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Event Address
Thomas Cooper Room, Coopers Alehouse, 316 Pulteney St, Adelaide
Event Start
1730
Event End
1915
Event Details
Title: Modern use of electromagnetics in Nickel exploration
Presenter: Andrew Fitzpatrick
Location: Thomas Cooper Room, Coopers Alehouse, 316 Pulteney St, Adelaide
Date: Tuesday 13th February
Time: 5:30 pm for a 6:15 pm start
Cost: Members & students free, non-members $10, includes finger food & drinks
Overview:
The talk will cover the use of ground and airborne electromagnetic (EM) techniques in the search for magmatic Nickel deposits in Australia. The talk will cover several examples of how EM can be used. 1) The talk will show examples of airborne EM being used as a first pass targeting technique across belt scales. 2) Provide an empirical study on how deep ground EM sees through conductive regolith cover. 3) methods to increase the depth investigation of ground methods, and 4) a feasibility forward modelling study of deploying an underground transmitter loop within a mine.
Bio:
Andrew Fitzpatrick (PhD) is the exploration project manager for Northern Australia at IGO. He joined IGO in 2017 as chief geophysicist and now manages the greenfields nickel projects across Australia. Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in the application of geophysics for mineral/groundwater exploration in government, academia, applied research, and the private mining sector. Andrew is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Exploration Geophysics at Curtin University.