Mitre Geophysics

Very well attended SMEDG talk last night in Sydney by Kate Hine, illustrating multiple use cases for #geophysics in near-mine scenarios for #Sn and #Au, especially where #pyrrhotite is a prominent sulphide in the mineralising system. Kate discussed the use of DHEM at the historic Cassilis Au mine in the rugged eastern highlands of Victoria to discover new rich (>20 g/t) Au lodes hundreds of metres underground, and at the historic, but still operating, high grade Renison Bell Sn mine in the wilderness of western Tasmania, where new ore lenses continue to be uncovered in the depths of the mine using geophysics. Contact us if you want to know more about our #success_stories, or would like to know how we can help you create value using #geophysics.

That’s a wrap… #ASEGDiscover2024 is now done. Mitre Geophysics staff chaired several sessions, actively attended many workshops, and Kate Hine presented cutting edge research on mitigation of IP effects in AEM data for minerals exploration. All 6 Mitre geophysical staff came to our home base #Hobart to attend - it was a wonderful chance to connect our four office locations (Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Hobart, Perth) and spend some time interacting with each other, peers and colleagues across the national and international exploration geophysics communities. Congratulations to the organising committee for a great meeting. Special congratulations to Peter Fullagar - ASEG Gold Medal recipient for his vast contributions to our science and community. And special mention to our own mentor and colleague Michael Roach on being elected as an Honorary Member of Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG)

New Website drop! To all our clients, colleagues, and followers- please have a look at our recently revamped and relaunched website: https://lnkd.in/gc3QhcxJ For those who've been paying close attention, you may have noticed that Mitre Geophysics has had an extraordinary (>200%) growth spurt in the last few years since 2021. We now have 7 staff across 3 Australian states, with offices in QLD, WA and Tassie, (our heritage home base since 1980). Our new website showcases our talented staff members; an evolving map of where we are contributing to our clients success in Australia and worldwide; and more useable documentation of where we have made impacts, around the world, and to the science of Exploration Geophysics. Please have a look at the new site -give us feedback. And if you're looking for an informed opinion about geophysical data, survey design, a prospect or geoscience conundrum -please get in touch with our expanded and enthusiastic team to see if we can help you turn data into a discovery or a solution.

Excitement of airborne EM for groundwater aside, I am now back on my main occupation: Geophysics for mineral exploration. Today's job is looking for targets on a project near Overflow. This is an incredibly rich area, and many (most?) of major ore deposits on this trend respond well to geophysics. That does not, however, mean that the anomalies are obvious. Far from it! I spend a lot of time look at the various different units and trying to see where the geophysics diverges from expected for a given lithology.

I am off to Sydney tomorrow to work through some airborne EM over one of Australia's most important irrigation districts. Airborne EM as applied to hydrological mapping is one of my favourite applications of EM. Below image shows a series of saline acquifers and resistive tight sandstone layers.

Mines &Wines- Discoveries in the Tasmanides The Mitre management team of Kate Hine and Nick Direen are having a great and informative time at the Discoveries in the Tasmanides field trip and conference in Victoria yesterday and Albury today. Great to catch up with current clients and colleagues (and some prospective new clients), and discussing the ways we can assist your path to discovery as we have in at least 5 of the new discoveries canvassed in John Greenfield's opening talk this morning. Come and talk to us if you want geophysical expertise with a track record of 44 years of Tasmanides experience.

True to our Tasmanian roots, our Chairman and founding Director, Dr John Bishop, will be presenting this week at the Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council (TMEC) Annual Conference in Launceston. John will be speaking in his capacity as Chair of a sister company, Direct Lithium, on the subject of "Zero carbon mining for Lithium and Energy in Tasmania". The presentation is on Wednesday 24 July. https://lnkd.in/eAWQxyJW Please don't hesitate to contact us Mitre Geophysics if you're interested in exploring for Lithium resources using geophysical and mineral systems methods.

Our peer reviewed paper in collaboration with AirGeoX - Airborne Geo Exploration on the effectiveness of drone magnetics for IOCG exploration in naturally noisy brownfields environments is finally out this week in Australia's premier geophysical journal, Exploration Geophysics! https://lnkd.in/g9QVbXsP

Mitre Project Geophysicist Fionnuala Campbell was out in the field near beautiful (but cold) Young, NSW last week looking at gravity data over a mafic intrusive complex for one of our clients. Please get in touch if you need a gravity survey designed, data processed or QC'd, or integrated into an effective mineral systems analysis.

Mitre Founding Director, Dr John Bishop, spoke today at the CODES Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium at the University of Tasmania. John's talk was titled "Exploration for different styles of lithium; An overview", and was informed by his 50+ years of exploration experience, including as MD / Chairman of ASX listed exploration companies such as KUTh Energy and Icon Resources, and unlisted explorers Direct Lithium and Gaia Hydrogen. The CODES Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium is bringing together local Tasmanian expertise with high profile global researchers, resource house reps, and consultants to advance the frontiers of knowledge across a variety of critical metals including Cu, Cu, Li, W, Sn, REE's, and Ni. Other presenters represent CODES, ANU, UNSW, GA, CSIRO, BHP, U.Nevada, GSSA and GSNSW. Mitre is proud of its 44 year research record in advancing the science of mineral discovery.