A highlight from this year’s MinEx CRC’s Mid-year Science Review was undoubtedly the celebration of our recent Postgraduate submissions/completions.

Congratulations to the following students and their supervisory teams on this fantastic achievement.

 

Completed: Su Kwong Lee (Masters) – Curtin University: Methods to detect inadequate bit cleaning in diamond drilling

Supervisors:

• Thomas Richard (Curtin)
• Masood Mostofi (Curtin)
• Yevhen Kovalyshen (CSIRO)

 

Completed: Alejandra Bedoya Mejia (PhD) – University of Adelaide: Thermochronology of ‘The Gap’, Western Australia

Supervisors:

• Stijn Glorie (UofA)
• Martin Hand (UofA)
• Chris Kirkland (Curtin)
• Dave Kelsey (GSWA)

 

Completed: Rui Huang (PhD) – Curtin University: Experimental study of impregnated diamond bit wear

Supervisors:

• Thomas Richard (Curtin)
• Masood Mostofi (Curtin)
• Dimple Quyn (Curtin)
• Yevhen Kovalyshen (CSIRO)

 

Submitted: Snehal Jayakumar (Masters) – Curtin University: Cutting transport in RC drilling using compressible fluids

Supervisors:

• Masood Mostofi (Curtin)
• Dimple Quyn (Curtin)
• Yevhen Kovalyshen (CSIRO)

 

Submitted: Mosayeb Khademi Zahedi (PhD) – University of South Australia: Linking Geophysics and Geology Through Borehole Data: A Framework for Quantifying the Value of Information in Mineral Exploration

Supervisors:

• Dave Giles (UniSA)
• Caroline Tiddy (UniSA)
• Andrej Bona (Curtin)
• Mark Lindsay (CSIRO)

 

Submitted: Ivan Gutierrez Agramont (PhD) – University of South Australia – Machine learning-based synthetic data generation for predicting (downhole) Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) assay data

Supervisors:

• Caroline Tiddy (UniSA)
• Ben van der Hoek (UniSA)
• Louie Zhang (CSIRO)
• Steve Tassios (CSIRO)

 

Submitted: Travis Batch (PhD) – University of South Australia: Monazite and rhabdophane chemistry for Cu-Au exploration in eastern Proterozoic Australia

Supervisors:

• Caroline Tiddy (UniSA)
• Adrienne Brotodewo (UniSA)
• Dave Giles (UniSA)
• Vasek Metalka (AIC Mines)
• Mike Taylor (AIC Mines)

 

Submitted: Luke Tylkowski (PhD) – University of South Australia: Apatite from the Castlemaine Group: Implications for provenance and mineral exploration

Supervisors:

• Caroline Tiddy (UniSA)
• Adrienne Brotodewo (UniSA)
• Dave Giles (UniSA)
• Ross Cayley (GSV)
• Rob Thorne (CSIRO)

 

Submitted: Zhufu Shao (PhD) – University of Adelaide: Novel Isotope Techniques for Basin Exploration: In Situ Geochronology and Metal Isotope Analysis of Mid-Cambrian Authigenic Minerals from the Georgina Basin, Australia

Supervisors:

• Juraj Farkas (UofA)
• Alan Collins (UofA)
• Stijn Glorie (UofA)
• Charles Verdel (NTGS)