Nick is a computer geologist with over 20 years working in geosciences mainly in technical roles that usually involve software that makes life easier for geologists. Nick has also spent time working with geophysical data for exploration, drillhole data management, directional drilling and resource geology. More recently, Nick has been responsible for forging Deswik's path into Geology, creating the 'GeoTools' products for mine geologists involved in sampling, mapping, drillhole design and ore control.

Jay Ashford is a professional geologist at BHP with 20 years’ experience as a geoscientist. Jay has the role of producing geological resource models, specifically targeting the tactical mine plan. He believes data science and scientific programming can combine with geology to meet the complex computational demand of emerging geoscience. He has developed an interest in uncertainty modelling using advanced multivariate simulation methods. In addition, Jay likes to find automated routines for repetitive tasks, using computing skills learnt over the course of his career. Jay holds an MSc in Geology.

Catherine Barton is currently a Senior Resource Geologist employed by Western Areas and a mother of two. Since graduating with a BSc in Earth Science from the University of Western Australia in 2009, she has been working in Western Australia’s base metals sector as an Exploration and Underground Mine Geologist predominantly on nickel, copper and zinc projects.

Alexandre Boucher is currently working with his team on developing the next generations of geomodelling algorithms leveraging the latest technologies and computing resources. Dr. Boucher received his PhD in geostatistics from Stanford University, an MPhil from the University of Queensland in mining geostatistics and a degree in geological engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. He was Acting Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 2007 to 2010 where he taught geostatistics. He co-authored the book Applied Geostatistics with SGeMS and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, proceedings and conferences.

Perry Collier is a mining and mineral resource geologist with over 30 years multi-commodity experience. Originally from Western Australia, Perry is now based on the Gold Coast, Queensland where he has worked for Rio Tinto Brisbane since 2006. Having recently completed a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, Perry is passionate about maximising resource utilisation and the value of reducing project technical risk, which comes with increased orebody knowledge.

After earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology through Federation University in Ballarat, Emma chased the opportunities over west and worked in mine geology for ~6 years. After a short stint in mine planning she then moved into Resource Geology where she continues to hone her skills. During this time Emma obtained a Graduate Certificate in Mineral and Energy Economics through Curtin University and completed a Graduate Certificate in Geostatistics through Edith Cowan University. When work and study aren’t keeping her busy you’ll find her dabbling in various sports, ventures or planning the next holiday.

With over 9 years experience working in exploration and mining across multiple countries including Zambia, Australia and Spain, Kelsey has had exposure to a diverse range of mineral systems including lateritic and magmatic Ni, sedimentary and porphyry hosted Cu and porphyry-vein hosted Au. Currently one of the Senior Mine Geologists at IGO’s Nova Ni Operation, Kelsey is passionate about developing and mentoring early-career professionals, keeping a keen eye on IGO’s exploration pursuits and encouraging the implementation of new technologies and ideas. Kelsey aspires to grow as a leader and one day make waves in management roles, all whilst wrangling her troop of kids and geo-farmer partner at the same time.

West Australian born and raised, James has been working in the mining industry for 15 years. Beginning in as a exploration geologist searching for gold in the Yilgarn before pursuing underground mine geology in gold and base metals.

Geologist, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Geo-Mining-Metallurgical Specialization and Member of the World Sampling Council: International Pierre Gy Sampling Association. 22 years of international and multi-commodities mining experience across the supply chain, at different leadership and technical roles. 15 years of working on Sampling & QAQC applied in Exploration, Mining, Operation, Processing, Ports and Marketing. 4 years at the BHP Resource Centre of Excellence, providing Sampling & QAQC support in all the commodities in BHP, and across the supply chain: from Exploration to Port and Marketing.

Geologist, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Geo-Mining-Metallurgical Specialization and Member of the World Sampling Council: International Pierre Gy Sampling Association. 22 years of international and multi-commodities mining experience across the supply chain, at different leadership and technical roles. 15 years of working on Sampling & QAQC applied in Exploration, Mining, Operation, Processing, Ports and Marketing. 4 years at the BHP Resource Centre of Excellence, providing Sampling & QAQC support in all the commodities in BHP, and across the supply chain: from Exploration to Port and Marketing.

Lauren Elliott is the Principal Ore Deposit Knowledge Geologist for Lihir gold mine, in PNG, for Newcrest Mining. Lauren has a total of 18 years diverse operational experience as a Mine Geologist, with strong technical and leadership/management skills. She has successfully worked in a variety of different open pit and underground operations around the world (Africa, North America and South America), and thrives in culturally diverse work environments. Her current role is a senior technical role, directing the technical geological functions of the Lihir Gold mine, including geometallurgy, resource growth, scheduling and reconciliation. Lauren is a member of the AIG with RPGeo registration and a member of the AusIMM.

A motivated senior geoscientist with a passion for understanding orebody geology,bridging gaps between mineralogy of the orebody and how that impacts processing. With more than 14 years’ experience in the mineral industry spanning multiple continents. My career to date has covered the spectrum of the mining value chain including mineral exploration, mine geology, mineral processing ore characterization and geometallurgy. My background in mineral exploration has given me a strong appreciation for the importance of understanding the mineralogy of an orebody through geometallurgy to optimise orebody knowledge.

Glenn has been working in the mining sector for 10 years, mainly within Iron Ore with experience ranges from Exploration to Geological Modelling and Mine Geology. Glenn has a bachelor of Science majoring in Earth Science from the University of Western Australia. In addition, Glenn holds a diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) from the Centre of Excellence. Glenn is currently leading a team of dedicated and high performing mine geologists that are focused on improving the way we work as a Mine Geology team. With a customer centric focus, we are driving innovation and automation within our work to further assist the planning and technical teams.

Ian is a geologist with postgraduate qualifications in geostatistics, mining geology and computing who has over 35 years worldwide experience in the mining industry. Following 16 years working for a major multi-national, multi-commodity mining company in a variety of technical and geological management roles, Ian entered the consulting sphere. For over ten years Ian managed and grew the resource evaluation function of a major mining consultancy, which grew from a staff of around 30 to over 200 during this time. He also assumed responsibility for a Training business which was among the most successful in the industry and initiated a Risk Services division. Ian’s skills are in resource evaluation, public reporting, quantitative risk assessment, strategic advice, geostatistics, reconciliation, project management, statutory and competent persons’ reporting and mining geology studies. Ian was a founding Director of Optiro and is now an Executive Consultant at Snowden Optiro.

Raymond Goldie B.Sc. M.Sc. PhD. Dip.Bus. Admin. Raymond was born and grew up in New Zealand. His PhD from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, comprised a thesis on the geology of part of the Noranda area, Quebec. After a few years as a field geologist in Canada, he worked for investment dealers in Toronto as a financial analyst and mineral economist. Since December 2015, he has have been a consultant in mining finance. From 2015 to 2018, his principal activity in this regard was acting as an Expert Witness in the Voisey’s Bay lawsuit. He has also been and continues to be a Director of junior mineral exploration companies. His research on mineral economics resulted, in 2000, in trademarking the term "pinch-point"TM. In 2005, Flanker Press of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador published his book Inco comes to Labrador. He currently serves as First Vice President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

I am a geophysicist who has worked across a large part of the value chain from green-fields acquisition to rail and port improvement. I enjoy bringing technical solutions through to real world value realisation. I love spending time with my family, both my wife and three kids and our extended family. Together with my wife I have a keen interest in sustainable living and exploring ways to live a full life while minimizing our negative impact on the Earth.

Maarten Haest is a geologist and material sensing scientist with a keen interest in sensors and sensor fusion across the mining value chain. He is focused on the combination of outputs from multiple sensors to improve material characterization at the mine face and on the processed product, to increase extraction efficiency and enhance product quality. With a PhD in ore geology and experience spanning from research to implementation of novel sensors in the mining and exploration industries with the CSIRO and BHP in Australia, Maarten brings a wealth of ore characterisation knowledge to MineSense to refine and expand its ShovelSense and BeltSense product lines. As VP Geoscience at MineSense, Maarten is responsible for both Lab Services and Operational GeoScience. In this role, he is supporting the creation of data models that generate knowledge and value from the deployed MineSense sensors, as well as progressing research into new sensors to enhance the benefits that can be generated from these products.

Rayleen is a mining geologist with over 25 years’ experience in the resource industry. Rayleen has been involved with onsite implementation and administration of Reconcilor for the past 15 years and has significant expertise in mine site reconciliation. Utilising her strong domain expertise, Rayleen is the Product Owner of Reconcilor, providing a leadership role within the Research and Development team, ensuring delivery of software features and functionality that meets the needs of key stakeholders. Rayleen has authored a number of published white papers on mine reconciliation.

Paul is an experienced geologist who in 2004, was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Exploration and Mining Geology from Curtin University’s WA School of Mines. He has also been awarded a Post graduate Certificate in Geostatistics from Edith Cowan University in 2021. In his early career Paul worked in several nickel, copper and gold mines throughout WA. Since 2016, Paul has worked at IGO’s (Ni-Cu-Co) Nova Operation, seeing the transitions from start-up, steady state production and now optimisation. Paul’s current professional focus includes grade control, Mineral Resource estimation and mine to mill reconciliation studies. He particularly enjoys working with small teams of highly inquisitive motivated mine geologists.

I was a wireline logger with Heathgate resources at their Beverly Uranium mine from 2007-2009, . Then joined BHP as a mine geologist at Blackwater coal mine in central Queensland in 2010, move to Goonyella Riverside Mine in 2011 and progressed through senior and Principal Mine Geologist. After a stint with BHP Technical Marketing for Iron Ore in 2016 joined planning team for BHP Coal as a mining engineer in 2017. Moved to Principal Coal Planning and Reconciliation for 2020-21 and currently a Geometallurgist. Completed an MSc in geostatistics in 2016 and currently working towards a PhD in mathematics on optimal blending given uncertainty.

Lee is a mining engineer that is passionate about open cut blasting. He has worked globally in a variety of roles, all with the common goal of promoting better blasting outcomes.

Explorer at heart, Jasmin brings more than 30 years of geologist’s experience across different countries, commodities, and scale of business. Geology education he gained in Former Yugoslavia, The Netherlands (NUFFIC Scholarship) and the United States (IREX Scholarship) as well as his passion for exploring the relationship between landscape evolution and mineral deposits led him as far as Guyana’s tropical rainforests. He spent two years there working on alluvial diamond investigation as a geologist specialist - volunteer to UNDP, technical assistance to developing nations. The same passion took him later to Yandicoogina Channel Iron Ore deposit in Pilbara, Western Australia where he currently works with Rio Tinto.

Henry is a Geologist with 15 years experience in mine geology in gold, coal and base metals. Henry worked for equipment and consumable companies in sales roles for 7 years. He has been with Scantech for 15 years and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer and Minerals Consultant. Henry has presented over 25 papers on the use of real time analysis technologies in the minerals sector for process improvement.

Hannah is a data analyst at MineSense Technologies Ltd who resides in Vancouver, BC. Hannah has a BA in geology from Cornell University, United States, and a MSc in economic geology from Queen’s University, Canada. For her MSc thesis, Hannah studied zinc mineralisation in the high-grade metamorphosed marble terranes of the Grenville Province in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, realising a newfound relationship between mineralisation and local magmatism. Hannah draws on her geological background and knowledge of orebodies to support the MineSense team in unlocking the value of real-time sensor-based data collection at the mine face to help mining operations increase their profitability and reduce their environmental footprint.

Geologist with 14 years experience in coal exploration and resource evaluation in Australia. With several years consulting for Copper, Gold, and Base Metals.

Scott has over 25 years’ experience in the exploration and mining industry focusing on data quality, resource estimation, model quality and communicating quality to end users. He is currently researching uncertainty methods with spatial domains and teaching spatial analysis and statistics at Charles Sturt University. He is also involved in Mid North Coast Rugby.

Brad graduated from Adelaide University in 2006 with a BSc (hons) in geology and earth sciences. He has spent 14 years working in various mine geology roles in NQ QLD at Mt Isa and Cloncurry, including 8 years at Ernest Henry Mine as the Senior Mine Geologist.

Dr Haydon Mort is the CEO and Founder of Geologize Ltd. A geologist with 15 years of research experience, his encounters with neurology put him on a parallel path in the science of attention and communication. In September 2020 his company launched the critically acclaimed training course, Practical Geocommunication. The training teaches geoscientists of all colours to powerfully connect with the public in ways that inspire students and engage disengaged members of society. The goal is to shift the highly negative public and political perception of the field and get more students into geosciences.

A graduate from the National University of Ireland, Emma moved to the Goldfields of Western Australia in 2004 and has continued to work in the region for companies such as Croesus, Gold Fields, Saracen and Northern Star. Emma has been employed at a number mine sites in various open pit and underground Geology roles gaining experience in many the facets of Mine Geology, project development, resource estimation and reconciliation. Emma believes that the key to good mining is in the understanding of the geology. As a leader, Emma aims to inspire her teams to extract as many secrets from the rocks as possible and to continue the fight against mining dilution.

Mark is a leader in the mining and geoscience consulting industry. He provides technical advice, mine and project reviews, due diligence and audits, process improvement studies, as well as training and mentoring in all aspects of orebody knowledge, from exploration reporting, resource definition and reporting, mine geology, grade control and mine reconciliation through to inputs into reserving and feasibility studies. He assists clients in understanding, developing and reporting on their mineral assets. Mark's technical experience covers a wide range of commodities, geological, geographic and mining settings. Mark is an AusIMM director (2021-2023) and has held positions as Chair of the Southern Queensland branch of the AusIMM, the AusIMM Consultants Society, the AusIMM Awards Technical Excellence Committee, the Geostatistical Association of Australasia and Secretary of the Geostatistical Association of South Africa. Mark has an MSc in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University, South Africa, is a Fellow and Chartered Professional (Geosciences) of the AusIMM, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mark received the AusIMM Charles Marshall Award for Technical Excellence 2020. Mark mentors with the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering’s Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) and the International Women in Resources Mentoring Program (IWRMP).

Gary is a spectral geologist with broad experience across a range of industries, including telecommunications, oil and gas, disturbed area rehabilitation, and in mining and environmental regulation. After initially focusing on engineering and telecommunications and completing separate degrees in engineering and geology, Gary pivoted to the mining sector. He read geology at The University of Queensland, receiving a PhD for research on the geology of the Eastern Gondwanan margin. This research resulted in several published papers and included research at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne. Gary's current research primarily focuses on accurate determination of mineral abundance using hyperspectral data, although he continues to also research aspects of the Gondwanan Mesozoic. Hyperspectral research is a challenging multidisciplinary field and Gary enjoys working closely with mathematicians, physicists, geologists, and engineers to deliver practical and usable hyperspectral results to the mining sector.

Currently a Senior Geologist working for BHP's WA Iron Ore Operations in the role of Resource Geologist. I have been in this role performing estimates and reporting of Mineral Resources across the companies Iron Ore portfolio for 10 years. During this time I have completed post-graduate certificate in Geostatistics (2015-2016) and commenced a MSc Mathematics and Planning at ECU (2019-2021). Prior to this I have experience in many mining and exploration geologist roles in Iron Ore and Nickel Laterite projects across the state. My current interests lie in exploring workflows that integrate techniques from machine learning and geostatistics to identify opportunities to increase productivity and confidence in investment decisions.

Hamish has worked as geologist for over 20 years. Gaining experience from green and brown fields exploration, resource development, to mine geology, commodity logistics and resource estimation. Hamish has worked with five different commodities such as minerals sands, gold, copper, iron ore and coal. Hamish is currently a Principal Mine Geologist for BHP working across the coal mine sites in Queensland

Lizzy graduated with honours from the Australian National University in 2015. She has worked in both open cut coal and underground metalliferous environments since then, and is currently working in Exploration in NSW.

Fletcher is an experienced geologist who in 2015, was awarded a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Geology from Curtin University. More recently, while pursing his interest in machine learning, he was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Data Engineering from ANU. Fletcher spent his early career in gold mining geology and near-mine exploration in WA. Since 2019, Fletcher has worked at IGO’s Ni-Cu-Co Nova Operation, where his current role is Senior Geologist. Fletcher’s current professional focus includes mineral resource estimation, reconciliation, and associated machine learning applications.

Born and raised in Perth, Murray started off as an underground geologist in the Kimberley’s at the Cadjebut MVT Zn-Pb deposit in the early 80’s, followed by a number of years underground at the Scuddles VHMS Zn-Cu deposit in the Murchison. This led into a consulting role over the next decade across multiple commodities around the globe. In 2003 Murray joined Argyle Diamonds in the Kimberley’s of WA and has been the Competent Person until the recent closure of mine production in November 2020 as well as working on multiple commodities for Rio Tinto.

Ranjan has been in the mining and mineral industry for over 15 years, while working in commodities like Bauxite, Iron Ore, Limestone , Thermal and Metallurgical Coal across different countries and continents. He has worked in different stages of prospect maturity ranging from exploration, due diligence studies, pre-feasibility - feasibility studies , active mining operations and deposit evaluations. He is passionate about mining technology and automation and he specializes in geological modelling, data analysis and Geostatistics. His key interests is Cooking and Travelling

Amar-Amgalan Serjlkhumbe (Amaraa) graduated bachelor of Geology in Mongolian University of Science and Technology in 2001. She started her mining geologist career as a Mine Geologist in open pit mine of Oyu Tolgoi LLC since 2010. From 2017 she became a Superintendent of Surface Mine Geology team at the Technical & Integrated Planning Department.

Amar-Amgalan Serjlkhumbe (Amaraa) graduated bachelor of Geology in Mongolian University of Science and Technology in 2001. She started her mining geologist career as a Mine Geologist in open pit mine of Oyu Tolgoi LLC since 2010. From 2017 she became a Superintendent of Surface Mine Geology team at the Technical & Integrated Planning Department.

Dr Penny Stewart is a mining engineer and the founder and CEO of PETRA. Penny worked on mine sites for five years before obtaining her Queensland 1st Class Mine Managers’ Certificate of Competency. It was during her time working in the underground and open pit mines of WA that she learnt how geological uncertainty affects our ability to mine to plan. This experience led her to undertake PhD studies at University of Queensland’s JKMRC, where she developed statistical models to predict the mechanical behaviour of rock and was awarded the Ian Morley Prize for this work. In 2015, Penny founded PETRA with the hypothesis that the engineering behaviour of rock throughout a mine is best estimated by feeding back 100s of millions of tonnes of actual mine performance data into engineering models and optimisations. Six years later Petra’s AI powered mining software help mining professionals enhance orebody knowledge and optimise the mine value chain.

Steve Sullivan, Senior Technical Sales Specialist, Maptek, has 35 years industry experience with expertise in geological modelling and resource management throughout Australia and Asia. As a resource geologist he has worked across a diverse range of metalliferous and energy commodities applying his expertise in different estimation techniques and methods. Steve is Technical Lead for DomainMCF, the commercial application of machine learning to geological domain classification and resource estimation.

Currently working as Principal Modelling Geologist at BHP's Olympic Dam operation, overseeing the delivery of key geological wireframes for input into the the resource model and mine plan. Previously worked as a Mine and Exploration Geologist at several of BHP's Iron Ore ope

Kerry Turnock has 29 years of resource sector experience spanning geoscience, operational, technical marketing and technology disciplines. This multidisciplinary experience underpins Kerry’s ability to understand the value of geoscientific inputs for organisational decisions across the value chain, ranging from grassroots exploration through mining and processing to the end customer. She has a proven track record of successfully delivering breakthrough projects with functioning solutions that have resulted in realised benefits from resource identification through to improved mining practices and the establishment of new market products. Kerry holds a Masters in geology from Monash University and is the Global Practice Lead for Resource Knowledge with BHP’s Resource Centre of Excellence

Peter grew up in Hobart, Tasmania where he showed interest in fossils and minerals from a young age. He studied a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Geology at the University of Tasmania. As a graduate Peter worked at Regis Resources in open cut mining and exploration across four contrasting orogenic gold deposits. Peter then worked in underground mining at Sandfire Resources from September 2017, including secondment as a Geotechnical Engineer. Peter used his combined knowledge from underground Geology and Geotechnical activities to build a structural model for DeGrussa alongside Barry Junor (co-presenter), which has become an integral entity for the Technical Services team on site. Peter has been based in West Perth, working on Sandfire's global projects since January 2022. Peter has a passion for mineralogy and is the President of the Mineralogical Society of Western Australia and Char of the Perth Gem and Mineral Show Committee. In his spare time Peter enjoys hiking, surfing and exploring interesting and unusual mineral occurrences around Australia.

William Vigor-Brown is a Senior Mine Geologist working for Oceanagold's Waihi operation in New Zealand. He has Nickel production experience from Mincor's Kambalda WA operations, and has worked in Papua New Guinea in gold exploration.

Abe Whaanga is a Superintendent - Mine Geology at OceanaGold’s Waihi Operation and an AusIMM chartered proffesional. A Victoria University of Wellington graduate, Abe began his geology career in Komatite hosted Nickle sulphide deposits in Kambalda. He has over 16 years working as a Geologist in the WA and New Zealand mining industry and 3 years in the GIS industry. His experience includes geological and structural modelling, resource estimation, geophysical techniques, and database, project and financial management in gold, nickel and iron ore deposits.

Fang Huang is a research scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources, Geoscience Analytics team, working on building machine learning models with drill core hyperspectral, geochemical, and mineralogical data. Before joining CSIRO, he was a postdoctoral research associate in data science and machine learning. He got his PhD degree in 2017 with a focus in high temperature and pressure thermodynamic modelling. With an interdisciplinary background, he uses network analysis, data analytics, and visualisations in his research to gain knowledge from a variety of geochemical, biological, and mineralogical data sets. He has also co-organised a number of data science sessions and workshops at international conferences.

Danny is a geostatistician with a background in geological modelling, mine planning and surveying. He has 30 years’ international experience with varied commodities including gold, copper, mineral sands, iron ore, nickel laterites, nickel sulphides, bauxite and phosphate. In over 20 years of consulting Danny has had exposure to more than 300 different projects. Danny’s skills cover, 3D geological modelling, Resource estimation and technical reviews. Danny is a Competent Person for JORC Code and qualified person for NI 43-101 reporting of resources for numerous commodities and deposit types.

Nick is a computer geologist with over 20 years working in geosciences mainly in technical roles that usually involve software that makes life easier for geologists. Nick has also spent time working with geophysical data for exploration, drillhole data management, directional drilling and resource geology. More recently, Nick has been responsible for forging Deswik's path into Geology, creating the 'GeoTools' products for mine geologists involved in sampling, mapping, drillhole design and ore control.

Shauna Martin is currently the Senior Database Geologist at Aurelia Metals. Shauna has over 15 years in the mining industry as a geologist and database manager. Beginning her career as a geologist in iron ore before moving into database management covering a range of commodities including gold, uranium and base metal deposits. Working primarily in Australia, Shauna has provided services to those in Laos, South America, DRC and West Africa. Shauna has a passion for geological data management and enjoys working with people to share her knowledge and experience to ensure only accurate good quality data are used to make key business decisions.

Phil has worked in the mining industry for more than 18 years. He has held technical roles in both open cut and underground operations along the East Coast of Australia and has operational experience in a range of different commodities such as gold, tin, and coal, and in a variety of geological settings. His production experience has been supplemented by 8 years consulting experience where he has supported clients on operations both in Australia and overseas. Phil holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology and has completed a Graduate Certificate in Geostatistics.

Ilnur is Principal Geoscientist in Numerical Modelling and Data in BHP, Perth,WA. He finished his PhD in Applied Mathematics and Physics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. During his study Ilnur worked on developing and implementing basic geostatistical algorithms for oil-gas modelling software. In 2013 Ilnur started his postdoc in COSMO Lab, McGill University. During the following three years he developed high-order simulation methods for optimization of mining complexes. Four years ago Ilnur joined BHP and currently working on uncertainty quantification in the value chain. His area of interest is geostatistics, numerical modelling, and data science.

Katherine Silversides is a research fellow at the Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA), Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney. Her research focuses on solving different classification and modelling problems relating to orebody geology using a range of data including geophysical downhole logging, geochemical assays, “measure while drilling” information from drill rigs and hyperspectral data.