Katerina Savinova

Research Fellow

BRC

e.savinova@uq.edu.au

Katerina is a Research Fellow working on hyperspectral mineral data processing and interpretation.

Katerina Savinova is a specialist with over 15 years experience in exploration for world-class mineral deposits and applications of the hyperspectral remote sensing techniques on geological projects, across the entire resource value chain.

Katerina began her career as an exploration geologist at Cameco Corporation in 2006 - one of the largest uranium producing companies - based out of the headquarters office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She worked in central and northern Canada before relocating to Australia in 2012 to apply her expertise to greenfield and brownfield sites. Katerina's interest in hyperspectral data started with alteration characterisation studies and integration of geochemical data. She continued her journey at Corescan Pty Ltd from 2014 – 2020 where she worked in a team developing high-resolution hyperspectral imaging techniques and focusing on hyperspectral data acquisition, imaging, interpretation and presentation.

Katerina commenced with SMI's W.H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre in 2020, providing technical assistance on hyperspectral data processing and interpretation on a variety of projects, ranging from mineral alteration characterisation to geometallurgical and textural definition studies, to mine waste characterisation and acid-rock drainage mitigation.

Katerina's areas of specialisation and expertise are:

Remote sensing and hyperspectral mineral data acquisition, mapping, analysis and interpretation
Applied research in reflectance spectroscopy
Extensive knowledge of a variety of geological environments and mineral deposit settings, including Au-Ag epithermal, unconformity-associated uranium, roll-front and calcrete uranium, orogenic gold, Cu-Au-Mo porphyry, skarn, as well as IOCG
Experience working with a large variety of mineral commodities such as Au-Ag, U, Cu, Mo, REEs, V, Li, diamonds, emeralds and graphite
Mineralogy and mineral behaviour; image processing and data analytics.

Featured projects	Duration
Queensland New Economy Minerals Compilation

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (6)

Conference Papers (7)

Seminar Paper (1)

Creative Work (1)

Research Reports (6)

Book Chapter

Jackson, L. M., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Fox, N., Cooke, D. R., Harris, A. C., Meffre, S., Danyushevsky, L., Goemann, K., Rodemann, T., Gloy, G. and Savinova, E. (2018). Assessing geo-environmental risk using intact materials for early life-of-mine planning - a review of established techniques and emerging tools. From start to finish – a life-of-mine perspective. (pp. 9-26) edited by Cherie McCullough, Bruce Harvey, Corinne Unger, Jan Coetzee and Stuart Winchester. Carlton, VIC Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Journal Articles

Moore, K.R., Segura-Salazar, J. and Savinova, E. (2024). The energy-critical metals: technologies with a human face. Geoenergy, 2 (1). doi: 10.1144/geoenergy2024-016

Lèbre, Éléonore, Kung, Anthony, Savinova, Ekaterina and Valenta, Rick K. (2023). Corrigendum to ‘Mining on land or in the deep sea? Overlooked considerations of a reshuffling in the supply source mix’ (Resources, Conservation & Recycling (2023) 191, (S0921344923000356), (10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106898)). Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 196 107032, 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107032

Lèbre, Éléonore, Kung, Anthony, Savinova, Ekaterina and Valenta, Rick K. (2023). Mining on land or in the deep sea? Overlooked considerations of a reshuffling in the supply source mix. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 191 106898, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106898

Valenta, Rick K., Lèbre, Éléonore, Antonio, Christian, Franks, Daniel M., Jokovic, Vladimir, Micklethwaite, Steven, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Runge, Kym, Savinova, Ekaterina, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Stringer, Martin, Verster, Isabella and Yahyaei, Mohsen (2023). Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106859, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106859

Savinova, E., Evans, C., Lèbre, É., Stringer, M., Azadi, M. and Valenta, R.K. (2023). Will global cobalt supply meet demand? The geological, mineral processing, production and geographic risk profile of cobalt. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106855, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106855

Cracknell, Matthew J., Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Jackson, Laura and Savinova, Ekaterina (2018). Automated acid rock drainage indexing from drill core imagery. Minerals, 8 (12) 571, 571. doi: 10.3390/min8120571

Conference Papers

Savinova, Ekaterina, Barbosa, Karina and Rodrigues, Sandra (2022). Utilizing hyperspectral drill core scanning for geotechnical characterization. Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, QLD, Australia, 28 - 30 March 2022.

Savinova, E. and Carey, R. (2019). Porphyry deposits: Genetic models using hyperspectral imagery data of drill core for exploration and mining applications. In: PACRIM2019, Auckland, New Zealand, (). 3-5 April 2019.

Cracknell, M., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Jackson, L., Fox, N. and Savinova, E. (2019). Automated identification of sulphides from drill core imagery. PACRIM 2019, Auckand, New Zealand, 3-5 April 2019. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AusIMM.

Jackson, Laura Marie;, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita;, Fox, Nathan, Cooke, David R;, Harris, Anthony; and Savinova, Ekaterina (2018). Integrating hyperspectral analysis and mineral chemistry for geoenvironmental prediction. 11th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Pretoria, South Africa, 10-14 September 2018. Pretoria, South Africa: International Mine Water Association.

Savinova, E., Carey, R. and Martini, B. (2018). Dark mica composition as mineralization vector: Examples from hyperspectral imaging at the Cebolla Creek titaniferous magnetite deposit, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. In: SEG2018, Keystone, CO, United States, (). 22-25 September 2018.

Martini, B.A., Palomino, J., Savinova, E., Carey, R., Crawford, B. and Carmichael, T. (2017). Mapping pro- and retrograde skarn mineralogy at sub-millimetre- through to deposit-scale using hyperspectral core imaging: examples from Mexico, USA and Australia. Discoveries 2017, Hermosillo, Mexico, 4 - 6 April 2017.

Jackson, L., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Fox, N., Cooke, D.R., Harris, A.C. and Savinova, E. (2017). Intrinsic neutralisation potential from automated drillcore logging for improved geoenvironmental domaining. Ninth Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 20-23 November 2017. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland.

Seminar Paper

Savinova, Katerina and Evans, Cathy (2022). Hyperspectral Imaging Technology for Geological and Mining Applications: from mineral identification to texture analysis using hyperspectral imagery. Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queesland.

Creative Work

Savinova, Katerina (2021). 1-day masterclass on fundamentals and applications of hyperspectral technology through life of mine. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Research Reports

Savinova, Katerina, Barbosa, Karina, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan and Cook, Nick (2023). Utilising Hyperspectral Imagery Scanning for Geotechnical Characterisation. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Coal Research.

Koerting, Friederike, Asadzadeh, Saeid, Savinova, Ekaterina, Micklethwaite, Steven, Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos, Kouzeli, Evlampia, Lindblom, David, Buckley, Simon and Hildebrand, Justus Constantin (2023). Selection of HSI and MSI analysis approaches based on review-study available: Milestone report. Nygårdstangen, Bergen: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre.

Bohman, Axel Fredrik, Koerting, Friederike, Paulsen, Andreas Werner, Sivertsen, Agnar, Stødle, Daniel, Buckley, Simon, Trim, Simon, Micklethwaite, Steven, Savinova, Ekaterina, Kanellakis, Christoforos, Nikolakopoulos, George, Sumathy, Vidya and Vidman, Andreas (2023). Hardware and software specification report. Nygårdstangen, Bergen: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre.

Savinova, Katerina and Gow, Paul (2021). Queensland new economy minerals compilation: scandium. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland/Geological Survey of Queensland.

Gow, Paul, Gunter, Jen, McGeogh, Mark, Conors, Karen, Savinova, Katerina and Aivazpourporgou, Sasha (2021). Diamantina Project, North West Queensland: Update 2021 – Historic drill core, seismic and MT. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Savinova, Katerina and Gow, Paul (2021). Queensland new economy minerals compilation: silica. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland/Geological Survey of Queensland.