Resource modelling: Its role in the mining industry, current practices, and future developments

Speaker: Dhaniel Carvalho

Abstract: This seminar will share the importance of resource modelling in the mining industry and an overview of the subject, current practices, and future developments. Resource modelling is an integral part of all stages in mining: discovery, project development, execution, and closure. There are paths to becoming a resource geologist/modeller and the tools available in this field will be explored during this seminar.

Bio: Dhaniel Carvalho is the Principal Resource Geologist for Glencore in Australia. With 13 years of experience in mineral resources evaluation, geological modelling and geostatistics, he brings comprehensive experience in gold, zinc, lead, copper, and polymetallic deposits. Dhaniel has extensive knowledge in geological modelling and mineral resources evaluation using classical and advanced geostatistical methods, construction of complex geological models, and vast expertise in a variety of commercial software and Python scripting. With resource modelling experiences in Brazil, Canada, Peru, Australia, Kazakhstan, and Namibia, Dhaniel is responsible for the preparation of mineral resources estimates, reporting under the JORC and NI 43-101 guidelines and resources sign-off. After pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of Alberta, Canada, focused on probabilistic resource estimation (geometry and grade simulation), Dhaniel developed further interest in creating automation solutions for a range of challenging resource modelling problems using Python scripting.