Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2019
Authors: Timothy Craske*
Date Published: September 2019
Number of Pages: 3
Abstract:
The tools of modern exploration developed in the post-war and cold war periods are no longer delivering mineral discoveries at the required rate for future economic production. The near surface search space is becoming mature. A new exploration toolkit backed by holistic systems thinking will be required to evolve Modern Exploration 1.0 into Discovery 2.0. Significant discoveries under moderate to deep cover will require new knowledge, new industry and government collaboration, new business and socio-economic models to deliver a step-change in discovery rates.