Who should attend: Geologists with a keen interest in geoanalysis; exploration managers that need to make decisions regarding which techniques are best for different phases of activity;  mining engineers who have never been exposed to the latest technologies for mining applications, such geometallurgy.

Course requirements for participants: No specific requirement, other than an interest in commercially-important minerals, their textures, compositions, and how good observations and analysis can make a difference to exploration & mining projects.

Program will include: Introduction to Spectral Mineralogy and Applications Across the Value Chain, TIR reflectance spectroscopy for mineral exploration and mining of critical metals deposits, Use of hyperspectral data for predictive modelling + several case studies.

Who should attend: The course is suitable for beginners as a general overview for what can be achieved using hyperspectral data. More experienced participants will gain information regarding hyperspectral data processing and interpretation workflows from several case studies and are also welcome to bring their own data for consultation.

Course requirements for participants: Participants are required to bring their own laptop. Laptop should be capable of handling TSG (the spectral geologist) software installation if the participant wants to do so (https://research.csiro.au/thespectralgeologist/support/installation-guide/). Links to download workshop notes and data will be provided before the workshop.

Dr Heta Lampinen is a Research Scientist with a versatile geology background including economic geology, nuclear waste geological disposal and geotechnical structural geology. Heta works with a wide range of hyperspectral, geological, geochemical and geophysical survey data to facilitate mineral mapping across multiple scales on the surface and subsurface. Heta’s technical skills include operating hyperspectral core and field sensors, hyperspectral data processing and integration with complimentary geoscience data, and use of various microscopy techniques (optical, SEM, XRF, XRD) for linking broader alteration haloes to metal deposits. Heta is also skilled in processing hyperspectral airborne and satellite images (e.g. HyMap and PRISMA) and translating their content to mineral systems footprint targeting tools.

Dr Jess Stromberg is a Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader of the Mineral Footprints team. She is a geoscientist with a background in ore deposit geochemistry, spectral techniques, and in the minerals industry. In the spectral sensing space, Jess works largely at the drill core scale with spectral mineralogy data from HyLogger and field-based spectrometers, and in knowledge transfer through delivery of workshops on the applications of hyperspectral mineralogy as a part of the AuScope NVCL.  Jess works across a range of applied research and technology development projects and is broadly interested in improving the workflows in which we collect and integrate spectral datasets from the X-ray to far-infrared.

Goal of the course: The course will provide a comprehensive and world-wide overview of all aspects of the geology of orogenic gold deposits, as well as key features required in their exploration. Details regarding the geology, geochemistry, mineralogy, alteration, structure, tectonics, and exploration approaches will be covered for this type of gold deposit which represents a major exploration target today especially in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt.

Who should attend: This short course is for geoscientists of any experience level and who want to improve their understanding about the geology and genesis of orogenic gold deposits in metamorphic terranes.

Course requirements for participants: Presented materials will be available on-line a few days prior to the course for those attendees who want to follow along and take notes on their laptops during the event.