Uncovering Technologies and Strategies for Exploration and Mine Advancement Using Geographic Information Systems Optimising the use of GIS on mine sites and in mineral exploration Following its great success in Perth, Mining IQ's GIS in Mining and Exploration 2011 is coming to Queensland! GIS in Mining and Exploration 2011 QLD is about advancing the knowledge base of all those who interact with GIS. This event has been developed specifically with your challenges in mind, providing you with the critical updates you need in a dynamic and demanding field. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.gisinmining.com.au or call us on 61 2 9229 1000

1. “This will be a great two days of learning from some of the experts in the industry. Very
insightful, very useful and an excellent way to ensure you’re on top of your game.”
Tracey Rogers, Assistant Director, Geoscience Knowledge Management
DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES - NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGOCAL SURVEY
GIS in Mining and
Exploration 2011
Uncovering Technologies and Strategies for Exploration and
Mine Advancement Using Geographic Information Systems
www.gisinmining.com.au
The Strategies and Solutions of Your Industry Peers
Phil Wilson, GIS Manager Tracey Rogers, Assistant Director, Geoscience Knowledge Management
IVANHOE AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
George Ross, Project Geologist Matthew Goodwood, Graduate Geoscientist, Greenfields Prospectivity Unit
CALLABONNA URANIUM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QLD
Erik Ronald, Exploration Superintendent
Ben Jupp, Graduate Geoscientist, Greenfields Prospectivity Unit
RIO TINTO - NORTHPARKES MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QLD
Darren Priest, Data Geologist
Nancy Vickery, Senior Lecturer Earth Sciences
RIO TINTO - NORTHPARKES MINES
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND
Alok Porwal, Senior Research Fellow
CENTRE FOR EXPLORATION TARGETING Nick Roesler, GIS Manager
Luis Gallardo, Geophysicist
WILLOUGHBY COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Peter Van Der Borgh, Managing Director
Kylie Armstrong, Program Director CRCSI CORTONA RESOURCES
LANDGATE Greg Jenkins, Program Leader, Geoscientific Information Management
Brian Naylor, GIS Manager MINERALS & ENERGY RESOURCES
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Mark Thornton, Manager, Geoscience Information Be a part of our inclusive and 2011:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QLD interactive masterclass on
Bruce Simons, Senior Information Geoscientist
MAPPING MINERAL PROSPECTIVITY
AUSCOPE USING GIS
Two Day Conference: 8 & 9 March 2011 • Venue: Holiday Inn, Brisbane QLD
Media Partners: Organised by: Researched & Developed by:
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2. “As Rio Tinto – Northparkes Mines ramps up exploration efforts, we’ve turned to 3D-GIS
applications for our fundamental data visualisation and interpretation platform. GIS in Mining
and Exploration 2011 looks to be well timed for us to share our experiences and increase our
knowledge of industry best practice. I’m very much looking forward to this event.”
GIS in Mining and Exploration 2010
Erik Ronald, Exploration Superintendent, RIO TINTO - NORTHPARKES MINES
DAY ONE: Tuesday 8 March 2011
8.30 Registration and Refreshments GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QLD
12.20 Lunch and Networking
9.00 Opening Address from the Chair
Brian Naylor, GIS Manager
1.20 Innovations in Information Delivery by the
XSTRATA NICKEL
Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS)
9.10 Utilising and Combining GIMS (Geoscientific • Reviewing recent improvements in data quality and
Information Management Systems) and GIS to accuracy
manage Geoscientific Data and Workflow • Incorporating the data into your GIS
Processes • Identifying current and future data needs and
A case study detailing the use of the aQuire GIMS and appropriate sources
GIS to handle the data, information layers and workflow Tracey Rogers, Assistant Director, Geoscience
processes of your resource assets. Knowledge Management
• Integrating the systems and existing databases NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
• Ensuring effective data management by
2.00 Taking Advantage of Increased Mobile
implementing commercial solutions
Capabilities in Data Acquisition and Distribution
Phil Wilson, GIS Manager
• Making the case for mobile networks and GIS
IVANHOE AUSTRALIA
provision
9.50 Implementing GIS Solutions for Junior Explorers • Avoiding security and integrity issues with adequate
• Matching your current and future operations with controls and procedures
your GIS capability • Establishing infrastructure for quick data transfer to
• Examining the increasing number of licensed and mobile devices
open source options • Establishing user base and providing further
• Using GIS in daily operations education
• Overcoming common early issues Nick Roesler, GIS Manager
• Upskilling staff in order to maximise the efficiency of WILLOUGHBY COUNCIL
the GIS solution implemented
2.40 Afternoon Tea and Networking
George Ross, Project Geologist
CALLABONNA URANIUM
3.10 Utilising GIS for Exploration Targeting
10.30 Morning Tea and Networking • Maximising opportunities in data acquisition,
mapping and modelling solutions in the marketplace
11.00 3D GIS applications for exploration at the • Converting geological models into workable
Northparkes Cu-Au Mine, NSW exploration and prospectivity models
Northparkes is a copper and gold mine located 27 • Establishing targeting criteria
kilometres north west of Parkes in the Central West Alok Porwal, Senior Research Fellow
of New South Wales, Australia. Northparkes is a joint CENTRE FOR EXPLORATION TARGETING
venture between Rio Tinto (80%) and the Sumitomo
3.50 Access to Real Data: Is it Beyond GIS?
Group (20%).
• Standards based services – why delivering real world
• Integration of surface and subsurface data
data matters
• Use of Gocad for exploration targeting.
• The Spatial Information Services Stack – tools to
• UG & surface design of drill programmes using
establish the services
Gocad
• The AuScope web portal – a means to discover and
Erik Ronald, Exploration Superintendent
access these services
RIO TINTO - NORTHPARKES MINES
• The status of ‘out of the box’ GIS tools to consume
Darren Priest, Data Geologist
and use these services
RIO TINTO - NORTHPARKES MINES
• Other mechanisms available for accessing live data
11.40 Using 3D Common Earth Models and 3D GIS in over the web
Conducting Regional Exploration Targeting Bruce Simons, Senior Information Scientist
3D modelling and potential field inversion of AUSCOPE
geoscientific data can be used to aid regional
4.30 Closing Remarks from the Chair
exploration targeting within a 3D environment. This
presentation will discuss new workflows utilised by the
4.35 End of Day 1
GSQ including:
• 3D modelling and potential field inversion of
geophysical data
• Statistical selection of exploration criteria and
construction of a common earth model
• Using a weights of evidence approach to create a 3D
mineral potential model of region
Matthew Goodwood, Graduate Geoscientist,
Greenfields Prospectivity Unit
Ben Jupp, Graduate Geoscientist, Greenfields
Prospectivity Unit
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3. “GIS in Mining and Exploration is a worthwhile programme of
experienced speakers and relevant topics. I’m looking forward
to a very valuable and insightful industry event.”
Bruce Simons, Senior Information Geoscientist, AUSCOPE
GIS in Mining and Exploration 2010
DAY TWO: Wednesday 9 March 2011
8.30 Registration and Refreshments government, business, academia and the broader
community
9.00 Opening Remarks from the Chair Kylie Armstrong, Program Director CRCSI
Mark Thornton, Manager, Geoscience Information LANDGATE
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QLD
12.20 Lunch and Networking
9.10 GIS for Exploration Targeting: A Study of Cortona
1.20 Improving Accuracy and Information Depth of
Resources’ Mineral Potential
GIS
• Analysing Cortona’s active exploration programs
• Reviewing recent improvements in data quality and
including regional geological mapping initiatives
accuracy
• Implementing data sets for effective company mineral
• Incorporating the data into your GIS
and energy exploration reporting
• Identifying current and future data needs and
• Understanding how GIS can be integrated into the
appropriate sources
mine design and management process and the value
Luis Gallardo, Geophysicist
it can add to the business
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• Cortona’s NSW projects: providing examples of data
accuracy, improvement and uses 2.00 INCLUSIVE MASTERCLASS
Peter Van Der Borgh, Managing Director Facilitated by:
CORTONA RESOURCES Alok Porwal, Senior Research Fellow
CENTRE FOR EXPLORATION TARGETING
9.50 Maximising Mineral Exploration Opportunities Part 1 Mapping Mineral Prospectivity Using GIS
within South Australia This inclusive masterclass will provide an overview
• Promoting mineral exploration opportunities within
of mineral prospectivity analysis and mapping in
South Australia and facilitating access to its wealth of
a GIS environment. It will comprise a balance of
geoscientific data
presentations, demonstrations and hands-on exercises
• Undertaking major airborne geophysical surveys in
on various procedures involved in GIS-based mineral
key areas of the State as part of the South Australian
prospectivity mapping including:
Exploration Initiative (SAEI), Broken Hill Exploration
• Selection of targeting criteria: mineral systems
Initiative (BHEI) and the Targeted Exploration Initiative
approach, scale-dependence of targeting criteria
South Australia (TEiSA) and, most recently, the Plan
• Transformation of targeting criteria into spatial (GIS)
for Accelerating Exploration (PACE) Initiative
layers using GIS tools
Greg Jenkins, Program Leader, Geoscientific
Information Management 2.40 Afternoon Tea and Networking
MINERALS & ENERGY RESOURCES
3.10 Part 2 Mapping Mineral Prospectivity Using GIS
10.30 Morning Tea and Networking • Mineral prospectivity modelling: approaches and
implementation; practical implementations of
11.00 Enhancing GIS Functionality for Environmental concept-driven (fuzzy) and data-driven
Management (weights-of-evidence and neural network) models;
Environmental management departments require GIS demonstration of advanced models (neuro-fuzzy and
to actively monitor the ongoing environmental impacts genetic programming)
caused by mining activities. This session will give • Validation and evaluation of output prospectivity
examples of GIS practice when providing services to maps
engineers and geologists in the department
4.00 Closing Remarks from the Chair
• Providing temporal as well as spatial data
• Data management techniques for keeping on top of 4.10 End of Conference
automatic data collection
Nancy Vickery, Senior Lecturer Earth Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND
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