AIGWA MEGWA Monthly Meeting – October 2022

Date & Time

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
5:30 to 6:00 PM drinks
Presentation starts at 6:00PM
 

Venue

The Celtic Club (48 Ord St, West Perth)
 

Talk

Copper Exploration in Sedimentary Basins – Reducing the Search Space Using a Mineral Systems Approach

Copper is the most widely used metal in renewable energy technologies and critical to global electrification in the energy transition. Currently, copper hosted in sedimentary basins accounts for 20% of copper production worldwide, while discovery of new deposits in basins may be hampered due to a general lack of exposure and fundamental knowledge of different mineralisation styles and mechanisms within basins. A mineral systems approach is vital in order to evaluate basin fertility and aids targeting regions of interest. We adapt the mineral systems approach for basin exploration by adding components utilised by petroleum explorers, such as basin analysis (sequence stratigraphy, structural reconstruction) and scenario testing (numerical modelling). The outcome will provide the evolution of a basin, identify host and source rocks, fluid pathways, fluid triggers events, and timing of potential mineralisation.

Speaker

Dr Susanne Schmid – Principal Geologist and Group Leader, CSIRO

Dr Susanne Schmid is a principal geologist and group leader in CSIRO with 20 years’ experience in mineral exploration, mining industry and government. She worked in greenfield exploration in Greenland, Africa and Australia with focus on sediment-hosted mineral systems and adaptation of petroleum exploration techniques to mineral exploration. She joined CSIRO 13 years ago and is working closely with industry from deposit to regional scale in commodities such as copper, lead, zinc gold and uranium.

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