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The program is subject to change at any time at the discretion of the organising committee.

Sunday, November 24, 2019

	Pre Conference Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W1: Geological risk in mining: Why everyone needs to understand and manage it better
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks

	Pre Conference Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W1: Geological risk in mining: Why everyone needs to understand and manage it better
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks

	Pre Conference Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W1: Geological risk in mining: Why everyone needs to understand and manage it better
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks

Monday, November 25, 2019

	Track 1	Track 2
	Registration open and arrival networking Day 1
8:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Technical Session 1: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 1 Welcome to Country Richard Walley OAM, Noongar Elder Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto AusIMM Official Conference Opening Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Ministerial Address Hon Bill Johnston MLA, WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations Keynote Presentation 1: Unlocking Resource Value through Enhancements in Mine Geology Mark Pepper, BHP Iron Ore Keynote Presentation 2: Mining with Principles - setting up for sustained success, respect and responsibility Jacqui Coombes, AMIRA International Predicting sulfide mineral abundances from drill core to smelter feed: impact on the Olympic Dam value chain Kathy Ehrig, BHP Olympic Dam The implementation of photogrammetry and automated data analysis functions at the Waihi Underground Gold Mine Abraham Whaanga, OceanaGold Newmont Goldcorp Tanami Operations - value added through implementation of a new web based reconciliation database Simon Davies, Newmont Goldcorp Economic Analysis: Closing the loop in valuing mining geology Perry Collier, Rio Tinto
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Session 1: Q&A Discussion
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM	AusIMM Geoscience Society Presentation
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM	Morning Coffee Day 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Session 2a: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 2 Keynote Presentation 3: Improving Orebody Productivity: Rio Tinto Overall Orebody Effectiveness™ Rod Smith, Rio Tinto Optimal blending strategy for coking coal given geological uncertainty Rick Jeuken, BHP Quantification of the benefits of innovation in mining grade control Bill Shaw, Ore Control Blast induced ore movement: the missing step in achieving realistic reconciliations David La Rosa, Orecontrol Blasting Consultants Site specific longwall cavity formation - a quantitative study from an atypical dataset Hem Chandra, Anglo American Plc Ltd	Technical Session 2b: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 1 Continuous improvements in mine geology at Kanmantoo Hayden Arbon, Hillgrove Resources Ltd. Application of implicit modelling tools, Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mine, Southern Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto The importance of deposit specific duplicate sampling protocols Shauna Martin, MMG Limited PhotonAssay - efficient and bulk gold analysis in the modern world Chenoa Tremblay, CSIRO
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 2a: Q&A Discussion	Session 2b: Q&A Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:40 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 1 Pit mapping and structural modelling using Adam Tech and Leapfrog geo software solutions Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Statistical methods that unlock grade variability reduction in the iron ore value stream Hugh McCall, BHP
1:40 PM - 3:15 PM	Technical Session 3a: The future of mining and mining geology - advances in technology, AI and automation 1 Keynote Presentation 4: Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy Angel Abbud-Madrid, Center for Space Resources Colorado School of Mines The application of deep learning to extract geological information from drill core imagery Liam Webb, Solve Geosolutions Transforming geoscience through integrated workflows at Olympic Dam Laura Dowling, BHP In-RC rod density - enabling data acquisition in unstable ground Jennifer Market, MPC Kinetic Leveraging technology and geological skill: cracking the Lantern code Chantelle Lower, Kirkland Lake Gold A golden age for optimisation in the mining industry Jonathon White, Polymathian Pty Ltd	Technical Session 3b: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 1 BHP Olympic Dam’s transformation to live implicit modelling and innovative solutions to working in data dense environments James Taylor, BHP Application of Pluri-Gaussian simulations and conditional simulation for geological modelling and estimation of a nickel deposit in New Caledonia Marie-Cécile Febvey, Geovariances Simple solutions for solving complex problems - combining MIK with OK estimation techniques at Olympic Dam Michaela Wright, BHP Machine learning and resource geology Michael Gazley, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Destroying the distinction between explicit and implicit geological modelling Danny Kentwell, SRK Consulting
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a: Q&A Discussion	Session 3b: Q&A Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM	ePoster Presentations Afternoon Coffee Day 1 Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study Janine Figueiredo, FEUP
3:55 PM - 5:15 PM	Technical Session 4: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 3 Keynote Presentation 5: Exploration at Europe’s Largest Zinc Mine at Boliden Tara Mines, Navan, Ireland: from Soil Geochemistry to Seismics John Ashton, Boliden Tara Mines Drilling plan generation based on uncertainty models. Definition of uncertainty thresholds, error for a determined volume at Escondida Mine Marcelo Cortes, BHP Evolution of mine geology in Rio Tinto Iron Ore including the use of geological domains to drive improvements in orebody knowledge and value Danielle Robinson, Rio Tinto What controls high-grade copper mineralisation at Olympic Dam? Jesse Clark, BHP Geometallurgical application in an underground gold operation Simon Dominy, OCX Gold SA
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 4: Q&A Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Conference Dinner sponsored by Rio Tinto

	Track 1	Track 2
	Registration open and arrival networking Day 1
8:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Technical Session 1: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 1 Welcome to Country Richard Walley OAM, Noongar Elder Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto AusIMM Official Conference Opening Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Ministerial Address Hon Bill Johnston MLA, WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations Keynote Presentation 1: Unlocking Resource Value through Enhancements in Mine Geology Mark Pepper, BHP Iron Ore Keynote Presentation 2: Mining with Principles - setting up for sustained success, respect and responsibility Jacqui Coombes, AMIRA International Predicting sulfide mineral abundances from drill core to smelter feed: impact on the Olympic Dam value chain Kathy Ehrig, BHP Olympic Dam The implementation of photogrammetry and automated data analysis functions at the Waihi Underground Gold Mine Abraham Whaanga, OceanaGold Newmont Goldcorp Tanami Operations - value added through implementation of a new web based reconciliation database Simon Davies, Newmont Goldcorp Economic Analysis: Closing the loop in valuing mining geology Perry Collier, Rio Tinto
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Session 1: Q&A Discussion
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM	AusIMM Geoscience Society Presentation
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM	Morning Coffee Day 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Session 2a: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 2 Keynote Presentation 3: Improving Orebody Productivity: Rio Tinto Overall Orebody Effectiveness™ Rod Smith, Rio Tinto Optimal blending strategy for coking coal given geological uncertainty Rick Jeuken, BHP Quantification of the benefits of innovation in mining grade control Bill Shaw, Ore Control Blast induced ore movement: the missing step in achieving realistic reconciliations David La Rosa, Orecontrol Blasting Consultants Site specific longwall cavity formation - a quantitative study from an atypical dataset Hem Chandra, Anglo American Plc Ltd	Technical Session 2b: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 1 Continuous improvements in mine geology at Kanmantoo Hayden Arbon, Hillgrove Resources Ltd. Application of implicit modelling tools, Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mine, Southern Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto The importance of deposit specific duplicate sampling protocols Shauna Martin, MMG Limited PhotonAssay - efficient and bulk gold analysis in the modern world Chenoa Tremblay, CSIRO
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 2a: Q&A Discussion	Session 2b: Q&A Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:40 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 1 Pit mapping and structural modelling using Adam Tech and Leapfrog geo software solutions Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Statistical methods that unlock grade variability reduction in the iron ore value stream Hugh McCall, BHP
1:40 PM - 3:15 PM	Technical Session 3a: The future of mining and mining geology - advances in technology, AI and automation 1 Keynote Presentation 4: Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy Angel Abbud-Madrid, Center for Space Resources Colorado School of Mines The application of deep learning to extract geological information from drill core imagery Liam Webb, Solve Geosolutions Transforming geoscience through integrated workflows at Olympic Dam Laura Dowling, BHP In-RC rod density - enabling data acquisition in unstable ground Jennifer Market, MPC Kinetic Leveraging technology and geological skill: cracking the Lantern code Chantelle Lower, Kirkland Lake Gold A golden age for optimisation in the mining industry Jonathon White, Polymathian Pty Ltd	Technical Session 3b: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 1 BHP Olympic Dam’s transformation to live implicit modelling and innovative solutions to working in data dense environments James Taylor, BHP Application of Pluri-Gaussian simulations and conditional simulation for geological modelling and estimation of a nickel deposit in New Caledonia Marie-Cécile Febvey, Geovariances Simple solutions for solving complex problems - combining MIK with OK estimation techniques at Olympic Dam Michaela Wright, BHP Machine learning and resource geology Michael Gazley, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Destroying the distinction between explicit and implicit geological modelling Danny Kentwell, SRK Consulting
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a: Q&A Discussion	Session 3b: Q&A Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM	ePoster Presentations Afternoon Coffee Day 1 Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study Janine Figueiredo, FEUP
3:55 PM - 5:15 PM	Technical Session 4: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 3 Keynote Presentation 5: Exploration at Europe’s Largest Zinc Mine at Boliden Tara Mines, Navan, Ireland: from Soil Geochemistry to Seismics John Ashton, Boliden Tara Mines Drilling plan generation based on uncertainty models. Definition of uncertainty thresholds, error for a determined volume at Escondida Mine Marcelo Cortes, BHP Evolution of mine geology in Rio Tinto Iron Ore including the use of geological domains to drive improvements in orebody knowledge and value Danielle Robinson, Rio Tinto What controls high-grade copper mineralisation at Olympic Dam? Jesse Clark, BHP Geometallurgical application in an underground gold operation Simon Dominy, OCX Gold SA
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 4: Q&A Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Conference Dinner sponsored by Rio Tinto

	Track 1
	Registration open and arrival networking Day 1
8:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Technical Session 1: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 1 Welcome to Country Richard Walley OAM, Noongar Elder Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto AusIMM Official Conference Opening Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Ministerial Address Hon Bill Johnston MLA, WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations Keynote Presentation 1: Unlocking Resource Value through Enhancements in Mine Geology Mark Pepper, BHP Iron Ore Keynote Presentation 2: Mining with Principles - setting up for sustained success, respect and responsibility Jacqui Coombes, AMIRA International Predicting sulfide mineral abundances from drill core to smelter feed: impact on the Olympic Dam value chain Kathy Ehrig, BHP Olympic Dam The implementation of photogrammetry and automated data analysis functions at the Waihi Underground Gold Mine Abraham Whaanga, OceanaGold Newmont Goldcorp Tanami Operations - value added through implementation of a new web based reconciliation database Simon Davies, Newmont Goldcorp Economic Analysis: Closing the loop in valuing mining geology Perry Collier, Rio Tinto
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Session 1: Q&A Discussion
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM	AusIMM Geoscience Society Presentation
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM	Morning Coffee Day 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Session 2a: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 2 Keynote Presentation 3: Improving Orebody Productivity: Rio Tinto Overall Orebody Effectiveness™ Rod Smith, Rio Tinto Optimal blending strategy for coking coal given geological uncertainty Rick Jeuken, BHP Quantification of the benefits of innovation in mining grade control Bill Shaw, Ore Control Blast induced ore movement: the missing step in achieving realistic reconciliations David La Rosa, Orecontrol Blasting Consultants Site specific longwall cavity formation - a quantitative study from an atypical dataset Hem Chandra, Anglo American Plc Ltd
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 2a: Q&A Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:40 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 1 Pit mapping and structural modelling using Adam Tech and Leapfrog geo software solutions Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Statistical methods that unlock grade variability reduction in the iron ore value stream Hugh McCall, BHP
1:40 PM - 3:15 PM	Technical Session 3a: The future of mining and mining geology - advances in technology, AI and automation 1 Keynote Presentation 4: Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy Angel Abbud-Madrid, Center for Space Resources Colorado School of Mines The application of deep learning to extract geological information from drill core imagery Liam Webb, Solve Geosolutions Transforming geoscience through integrated workflows at Olympic Dam Laura Dowling, BHP In-RC rod density - enabling data acquisition in unstable ground Jennifer Market, MPC Kinetic Leveraging technology and geological skill: cracking the Lantern code Chantelle Lower, Kirkland Lake Gold A golden age for optimisation in the mining industry Jonathon White, Polymathian Pty Ltd
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a: Q&A Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM	ePoster Presentations Afternoon Coffee Day 1 Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study Janine Figueiredo, FEUP
3:55 PM - 5:15 PM	Technical Session 4: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 3 Keynote Presentation 5: Exploration at Europe’s Largest Zinc Mine at Boliden Tara Mines, Navan, Ireland: from Soil Geochemistry to Seismics John Ashton, Boliden Tara Mines Drilling plan generation based on uncertainty models. Definition of uncertainty thresholds, error for a determined volume at Escondida Mine Marcelo Cortes, BHP Evolution of mine geology in Rio Tinto Iron Ore including the use of geological domains to drive improvements in orebody knowledge and value Danielle Robinson, Rio Tinto What controls high-grade copper mineralisation at Olympic Dam? Jesse Clark, BHP Geometallurgical application in an underground gold operation Simon Dominy, OCX Gold SA
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 4: Q&A Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Conference Dinner sponsored by Rio Tinto

	Track 2
	Registration open and arrival networking Day 1
8:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Technical Session 1: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 1 Welcome to Country Richard Walley OAM, Noongar Elder Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto AusIMM Official Conference Opening Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Ministerial Address Hon Bill Johnston MLA, WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations Keynote Presentation 1: Unlocking Resource Value through Enhancements in Mine Geology Mark Pepper, BHP Iron Ore Keynote Presentation 2: Mining with Principles - setting up for sustained success, respect and responsibility Jacqui Coombes, AMIRA International Predicting sulfide mineral abundances from drill core to smelter feed: impact on the Olympic Dam value chain Kathy Ehrig, BHP Olympic Dam The implementation of photogrammetry and automated data analysis functions at the Waihi Underground Gold Mine Abraham Whaanga, OceanaGold Newmont Goldcorp Tanami Operations - value added through implementation of a new web based reconciliation database Simon Davies, Newmont Goldcorp Economic Analysis: Closing the loop in valuing mining geology Perry Collier, Rio Tinto
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Session 1: Q&A Discussion
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM	AusIMM Geoscience Society Presentation
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM	Morning Coffee Day 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Session 2b: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 1 Continuous improvements in mine geology at Kanmantoo Hayden Arbon, Hillgrove Resources Ltd. Application of implicit modelling tools, Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mine, Southern Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto The importance of deposit specific duplicate sampling protocols Shauna Martin, MMG Limited PhotonAssay - efficient and bulk gold analysis in the modern world Chenoa Tremblay, CSIRO
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 2b: Q&A Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:40 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 1 Pit mapping and structural modelling using Adam Tech and Leapfrog geo software solutions Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Statistical methods that unlock grade variability reduction in the iron ore value stream Hugh McCall, BHP
1:40 PM - 3:15 PM	Technical Session 3b: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 1 BHP Olympic Dam’s transformation to live implicit modelling and innovative solutions to working in data dense environments James Taylor, BHP Application of Pluri-Gaussian simulations and conditional simulation for geological modelling and estimation of a nickel deposit in New Caledonia Marie-Cécile Febvey, Geovariances Simple solutions for solving complex problems - combining MIK with OK estimation techniques at Olympic Dam Michaela Wright, BHP Machine learning and resource geology Michael Gazley, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Destroying the distinction between explicit and implicit geological modelling Danny Kentwell, SRK Consulting
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3b: Q&A Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM	ePoster Presentations Afternoon Coffee Day 1 Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study Janine Figueiredo, FEUP
3:55 PM - 5:15 PM	Technical Session 4: Maximising orebody value and driving productivity improvement 3 Keynote Presentation 5: Exploration at Europe’s Largest Zinc Mine at Boliden Tara Mines, Navan, Ireland: from Soil Geochemistry to Seismics John Ashton, Boliden Tara Mines Drilling plan generation based on uncertainty models. Definition of uncertainty thresholds, error for a determined volume at Escondida Mine Marcelo Cortes, BHP Evolution of mine geology in Rio Tinto Iron Ore including the use of geological domains to drive improvements in orebody knowledge and value Danielle Robinson, Rio Tinto What controls high-grade copper mineralisation at Olympic Dam? Jesse Clark, BHP Geometallurgical application in an underground gold operation Simon Dominy, OCX Gold SA
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 4: Q&A Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Conference Dinner sponsored by Rio Tinto

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

	Track 1
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration open and arrival networking Day 2
8:30 AM - 10:05 AM	Technical Session 5: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 2 Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto Keynote Presentation 6: Iron Ore: Mine Geology and Pricing Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Keynote Presentation 7: Geology Matters Daniel Howe, Saracen Mineral Holdings Keynote Presentation 8: Domaining in Resource Estimation Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Regolith domain modelling using multivariate cluster analysis at Mt Thirsty Co-Ni Deposit David Reid, Golder Deep learning - a new paradigm for orebody modelling Steve Sullivan, Maptek Pty Ltd
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM	Session 5: Q&A Discussion
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Coffee Day 2
10:45 AM - 12:05 PM	Technical Session 6: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 3 Keynote Presentation 9: Toward robust and reliable implicit geological models Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Automating estimation parameters: a case study evaluating preferred paths for optimisation Mohamed Bedair, Sukari Gold Mine-centamin Plc Gold grade estimation using alteration based indicator kriging at the Gwalia Mine, Western Australia Francisco Maturana, St Barbara Limited Developing the geological model for Sunrise Dam Gold Mine – insights from exploration to mining Frank Browning, AngloGold Ashanti A Practical assessment of drill hole spacing at Olympic Dam – Juggling cost vs. revenue David Clarke, BHP
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM	Session 6: Q&A Discussion
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 2 Grade control improvements using Vulcan integrates and optimiser at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Green data collection and mining strategy for sustainable-best practice in the mining-geology sector in the Mindanao Region of the Philippines Davidson Egirani, Niger Delta University
1:15 PM - 2:50 PM	Technical Session 7: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 2 Keynote Presentation 10: Extracting geological information from complex drill hole data sets, rapidly and consistently June Hill, CSIRO Mineral Resources The use and abuse of metal equivalents Ivy Chen, CSA Global The highly vexed issue of reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction (RPEEE) - narrowing the range of practice Ian Glacken, Optiro Transparency and standardisation in metal reconciliation reporting Rayleen Hargreaves, Snowden The importance of assay method and accuracy - a scandium case study John Horton, ResEval Pty Ltd Measure while drilling: a case study at Daunia Coal Mine James Partridge, BHP
2:50 PM - 3:05 PM	Session 7: Q&A Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee Day 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM	Technical Session 8: Mine Value Chain integration – it’s not just about the geoscience Keynote Presentation 11: Cut-off and Strategy Optimisation and the Mine Geologist Brian Hall, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd Applying geophysics to mining geology problems Andrew King, CSIRO Goldilocks: value of information for geoscience in bulk mineral mining Ben Haase, BHP Oxidising value Carla Vincent, Panoramic Resources Are we getting enough ‘T’ into our geoscientists? Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting
4:50 PM - 5:05 PM	Session 8: Q&A Discussion
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM	AusIMM Health and Saftey Society Presentation
5:10 PM - 5:15 PM	Conference Wrap-up and Close
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Drinks Reception

	Track 1
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration open and arrival networking Day 2
8:30 AM - 10:05 AM	Technical Session 5: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 2 Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto Keynote Presentation 6: Iron Ore: Mine Geology and Pricing Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Keynote Presentation 7: Geology Matters Daniel Howe, Saracen Mineral Holdings Keynote Presentation 8: Domaining in Resource Estimation Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Regolith domain modelling using multivariate cluster analysis at Mt Thirsty Co-Ni Deposit David Reid, Golder Deep learning - a new paradigm for orebody modelling Steve Sullivan, Maptek Pty Ltd
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM	Session 5: Q&A Discussion
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Coffee Day 2
10:45 AM - 12:05 PM	Technical Session 6: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 3 Keynote Presentation 9: Toward robust and reliable implicit geological models Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Automating estimation parameters: a case study evaluating preferred paths for optimisation Mohamed Bedair, Sukari Gold Mine-centamin Plc Gold grade estimation using alteration based indicator kriging at the Gwalia Mine, Western Australia Francisco Maturana, St Barbara Limited Developing the geological model for Sunrise Dam Gold Mine – insights from exploration to mining Frank Browning, AngloGold Ashanti A Practical assessment of drill hole spacing at Olympic Dam – Juggling cost vs. revenue David Clarke, BHP
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM	Session 6: Q&A Discussion
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 2 Grade control improvements using Vulcan integrates and optimiser at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Green data collection and mining strategy for sustainable-best practice in the mining-geology sector in the Mindanao Region of the Philippines Davidson Egirani, Niger Delta University
1:15 PM - 2:50 PM	Technical Session 7: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 2 Keynote Presentation 10: Extracting geological information from complex drill hole data sets, rapidly and consistently June Hill, CSIRO Mineral Resources The use and abuse of metal equivalents Ivy Chen, CSA Global The highly vexed issue of reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction (RPEEE) - narrowing the range of practice Ian Glacken, Optiro Transparency and standardisation in metal reconciliation reporting Rayleen Hargreaves, Snowden The importance of assay method and accuracy - a scandium case study John Horton, ResEval Pty Ltd Measure while drilling: a case study at Daunia Coal Mine James Partridge, BHP
2:50 PM - 3:05 PM	Session 7: Q&A Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee Day 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM	Technical Session 8: Mine Value Chain integration – it’s not just about the geoscience Keynote Presentation 11: Cut-off and Strategy Optimisation and the Mine Geologist Brian Hall, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd Applying geophysics to mining geology problems Andrew King, CSIRO Goldilocks: value of information for geoscience in bulk mineral mining Ben Haase, BHP Oxidising value Carla Vincent, Panoramic Resources Are we getting enough ‘T’ into our geoscientists? Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting
4:50 PM - 5:05 PM	Session 8: Q&A Discussion
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM	AusIMM Health and Saftey Society Presentation
5:10 PM - 5:15 PM	Conference Wrap-up and Close
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Drinks Reception

	Track 1
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration open and arrival networking Day 2
8:30 AM - 10:05 AM	Technical Session 5: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 2 Welcome from the Conference Chair Lynn Olssen, Rio Tinto Keynote Presentation 6: Iron Ore: Mine Geology and Pricing Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Keynote Presentation 7: Geology Matters Daniel Howe, Saracen Mineral Holdings Keynote Presentation 8: Domaining in Resource Estimation Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Regolith domain modelling using multivariate cluster analysis at Mt Thirsty Co-Ni Deposit David Reid, Golder Deep learning - a new paradigm for orebody modelling Steve Sullivan, Maptek Pty Ltd
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM	Session 5: Q&A Discussion
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Coffee Day 2
10:45 AM - 12:05 PM	Technical Session 6: Geological modelling, geometallurgical modelling and resource estimation – sound practice to leading edge 3 Keynote Presentation 9: Toward robust and reliable implicit geological models Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Automating estimation parameters: a case study evaluating preferred paths for optimisation Mohamed Bedair, Sukari Gold Mine-centamin Plc Gold grade estimation using alteration based indicator kriging at the Gwalia Mine, Western Australia Francisco Maturana, St Barbara Limited Developing the geological model for Sunrise Dam Gold Mine – insights from exploration to mining Frank Browning, AngloGold Ashanti A Practical assessment of drill hole spacing at Olympic Dam – Juggling cost vs. revenue David Clarke, BHP
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM	Session 6: Q&A Discussion
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM	ePoster Presentations Lunch Day 2 Grade control improvements using Vulcan integrates and optimiser at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, Mongolia Graham Crook, Rio Tinto Green data collection and mining strategy for sustainable-best practice in the mining-geology sector in the Mindanao Region of the Philippines Davidson Egirani, Niger Delta University
1:15 PM - 2:50 PM	Technical Session 7: Best practice in data collection and mining geology – now and emerging 2 Keynote Presentation 10: Extracting geological information from complex drill hole data sets, rapidly and consistently June Hill, CSIRO Mineral Resources The use and abuse of metal equivalents Ivy Chen, CSA Global The highly vexed issue of reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction (RPEEE) - narrowing the range of practice Ian Glacken, Optiro Transparency and standardisation in metal reconciliation reporting Rayleen Hargreaves, Snowden The importance of assay method and accuracy - a scandium case study John Horton, ResEval Pty Ltd Measure while drilling: a case study at Daunia Coal Mine James Partridge, BHP
2:50 PM - 3:05 PM	Session 7: Q&A Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee Day 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM	Technical Session 8: Mine Value Chain integration – it’s not just about the geoscience Keynote Presentation 11: Cut-off and Strategy Optimisation and the Mine Geologist Brian Hall, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd Applying geophysics to mining geology problems Andrew King, CSIRO Goldilocks: value of information for geoscience in bulk mineral mining Ben Haase, BHP Oxidising value Carla Vincent, Panoramic Resources Are we getting enough ‘T’ into our geoscientists? Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting
4:50 PM - 5:05 PM	Session 8: Q&A Discussion
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM	AusIMM Health and Saftey Society Presentation
5:10 PM - 5:15 PM	Conference Wrap-up and Close
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Drinks Reception

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

	Post Conference Workshops and Young Professionals Program
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM	W4: Sampling QAQC of Surface and Underground Reverse Circulation Drilling
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 1
	W6: An introduction to machine learning and data analytics
	Young Professionals Program Career story Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Mark Berry, Derisk Geomining Consultants Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know John Carswell, JT Carswell and Associates Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Ivy Chen, CSA Global Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Jun Cowan, JUNCOWAN Career story Hayley McLean, Rio Tinto Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration

	Post Conference Workshops and Young Professionals Program
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM	W4: Sampling QAQC of Surface and Underground Reverse Circulation Drilling
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 1
	W6: An introduction to machine learning and data analytics
	Young Professionals Program Career story Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Mark Berry, Derisk Geomining Consultants Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know John Carswell, JT Carswell and Associates Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Ivy Chen, CSA Global Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Jun Cowan, JUNCOWAN Career story Hayley McLean, Rio Tinto Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration

	Post Conference Workshops and Young Professionals Program
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM	W4: Sampling QAQC of Surface and Underground Reverse Circulation Drilling
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 1
	W6: An introduction to machine learning and data analytics
	Young Professionals Program Career story Alina Arnold, Mysteel Global Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Mark Berry, Derisk Geomining Consultants Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know John Carswell, JT Carswell and Associates Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Ivy Chen, CSA Global Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Jun Cowan, JUNCOWAN Career story Hayley McLean, Rio Tinto Session 2: Validating Geological Interpretation Ronald Reid, Harmony Gold (PG Services) Pty Ltd Session 3: Sampling Theory and Sampling Error; the things you need to know Dale Sims, Dale Sims Consulting Session 1: JORC and VALMIN Rene Sterk, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration

Thursday, November 28, 2019

	Post Conference Workshop and Tour
8:30 AM - 5:55 PM	Boddington and Worsley Technical Tour
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 2

	Post Conference Workshop and Tour
8:30 AM - 5:55 PM	Boddington and Worsley Technical Tour
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 2

	Post Conference Workshop and Tour
8:30 AM - 5:55 PM	Boddington and Worsley Technical Tour
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	W3: Open Pit Mining Geology and Ore Control Day 2

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