Apr. 2019 – Where’s Simon?- during weekly trips to London I can be found in South Kensington visiting researchers at the Natural History Museum or fellow alumni of the Royal School of Mines. The Geological Society accepted my Fellowship application, enabling access to the Society`s extensive literature collection. This exciting development also allows access the prestigious Lyell Collection of academic papers, among other books and publications.
Discussions with potential clients covered topics such as the role of value-add multi-element geochemical interpretations and 3D visualisationto better constrain geological models, geometallurgicalaspects of projects and waste characterization. These are all key aspects of project economic evaluation, especially in data-rich environments such as scoping or prefeasibility studies and brownfields (near-mine) exploration.
Other popular enquiries centre around exploration through cover, especially “remote geochemistry.” I can draw on significant experience in developing and testing in-house and commercially available partial and sequential digest analytical methods and field-based orientation work. My experience also includes special undercover initiatives and impactful contributions to collaborative research programmes, such as AMIRA P778 (Predictive geochemistry in areas of transported overburden) and asProject Chair of the geochemistry project in the DET/CRC from 2010-2014.
Decision-makers in debt or equity firms and exploration company budgeting often ask about quantifying probability of exploration success. My view is that a Mineral System approach to project evaluation and ranking results in robust project financing decisions, thus improving probability of successful realization of exploration potential.
For further discussion, assistance or advice on any of these topics, or more, please don`t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]
