[HTML][HTML] Dry laboratories–Mapping the required instrumentation and infrastructure for online monitoring, analysis, and characterization in the mineral industry

Y Ghorbani, SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dry laboratories (dry labs) are laboratories dedicated to using and creating data (they are
data-centric). Several aspects of the minerals industry (eg, exploration, extraction and …

[HTML][HTML] Data–driven prospectivity modelling of sediment–hosted Zn–Pb mineral systems and their critical raw materials

CJM Lawley, AE McCafferty, GE Graham, DL Huston… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Demand for critical raw materials is expected to accelerate over the next few decades due to
continued population growth and the shifting consumption patterns of the global economy …

A data augmentation approach to XGboost-based mineral potential mapping: an example of carbonate-hosted ZnPb mineral systems of Western Iran

M Parsa - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2021 - Elsevier
This study intends to showcase the application of Extreme Gradient boosting (XGboost), a
state-of-the-art ensemble-learning technique, for district-scale mineral potential mapping …

Spatial interpolation using machine learning: from patterns and regularities to block models

GT Nwaila, SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau… - Natural Resources …, 2024 - Springer
In geospatial data interpolation, as in mapping, mineral resource estimation, modeling and
numerical modeling in geosciences, kriging has been a central technique since the advent …

[HTML][HTML] Deriving big geochemical data from high-resolution remote sensing data via machine learning: Application to a tailing storage facility in the Witwatersrand …

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau, Y Ghorbani… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Remote sensing data is a cheap form of surficial geoscientific data, and in terms of veracity,
velocity and volume, can sometimes be considered big data. Its spatial and spectral …

Spatial association between orogenic gold mineralization and structures revealed by 3D prospectivity modeling: a case study of the Xiadian gold deposit, Jiaodong …

Z Liu, J Chen, X Mao, L Tang, S Yu, H Deng… - Natural Resources …, 2021 - Springer
The Xiadian orogenic deposit with~ 100 t of gold resources, located in the Jiaodong
Peninsula, Eastern China, shows an economically attractive gold mineralization that is …

Big data mining on trace element geochemistry of sphalerite

H Zhao, Y Shao, Y Zhang, G Cao, L Zhao… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The determination of ore genesis is a main challenge in ore deposit research. Advanced
and rapid analytical techniques have given rise to the accumulation of massive amounts of …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-based prediction of trace element concentrations using data from the Karoo large igneous province and its application in prospectivity …

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a machine learning-based method to predict trace element
concentrations from major and minor element concentration data using a legacy …

[HTML][HTML] 3D mineral prospectivity modeling in the Sanshandao goldfield, China using the convolutional neural network with attention mechanism

Z Liu, S Yu, H Deng, G Jiang, R Wang, X Yang… - Ore Geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineralization distribution is spatially heterogeneous and jointly controlled by multiple ore-
controlling factors. Given this ubiquitous feature, we integrated the attention mechanism of …

Predictive geochemical exploration: Inferential generation of modern geochemical data, anomaly detection and application to northern Manitoba

JE Bourdeau, SE Zhang, CJM Lawley, M Parsa… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Geochemical surveys contain an implicit data lifecycle or pipeline that consists of data
generation (eg, sampling and analysis), data management (eg, quality assurance and …