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J. Bruce Gemmell
Director
Minerals Geoscience
Education and Research:
supporting the development of capability and productivity
Evolution of CODES
ARC Centre’s Program
1989-1996 – Key Centre
1997-2004 – Special Research Centre
2005-2013 – Centre of Excellence
2014-… – Centre of ExcellenceCentre for Ore Deposit and Exploration Science
CODES SRC
CODES SRC
To be the global leader in minerals
geoscience research and training
Minerals Geoscience
Geology Geochemistry Geophysics
Geometallurgy Geoenvironmental
Industry Engagement
Majors, mid-tiers, juniors, METS sector
Strategic Industry Partners
Industry Collaborators
Research
Partners
Central Science Laboratory
Basic to Applied Research
Applied
Research
Basic
Research
Multidisciplinary Teams
Modules
Ore Deposits: Characterisation
and ContextGeometallurgy
Enabling Technologies Training
Ore Deposits: Characterisation
and Context
• Theme 1 – Ore fertility of the crust and mantle
• Theme 2 – Volcanism, and its effect on ore forming processes
• Theme 3 – Magmatic-hydrothertmal processes and ores
• Theme 4 – Basin processes, ocean chemistry, and ores
• Theme 5 – The ore-affected crust
• Theme 6 – Dates and plates
International Projects
Australian Projects
Tasmanian Research
Collaboration with MRT
Staff
PhD/Masters
Honours
Event Rock unit Style Character Age Comments3 Lower Tyndall Group
(Mt. Cripps Subgroup) ignimbrite
Felsic magmatic
pyroclastic ~496 Ma coeval with Murchison Granite (497 Ma)?
Southwell Subgroup/White Spur Formation
Sediments Volcanic and non-volcanic provenance
2b Southwell Subgroup / White Spur Formation
Felsic magmatic
Rhyolitic syn-sedimentary intrusions
~499-500 Ma
“felsic flare-up”
Rosebery/Que River Shale
Sediments Black mudstones
VHMS mineralization Exhalative and sub-seafloor
~500 Ma
2a QHV / K-lens Porphyry Mafic-felsic magmatic
Predominantly coherent intrusive and extrusive
~500 Ma Sock Creek Dacite and basalts? Hollway andesite?
Hercules Pumice Formation – host rock member (CVC) / Animal Creek Greywacke
Sediments Volcanic and non-volcanic provenance
1b Hercules Pumice Formation – footwall member (CVC)
Felsic Magmatic
volcaniclastic ~503 Ma not present throughout area –restricted to caldera?
1a Mt. Black Formation (CVC)
Felsic magmatic
coherent and volcaniclastic rocks
~505-507Ma
Abbreviations: CVC – Central Volcanic Complex, QHV – Que-Hellyer Volcanics, VHMS volcanic-hosted massive sulfide mineralization
MRV - New Geochronology
Mortensen et al. (2015), Economic Geology
• CRC ORE II
• Geometallurgy projects
• Geoenvironmental
Geometallurgy
• Laser ablation-ICPMS
• Industry laser laboratory
• Short wave infrared (SWIR)
• Mineral liberation analyser (MLA)
• Geochronology, isotopes
•“Big Data and Data-driven”
Enabling Technologies
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Ca43
V51
Mn55
Fe57
Cu65
Zn66
Ga69
Sr88
Y89
Zr90
Mo95
Sn118
Ba137
La139
Ce140
Pr141
Nd146
Sm147
Eu153
Gd157
Tb159
Dy163
Ho165
Er166
• PhD/MSc
• Professional Doctorate (prior publications)
• Master of Economic Geology
• Honours
• Workshops/short courses
Training
Links
CODES Graduates
Since 1989 CODES has trained over:
220 PhD and Masters students
350 Honours students
Most have gone on to work in the global
minerals industry, with many now in
senior positions
2014 Completions
9 PhD
7 Master Econ. Geol.
13 Honours
Master of
Economic Geology
Expert Short Courses
Community Outreach
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR CODES – ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE
FUTURE GROWTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY Richard Schodde
Managing Director
January 2014
Value-created associated with:
1) mineral discoveries by CODES-trained geoscientists, and CODES research projects
CODES associated with at least nine significant mineral discoveries
2) improvement in mine output and revenues from CODES geometallurgical studies
Value created by CODES is around $1120m
Compared against the A$157 million (2014 $) funding over the last 24 years gives a
cost/benefit ratio of around 7.1
“every dollar of funding for CODES generated $7.10 worth of value to industry”
The Future…
Minerals Industry Challenges
Discovery
• declining rates
• higher expenditures
• undercover and deep
DeGrussa VHMS deposit, WA
Schodde (2014)
Schodde (2014)
Minerals Industry Challenges
• Supply of employees– University geoscience graduates
– Australian vs immigrants (457 visas)
• Training– Re-skilling and up-skilling
Geoscience Employment
www.aig.org.au
Geologists and geophysists - Employment Level http://joboutlook.gov.au/
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Minerals Geoscience in Australia
State Geological Surveys and Mines Departments
Future for CODES
• Fundamental to applied research
•Ore deposit characterisation
•Exploration vectoring
•Geometallurgy
•Analytical development
•Research training
•Up-skilling and training for industry
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub
Transforming the Mining Value Chain
Research Themes:
1: Detecting proximity to ore (footprints)
2: Quantifying geometallurgical characteristics
3: Predicting geoenvironmental behaviour
Partner Organisations - AMIRA International, BHP-Billiton(Olympic Dam), Newcrest, Corescan
Other Organisations - Laurin Technic, NICTA, University of Exeter
Hub granted $3.97m over 5 years from the ARC
Hub secured $4.71m cash and $4.04m in-kind support from Partner/Other
Bid successful June 2015
$112m over 6 years
37 companies pledged support
CODES will an Essential Partner
CODES involved in Define ProgramMineral characterisation, grade variability and
ore deposit models
UTAS will contribute $600,000 over 6
years
CRC ORE II will return $1.8m to
CODES
II
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
P1153 - Porphyry-epithermal(funded)
Project Pipeline
P1166 – Target generation
and geology from data
driven computation (proposal)
P1175 – Integrated waste
characterisation for best
practice AMD prediction (proposal)
Tasmanian Minerals Geoscience Initiative
Collaboration between:
Proposal to State Government
for targeted minerals
geoscience projects:
• 3D metallogeny/geology
• Mineral deposits
• Geochronology
• Exploration footprints
• Geoenvironmental
UNCOVER
Five initiatives focused on the genesis, distribution and discovery of Australia’s mineral wealth
• Cover
• Lithospheric architecture
• 4D geodynamic and metallogenic evolution
• Distal footprints of ore deposits
• Research Education and Training
Minerals Geoscience
•Research
•Training
•Analytical services
•New collaborations and opportunities
West Coast Tasmania