Camooweal Seismic Survey |
Sally Edwards |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Under cover exploration Carpentaria Basin, Far North Queensland |
Simon Beams |
Terrasearch |
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Northern Territory: over the fence |
Dot Close |
Northern Territory Geological Survey |
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Mary Kathleen Domain geology; September 2019 update |
Dominic Brown |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Structural interpretation of the North Cloncurry geophysical survey |
Derek Hoy |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Magma fertility and tectonic evolution of the Mary Kathleen Belt |
Paul Dirks |
James Cook University |
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Geochemical investigations of carbonate and iron oxide minerals in the Cloncurry district and Lady Annie Cu deposit, Mount Isa Inlier, North West Queensland |
Jonathan Cloutier |
CODES, University of Tasmania |
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HyLogger for exploration workshop |
Suraj Gopalakrishnan and Courteney Dhnaram |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Geoscience Analyst workshop for explorers |
Glenn Pears |
Mira Geoscience |
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Q&A session, QDEX Data update |
Helen Degeling + Matt Greenwood |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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National hydrochemistry: how we can help exploration around Mount Isa & moving under cover |
Rob Thorne |
CSIRO |
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UltraFine+ The transformative change to near-surface exploration |
Ryan Noble |
CSIRO |
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Solid Geology of the Central Eastern Fold Belt: insights from crustal architecture |
Karen Connors |
University of Queensland |
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Interpretation of seismic, gravity and magnetotelluric surveys in the southern Mount Isa |
Janelle Simpson |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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An update on the Tick Hill gold project |
Rob Watkins |
Carnaby Resources |
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Crusader: A new generation of exploration and mining |
Bruce Godsmark |
Malaco Leichhardt Pty Ltd |
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Mount Isa Mines 2019: an exploration update |
Trevor Shaw |
Glencore Australia |
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Geochemistry data levelling for explorers |
Philip Main |
Geoscience Australia |
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3D datasets for Mount Isa: an overview |
Rick Valenta |
University of Queensland |
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Workshop close |
Helen Degeling |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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June 2019 Knowledge Transfer Workshop - SREP New Discovery Program Townsville
The New Discovery Program, part of the 4-year Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP) of Queensland Government, aims to facilitate discovery of new significant mineral deposits in northwest Queensland.
The third of a series of Knowledge Transfer Workshops was held in Townsville in June of 2019. Some of the Presentation slides, videos and datasets from that workshop can be downloaded from the table below
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Topic |
Speaker |
Organisation |
Slides |
Videos |
Datasets |
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Introduction and New Discovery Program Overview |
Helen Degeling |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Data for Discovery |
Mark Gordon |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Collaborative Exploration Initiative Update: Geophysical Data Releases |
Roger Cant |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Data-Driven Mineral Exploration and Geological Mapping in the North West Minerals Province |
Vasek Metelka |
Data61, CSIRO |
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Walford Creek: A World Class Copper-Cobalt Project |
Daniel Johnson |
Aeon Metals |
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Evolution Mining: Exploration in Queensland |
Daniel Macklin |
Evolution Mining |
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Late Paleozoic gold mineral systems in north-east Queensland |
Vladimir Lisitsin |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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IOCG Systems: How does the NWMP Compare? |
Paul Gow |
University of Queensland |
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Target Compilation Workshop |
Rick Valenta |
University of Queensland |
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NW Mineral Province Timeslices |
Rick Valenta |
University of Queensland |
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Preliminary Results on the Magma Fertility of Igneous Rocks from the Mary Kathleen Domain |
Yanbo Cheng |
James Cook University |
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Scapolite as a Vectoring Tool Towards Mineralisation: A case study from the Mary Kathleen Domain, Mt Isa Inlier |
Alex Edgar |
James Cook University |
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Preliminary Structural Analysis of the Dugald River Zn Deposit, Mount Isa Inlier |
Pieter Creus |
James Cook University |
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The Watershed Tungsten Deposit, NE Qld: an example of a Permian metamorphic tungsten upgrade after a Carboniferous magmatic-hydrothermal mineralisation event |
Jaime Poblete Alvarado |
James Cook University |
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Q&A session on new NROLA Bill, Reporting Guidelines and other Departmental matters |
Warren Cooper, Helen Degeling |
Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Energy |
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Ravenswood Expansion Project |
Mark Lindsay |
Resolute |
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Peaks Range REE |
Carl Spandler |
James Cook University |
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Geochemistry of Northern Australia: putting it together |
Phillip Main |
Geoscience Australia |
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Drones4discovery: High resolution field data using drones & digital pipelines |
Steven Micklethwaite |
Monash University |
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Magnetite and Hematite Alteration Proxies from Gravity and Magnetic Inversion |
James Goodwin |
Geoscience Australia |
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GSQ Mineral System Collection: Spotlight on Ernest Henry System |
Courteney Dhnaram |
Geological Survey of Queensland |
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Exploration Criteria for Ernest Henry Style IOCG Systems in the Cloncurry District |
Nick Oliver |
HCOV |
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Predictive Geomechanical Modelling at Ernest Henry and elsewhere |
John McLellan |
GMEX |
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Osborne Deposit Atlas: Hands-on Exercise |
Paul Gow |
University of Queensland |
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Eloise Deposit Atlas: Hands-on Exercise |
Nathan Fox & Rick Valenta |
University of Queensland |
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March 2019 Knowledge Transfer Workshop - SREP New Discovery Program Mount Isa
The New Discovery Program, part of the 4-year Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP) of Queensland Government, aims to facilitate discovery of new significant mineral deposits in northwest Queensland.
The second of a series of Knowledge Transfer Workshops was held in Mount Isa in March of 2019. Some of the presentations from that workshop can be downloaded from the table below
Presentations and pdf downloads
December 2018 Knowledge Transfer Workshop - SREP New Discovery Program
The New Discovery Program, part of the 4-year Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP) of Queensland Government, aims to facilitate discovery of new significant mineral deposits in northwest Queensland.
The first of a series of Knowledge Transfer Workshops was held at the GSQ Headquarters in December of 2018. Some of the presentations from that workshop can be downloaded from the table below
Presentations and pdf downloads
| Minalyzer | Minalyze | Mikael Arthursson |
| Automated logging with Minalyzer data | UQ/SMI | Matthias Klawitter |
| Deposit Atlas - Mt Isa | UQ/SMI | Rick Valenta |
| Deposit Atlas - Ernest Henry | UQ/SMI | Rick Valenta |
| Magnetotellurics for mineral exploration | GSQ | Janelle Simpson |
| BHT Targeting South Cloncurry | UQ/SMI | Mark Hinman |
| Deposit Atlas - Selwyn Region | UQ/SMI | Mark Hinman |
| NW Mineral Province Reference Collection | GSQ | Courteney Dhnaram |
September 2018 Northwest Mineral Province New Discovery Program Workshop
The New Discovery Program, part of the 4-year Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP) of Queensland Government, aims to facilitate discovery of new significant mineral deposits in northwest Queensland.
Since its commencement in July 2017, the Geological Survey of Queensland, in strategic collaborative partnerships with the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland, CSIRO, University of Tasmania and James Cook University, have initiated 14 data acquisition and research projects. This workshop informed industry participants about the progress and plans of the New Discovery Program. It was also an open invitation to provide feedback and contribute to program planning and implementation over the next three years.
The New Discovery Program aims to produce outcomes of direct relevance to exploration in northwest Queensland. Many of its components depend on close collaboration with industry. We welcome your support in developing a collaborative framework for future industry success.
Presentations and pdf downloads
| Overview of the New Discovery program | GSQ | Tony Knight / Vladimir Lisitsin |
| Geophysical data acquisition program | GSQ | Matthew Greenwood |
| Geochemical toolkit and hydrogeochemistry | GSQ | Joseph Tang |
| Geoscience Compilation for the NWQ Mineral Province | UQ/SMI | Rick Valenta |
| JCU/EGRU New Discovery Program Activities | JCU/EGRU | Ioan Sanislav |
| Mary Kathleen Belt Metal Fertility | UQ/KDC Consulting | Ken Collerson |
| NW Queensland SEEBASE Study | Frogtech | Karen Connors |
| GA Exploring for the Future - NW Mineral Province update | Geoscience Australia | Richard Blewett |
| Mineral Geochemistry Vectoring - Distal footprints of NWQ mineral systems | CODES | Jeff Steadman |
| Cloncurry mineral system database | CSIRO | James Austin |
| Deposit Atlas of Northwest Queensland | UQ/SMI | Rick Valenta |
December 2018 GSQ Digging Deeper
The BRC participated in the annual Geological Survey of Queensland Digging Deeper conference in December of 2018. A copy of Rick Valenta's presentation at the conference can be downloaded here
