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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
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Innovation in Exploration and
Mining
César Aguirre M
SEG Regional Vice President Lecturer 2016
Ouro Preto, May 18, 2016
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
Innovation in the Mining Industry
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
Innovation: Things have Changed
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
New Gadgets in Mining Exploration
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Innovation, the new gadgets
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TERRA Portable XRD Handheld XRF Analyzer
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
Innovation in Exploration and Mining:
• Less Cost (mining, transporting and processing)
• Less Energy Consumption
• Lower Environmental Footprint
• Less Waste
• Safer
• Socially Acceptable
• Process Efficiency
• Gain Strategic Advantage
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SEG Regional Lecturer Innovation in Exploration and Mining
Phases in R&D
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Discovery Research Development Demonstration Implementation
Projects are divided into phases:
Milestones at the end of each phase and stage gate review (go/no-go
decision points)
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Innovation Horizons
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Incremental Innovation
Bolt-on Innovation
Disruptive Innovation
This Presentation
McKinsey, 2013
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Key Technical Innovations in the Cu Industry
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Bulk mining at
Bingham
Canyon &
Chuquicamata
…
Froth
Flotation
Better
Smelting
& Refining
….which opened
up the “Age of
the Giant
Porphyries”
Airborne
geophysics
post- WW2 led
to raft of new
discoveries
Expanding demand led to economies
of scale
Development
of a good
geological
model for
Porphyries
SXEW
for Oxide
Deposits
Computer
controls
modelling and
scheduling
Low cost
mines in new
countries
Better
work
practices Improved
recoveries
65% to
85%
Improved
transportation
2009 $/tonne
ore
Sources: USGS, Brook Hunt, CRU
MinEx Consulting estimates (for 1900-1974)
Includes, transportation, smelting & refining and marketing costs
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Innovations in Exploration
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Airborne SQUID Magnetic Gradiometer
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SQUID = Superconducting Quantum Interference Detector
• Nb ring cooled down with liquid He to 3K
• 10,000 times more sensitive compared to conventional systems
• Also applications to EM and Gravimetry under development
5 cm
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Volcanic dykes and pipes
Magmatic Rocks
Airborne SQUID Magnetic Gradiometer
Supracon und IPHT: Aiborne Magnetic SQUID (Operational)
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Airborne Inductive Induced Polarization
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• The chargeability and resistivity is interpreted from “Negative Transients” of VTEM surveys and are called AIIP (Airborne Inductive Induced Polarization) CSIRO/AMIRA
Chargeability and Resistivity, Tullah-Tasmania
Kwan et al., 2015
Geologyforinvestors.com
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Multi-Parameter Airborne Geophysics
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HD Digital Video
LiDAR Digital Terrain
FALCONTM Gravity Gradiomter
Gamma Ray Spectrometry
Time Domain Electromagnetics Magnetics
Fugro.com
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Borehole Magnetic Tensor Gradiometry
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MTG helps to better constrain mag
inversion models with a Tensor
Gradiometer measurements rather than
extrapolation from surface and downhole
corrected TMI (DET CRC)
6 Independent Components
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Borehole Gravity Meter
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Scintrex Copper Ball
Sensor
From Chris et al., 2013 and Seigel et al., 2007
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Atomic Dielectric Resonance Radar
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• Surface Ground System of TDEM
• Coherent pulse of energy emitted from an antenna into the ground
• Measures: Dielectric Permittivity (rocks and elements) has to be calibrated
with Lab measurements of rocks and core holes
• Electromagnetic waves pass through the different materials with their dielectric
permittivity properties that slow down the signals
• Detects Sulfide Layers-Coal Beds-Geotechnical applications
Adrok ADR Technology, 2016
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Muon (µ) Tomography
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• Muons are “heavy” electrons 207me- (fundamental particle) • Cosmic Muons atenuated due to high density objects • Ore delineation (mass contrast) Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni… • Muons can penetrate up to 2,000m through rocks with a density of
2.7gr/cm3
Muon Detector
1.5
m
µ µ µ
Ore
Bryman, 2016 (UBC)
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3D Reflection Seismics
• Applied in the oil industry (the most important exploration tool) • Key to success is the combination with borehole seismics • Need software advances to be applied in complex terranes (FTB) • Potentialy could identify ore and structural architecture • Different acustic contrast to reflect seismic waves
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Diamond Exploration, Diavik Ni Exploration, Kambalda Au Exploration, (Driefontein)
Witwaterstrand
Malhemir, 2012
VCR
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Coiled Tubing Drilling
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• Coiled Tubing Drilling
• Measurement While Drilling (MWD)
• Lab-At-Rig (XRF, XRD)
• Developed by DET CRC (Australia)
DET CRC, 2016
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Exoskeletons
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HULC FORTIS
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Augmented Reality
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iGeology 3D (BGS) OCULUS
Outcrop Mapping
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Drones or UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
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AL3 S1000 LIDAR
E-Bee Phoenix Aerial Systems (LIDAR)
Drone and Magnetometer
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Big Data, Cloud Storage, IoT and Software
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Lee et Prouwse, 2014
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Self Organizing Maps
• A segmentation and vizualization technique to explore relationships between disparate data sets
• Based in Vector and Cluster Analysis
• Handle non-linear relations
• Simplifies complexity
• Output 2D maps representing nD data; structures maintaining relationships between inputs
• SOM uses Kohonen algorithm
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2D Self-Organized Map representation of
samples: Colors indicate similarity or
dissimilarity of adjacent nodes
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Quantum Artificial Intelligence is coming...
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Quantum Computers + Artificial Intelligence = Quantum Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have
warned that AI is “our biggest existential
threat”
The D-Wave 2X Quantum computer is up to
100 million times faster (108) than the same
problem running on a single-core conventional
computer.
“I think I can safely say that nobody
understands quantum mechanics.”
Richard Feynman
Superposition &
Entangelment
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In a near future…
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+ Mechanical &
Bio-mechanical =
CYBORG
QAI
Energy from
Aerobic or
Anaerobic
metabolism
FUTURE GEOSCIENTIST?
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