Dr Laura Jackson obtained a 1st class BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Tasmania in (2014) before obtaining her PhD at the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES).
Laura was part of the Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC), developing new tests and protocols for improving waste characterisation with a focus on integrating waste characterisation across the entire mining value chain to enable the use of new techniques and technologies for early life-of-mine geoenvironmental forecasting.
Professionally, Laura worked at an environmental consultancy as a senior geochemist on a range of industry and government projects from prefeasibility through to closure and rehabilitation (2018-20).
Currently, Laura is a Research Fellow in Geometallurgy and Applied Geochemistry at the W.H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre within the Sustainable Minerals Institute. She is involved in a four-year project on secondary prospectivity of mine waste with a focus on critical mineral exploration funded by the Queensland State Government. Specific areas of research include:
- Establishment of new mineralogical and hyperspectral mineralogy tools for drill core characterisation to improve prediction of acid and metalliferous drainage
- Geometallurgical characterisation of tailings and waste rock at historic and abandoned mine sites in Australia
Publications
Book Chapters
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.
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Aalders, John, Jackson, Laura and Lottermoser, Bernd (2017). Prediction of acid rock drainage using field-based testing tools. Environmental indicators in metal mining. (pp. 115-138) edited by Bernd Lottermoser. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-42731-7_7
Journal Articles
Mejías, Olivia, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Jackson, Laura, Valenta, Rick and Townley, Brian (2023). Indium in ore deposits and mine waste environments: Geochemistry, mineralogy, and opportunities for recovery. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 255 107312, 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107312
Villa Gomez, Denys, Sáez Salgado, Enrique, Mejías, Olivia, Pat-Espadas, Aurora Margarita, Pinedo Torres, Laura Alejandra , Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Data Integration of Critical Elements from Mine Waste in Mexico, Chile and Australia. Minerals, 12 (2) 122, 122. doi: 10.3390/min12020122
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. doi: 10.3390/min8120571
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Fox, Nathan, Jackson, Laura and Cornelius, Rebekah (2018). Forecasting Geoenvironmental Risks: Integrated Applications of Mineralogical and Chemical Data. Minerals, 8 (12) 541, 541. doi: 10.3390/min8120541
Jackson, Laura M. and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2016). Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the Old Tailings Dam, Australia: evaluating the effectiveness of a water cover for long-term AMD control. Applied Geochemistry, 68, 64-78. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.03.009
Conference Papers
Bhowany, Kamini, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Jackson, Laura, Sharma, Dipanshu, Thorne, Jane P., Fraser, Geoff and Britt, Allison (2023). Historic mine waste at Zeehan, Tasmania, as an unconventional source of metals. Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2023, Perth, WA, Australia, 27-30 June 2023.
Bhowany, Kamini, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Jackson, Laura, Thorne, Jane P., Fraser, Geoff, Britt, Allison, Beattie, Emma and Degeling, Helen (2023). Nickel and cobalt in the Eloise tailings: an example of the importance of mineralogical characterisation of mine waste for reprocessing and repurposing options. CritCon, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 22-26 May 2023.
Mejías, Olivia, Valenzuela, Martín, Townley, Brian, Fox, Nathan, Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analysis applied to indium-bearing minerals and textures at the Baal Gammon polymetallic deposit, Australia. . 16th SGA Biennial Meeting 2022 , Virtual, 28-31 March 2022. Rotorua, New Zealand: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits.
Jackson, Laura, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita and Degeling, Helen (2022). Determination of rare earth element content in mine waste, Phosphate Hill Mine, NW Queensland. SGA 2022, Online, 28 -31 March 2022.
Saez Salgado, Enrique, Villa Gomez, Denys, Mejías, Olivia, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Pinedo-Torres, Laura A., Jackson, Laura and Pat-Espadas, Aurora M. (2022). Critical metals concentration from mine wastes in Mexico, Chile and Australia: A data integration approach. 16th SGA Biennial Meeting 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand, 28-31 March 2022.
Mejías, Olivia, Valenzuela, Martín, Townley, Brian, Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Indium and cobalt assessment by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): a polymetallic deposit case study. Next Generation Resources 2022, Capetown, South Africa (Online), 22-23 February 2022.
Jackson, L., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Hall, T., Johnson, K., Lisitsin, V. and Degeling, H. (2021). Integrated chemical and mineralogical characterisation at Horn Island, Qld: opportunities for valorisation of gold mine waste. Sustainable Minerals '21, Online, 21-24 June 2021.
Jackson, L., Maddocks, G., Long, P. and Tear, S. (2019). Approach to building a geoenvironmental block model for the Walford Creek Project. Mineral Systems of the Pacific Rim Congress (PACRIM), 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.
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.
Gilmour, S., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Jackson, L. and Cooke, D. R. (2017). Geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of a tailings-rich sediment bank, King River, Tasmania. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage. Ninth Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage, Burnie, Tasmania, (394-404). 20-23 November 2017.
Department Technical Reports
Silva Gomes, Allan, Bhowany, Kamini, Han, Zhengdong, Nascimento, Sibele, Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2023). Assessment of mine waste secondary prospectivity: Brocks Creek, Northern Territory. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia.
Silva Gomes, Allan, Bhowany, Kamini, Jackson, Laura, Han, Zhengdong and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2023). Assessment of mine waste secondary prospectivity: Iron Blow and Mount Bonnie, Northern Territory. 2023-015. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia.
Jackson, Laura, Corrick, Alex, Han, Zhengdong, Moyo, Annah and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2023). Secondary prospectivity of South Australia’s mine waste: review. Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita and Jackson, Laura (2022). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Mount Morgan. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Integrated characterisation of legacy waste, Hercules Mine, Tasmania. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia.
Bhowany, Kamini, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita and Jackson, Laura (2022). Exploring for the future – mine waste sampling and analysis: Zeehan tailings, Tasmania. Exploring for the Future, 1. W.H.Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Phosphate Hill Mine. 6/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2021). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Mount Garnet mine. 5/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2021). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Rocklands Tailings. 3/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2021). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Herberton tailings. 4/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2021). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Historic Horn Island gold mine. 2/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2021). Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in north Queensland: Mount Cuthbert mine. 1/6. BRC/SMI, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Seminar Papers
Jackson, Laura (2021). Sampling strategies for mine waste. Sustainable Minerals Institute.